The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), is Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest centre dedicated to improving children's health in the country.
With passionate and dedicated staff, SickKids is much more than a hospital. They work each day to provide the best in child and family-centred care, create ground-breaking clinical and scientific advancements, and train the next generation of experts in child health.
Internationally, Make-A-Wish is the largest wish-granting organization, making wishes come true for more than 480,000 children since 1980.
When Children are battling a critical illness, so much of a normal childhood is taken away from them; it is exhausting, both emotionