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The U.S. Treasury announcement came at the end of a tense weekend for the bank's customers across Greater Boston, who were scrambling to secure cash for payroll and business operations.

BRADENTON (SNN TV) — Five students from the Flatiron Software Engineering Bootcamp at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota’s (SCF) Coding Academy presented their programming skills t

Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that happened in a downtown Fort Myers parking lot around 2 a.m.

HARPER, Maryland - Police in the south eastern county of Maryland have arrested six persons for allegedly murdering and criminally conspiring in the mysterious death of  Iweso Prowd in Harper District.Prowd, who was 50 years of age, was tie

As anti-vaccine mandate protests continue in downtown Ottawa, the fundraising platform initially used by supporters of the self-styled ‘Freedom Convoy’ has entered the Canadian lobbying circuit to discuss it policies and practices. Last week, U.S.-based GoFundMe agreed to have its officials appear before the House Public Safety and National Security committee in March to answer […]

iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on May 10, 2021 12:03pm Many of Ottawas major lobbying firms reside on Queen Street. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) Notably, EVSX, a subsidiary of Montreal’s St-Georges Eco-Mining, was registered by consultant Jean-Luc Plante to seek financial support from Natural Resources Canada to recycle critical minerals. Capital Power Corp. is interested in federal support to phase out coal-fired electricity generation in Alberta and retire coal-fired power...

iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 3, 2021 11:07am West Block on Parliament Hill (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) B.C.-based cannabis company Tilray is seeking discussions with Health Canada about the rules governing cannabis beverages, as well as equivalencies with other cannabis products, which became legal in Canada in 2019. On Monday, Tilray announced the completion of its deal with Aphria to become “a leading cannabis-focused consumer-packaged-goods company.” According to t...

iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Mar 15, 2021 10:42am Parliament Hill (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) As the Conservatives continue to press the government to include a carbon capture tax credit in the next federal budget despite opposition from some environmental groups, carbon sequestration — which refers to the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — is a new topic in the lobby registry. Wolf Infrastructure Management, a Calgary-based energy infrastructure company, has...

iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Feb 8, 2021 11:08am Parliament Hill on Jan. 15, 2021. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) Paytech of Canada is is hoping to kickstart a conversation with the government about the modernization of the current payment system, as well as consumer privacy protections within the financial sector and end-user funds under the Retail Payments Oversight Framework. The Canadian Payments Act sets out the legal framework for payments and gives oversight to the Minist...

iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Feb 1, 2021 11:13am Parliament Hill pictured on Jan. 15 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) As the number of COVID-related deaths continue to rise in Canada, the toll on mental health across the country has experts in the field actively pushing the government to boost funding for mental health. The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association is working with Benjamin Howe of Impact Public Affairs to advocate for additional mental health services fun...