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Posted on 27 August 2022 by admin

YMCA holds inaugural event for newcomers to region

Organization’s first Community Day introduced new residents to services available in area

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YMCA OF SIMCOE/MUSKOKA

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The YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka’s immigrant services held its first annual Community Day on Aug. 25 to educate newcomers about public safety and community services.

This free event was open to all ages and brought together various resources such as police, fire, and EMS services, as well as other community-based organizations, which allowed community members to interact with and connect with these important service providers while also learning about their local community.

Newcomers, their families, and the public attended the event, held at the East Bayfield Community Centre in Barrie, to learn more about services available in the area. During the event, newcomers could explore emergency vehicles, school vehicles, and other community resources in order to familiarize themselves with local services, learn how they support their community, and ask questions.

The deputy mayor of Barrie, Barry Ward, also attended the event, as well as representatives from the offices of MPP Andrea Khanjin and MP Doug Shipley. Catherine Chabot, a representative for MPP Andrea Khanjin, shared Khanjin’s background as an immigrant to Canada, and read a message from Khanjin to the newcomers attending the event: “This free community celebration, put on by the SWIS program, is so important for newcomers and immigrants of Barrie to feel welcome and supported, and most importantly, safe, by sharing the great services that our community provides…. As an immigrant myself I will always support newcomers into Barrie and Innisfil and look forward to more future collaboration.”

Deputy mayor of Barrie, Barry Ward, addressed the attendees and thanked newcomers for their contributions to our communities: “Thanks for everything newcomers do to make Barrie a richer city. You really are making Barrie a better place to be, and for that, I thank you.”

“The goal of this annual Community Day Event is to bring newcomers together in a welcoming environment where they can learn about community services and the support systems they can find in their new communities,” said Fatme El Sabbagh, program co-ordinator for the YMCA Immigrant Services Settlement Worker in Schools program.

Getting newcomers comfortable and prepared for life in a new community is important, according to El Sabbagh: “Newcomers who are unfamiliar with Canadian public and community services may be apprehensive about interactions with these organizations, or may not even know they exist. Through this event, we hope to educate newcomers and their families about the services available to them, as well as provide them with the opportunity to interact and connect with these important service providers.”

This event is part of the YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka’s commitment to supporting newcomers to Canada through their Immigrant Services programs, the most recent of which is the Settlement Worker in Schools (SWIS) program. The SWIS program launched last year as a partnership between the YMCA, the Simcoe County District School Board, and the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, providing support for newcomer children, youth, and their families to integrate into their new school and community. Students are connected with a YMCA settlement worker to provide translation assistance, orientation support, and information sessions.

The SWIS team holds community events during the summer break to keep students and their families engaged and provide them with a chance to meet and interact with other newcomer families.

The SWIS program is available throughout all elementary and secondary schools in the County of Simcoe, is open to all immigrant, newcomer, and refugee students and their families, and provides support in over 15 languages. If you, or someone you know, would benefit from the SWIS program, please visit www.ymcasm.ca/SWIS to learn more, or contact a YMCA settlement worker at 705-791-6378 or swis@sm.ymca.ca.

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Posted on 26 August 2022 by admin

YMCA holds inaugural event for newcomers to region

Organization’s first Community Day introduced new residents to services available in area

The SWIS team holds community events during the summer break to keep students and their families engaged and provide them with a chance to meet and interact with other newcomer families.

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Posted on 6 August 2022 by admin

City holds first Beer, Brands, and BBQ event with guest marketing consultant

Gair Maxwell, author of Big Little Legends, joined Moose Jaw Mayor Clive Tolley at the building formerly known as Mosaic Place, where guests heard from local business leaders and enjoyed pulled pork sandwiches and a Moose Jaw-brewed IPA.

Gair Maxwell, author of Big Little Legends, joined Moose Jaw Mayor Clive Tolley at the building formerly known as Mosaic Place, where guests listened to local business leaders and enjoyed pulled pork sandwiches and a Moose Jaw-brewed IPA.

The city is currently hunting a new naming partner for the Moose Jaw Events Centre after the Mosaic Company declined to renew their partnership.

The event took place August 4 in the Founder’s Lounge. Craig Hemingway, the City’s communications manager, thanked sponsors including Burns & McDonnell, Thunder Creek Pork, which supplied the meal, and the staff at the Events Centre.

The night’s featured businesses were the Moose Jaw Brewing Company (MJBC), Lion’s Creek Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar, and the Moose Jaw Co-op.

Tolley noted as the event got underway that he had only met Maxwell that evening, but discovered they shared a past in hockey colour commentary. The pair spent some time bantering in character before Maxwell talked about how the city’s prohibition-era reputation lent itself well to the brand of Most Notorious City in Canada.

Maxwell’s style during the evening was to interrogate guests on their branding strategies and try to come up with suggestions for their next reputation-building move. He engaged the audience with rhetorical questions such as:

“I just want to know if fundamentally you’re ok with greatly expanding your customer base and driving revenue, is that ok, are we ok with that?”

Terry Zwarich and Cody Schulze are the passionate brewers and co-owners behind the Moose Jaw Brewing Company (MJBC), which began producing beverage in January 2022. They brought a sample of their MJBC IPA, which was the evening’s hot topic.

The MJBC’s “silly sauce” — Zwarich’s description — is currently available from Cask 82, Bugsy’s Irish Pub, The Crushed Can Rec Room & Bar, and the Sobey’s Liquor Store. The company’s passion for their process was apparent as Zwarich and Schulze described the various influences of time, temperature, humidity, herbs, and spices on their flavours and how they have refined a consistent taste in their core lineup.

Charmaine Franken of Lion’s Creek was up after the MJBC.

Lion’s Creek’s flagship store in Moose Jaw, but the company imports its olives from South Africa and its balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy. Franken told the story of their successful rebranding.

The name Lion’s Creek comes from the source of their olives in South Africa — where two rivers converge. Both rivers are named after the legendary predator: Leeu in Afrikaans and Gamka in Khoisan.

Free tasting sessions, staff expertise, a wide variety of pairing options, and scores of flavours have made Lion’s Creek justifiably famous and a regular stop for downtown shoppers.

Geoff Anderson was the final guest. Anderson has been the general manager of the Moose Jaw Co-op Association since 2019 and has built a reputation for his community participation. He is the current chair of the Downtown Moose Jaw Association (DMJA), which recently announced a goal of creating Canada’s Most Notoriously Charming downtown.

Anderson is also on the board of the Moose Jaw Transition House and joined forces with 15 other men last November for a Transition House fundraiser.

Anderson and his wife Juanita mentioned that their careers with the Co-op have resulted in more than 45 moves between the two of them. During his conversation with Tolley and Maxwell, Anderson expressed his passion for the culture of customer-owned co-operatives, which translates into a brand centered around experience rather than product.

Posted on 5 August 2022 by admin

City holds first ever Beer, Brands & BBQ event

Good food, good laughs, and a good time was had by all who attended the City of Moose Jaw’s first ever Beer, Brands & BBQ at Mosaic Place on Thursday night.

Mayor Clive Tolley, city staff and members of the business community were in attendance to come together to share stories and collaborate on how to grow the brand of not only the city but businesses within the city.

Gair Maxwell was the event’s guest speaker. Maxwell is an international branding expert and the best-selling author of ‘Big Little Legends’. He also helped brand Moose Jaw as Canada’s Most Notorious City back in 2019.

Following a scrumptious dinner, Maxwell kicked the evening off by sharing his story of how he helped Moose Jaw become Canada’s Most Notorious City, as well as giving local businesses in attendance insight and advice on how to brand their company successfully. One of the big things Maxwell emphasized to the crowd was how important it was for the social media audience to brand your company for you through various platforms.

Those in attendance had the opportunity to hear the stories of three local businesses and their branding and marketing stories, with Maxwell and Mayor Tolley interviewing each.

The first business that sat in the hot seat was Moose Jaw Brewing Company co-owner, Terry Zwarich. Zwarich shared his story about how their business got off the ground, which began making beer on the weekends with his friends, and then eventually had the idea to create what is now the Moose Jaw Brewing Company.

A burning question for Zwarich was the story behind his curly mustache, which he says he has been growing for the past 12 years.

The next business was one that actually had to re-brand and now is known as Lions Creek Olive Estate, owned by Charmanine Franken. She explained where the name Lions Creek came from. She says that the name ties in with her story and South African roots, where her premium olives for her Extra Virgin Olive oil are from. Franken shared her passion for her olive oil and balsamic vinegar company and highlighted the struggles and successes she has had along the way.

Geoff Anderson, CEO of Moose Jaw Co-op and Chair of the Downtown Moose Jaw Association was the last one in the hot seat. Anderson began his Co-op career in the small town of Carrot River, SK, in the butcher shop and explained how he made it from there to where he is today, with some help and motivation from a co-worker.

He expressed a great deal of passion for the culture of Co-op and even some new branding initiatives they have taken to create a better customer and employee experience.

The evening finished off with a Q&A session with Maxwell and Tolley where the audience was able to ask questions on how to better improve the branding of their businesses and or the city’s new ‘Get A Life’ marketing campaign.

Posted on 27 July 2022 by admin

QSFA holds more sports events

Doha: The calendar of Qatar Sports For All Federation (QSFA), under the umbrella of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, is witnessing a great and intensive activity, through the range of sports events and activities, foremost of which is the sports for all billiards championship in its second edition, launched on Sunday, in cooperation with the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation.

The competitions, which will conclude today, are witnessing a large participation and the championship is one of the tournaments that attracts a large number of practitioners as a popular game. The sports events and activities, organised by Sports For All as part of the summer programme initiative “Invest Your Time”, are held in cooperation between the Ministry of Sports and Youth and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, which include 124 sports events aimed at promoting physical activity during the summer for all age groups.

Among the summer activities are those organised in cooperation with the Doha Youth Centre, and held in Al Andalus Schools, and expected to be completed through the third sports round, with the events including a range of sports and recreational games and activities on Tuesdays. Among them are the football playing skills, shooting training, passing the ball and dribbling, tennis competitions, tug of war, and special fitness trainings are conducted, aimed at the leisure of young people, and enabling them to practice their favourite hobbies.

In a related context, the activities of the weekly Lusail Family Sports Programme, which is held on Wednesday and Friday, continues at the Lusail Gym, and is characterised by its lively and active atmosphere for all family members, and among the most important ongoing sports for all activities held in public parks, the 365 days of activity and vitality programme.

Meanwhile, QSFA is organising a recreational race tomorrow, in Al Rayyan Green Carpet Park for a distance of one kilometre, with the participation of all family members. Registration for the race is available through the application of QSFA, and encouraging awards have been allocated for the children.

The QSFA announced earlier that it will organise 124 sports events during the summer until August 12, to promote the practice of sports, on an ongoing basis, to make sports a way of life.

Posted on 19 July 2022 by admin

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds events in B.C. Tuesday | Globalnews.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still in B.C. Tuesday and is expected to make a few announcements.

At 11 a.m. he will be on Bowen Island and is expected to make an announcement about protecting the oceans.

Then in the afternoon, he will be in North Vancouver with an announcement that is expected to revolve around shipbuilding.

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Prime Minister Trudeau visits Summerland orchard during Okanagan tour

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Trudeau was in the Central Okanagan for a quick visit on Monday, making several stops along the tour. This was also the prime minister’s first time in Kelowna, B.C., since 2017.

Trudeau kept things quiet leading up to his Okanagan tour and did not make himself available to speak with local media.

The first stop on his agenda was a visit to a children’s day camp in Lake Country, where he spent some time interacting with the kids, making crafts with them and playing outside.

The second stop of the day for Canada’s leader was in Kelowna at the BC Tree Fruits packing house, where he was given a tour of the packing and storage facility to see the ins and outs of the operation.

Trudeau also took time to pose for a few selfies with the employees at the packing house, and before he left, he made sure to stop inside the BC Tree Fruits store to purchase some ripe B.C. cherries.

— with files from Jayden Wasney and Jasmine King

More to come.

Posted on 8 July 2022 by admin

Man shot on CTA Red Line as Chicago holds anti-violence events – WGN TV Chicago

Man shot on CTA Red Line as Chicago holds anti-violence events WGN TV Chicago

Posted on 23 May 2022 by admin

Women’s House Serving Bruce, Grey Holds Annual Heeled Walk Event

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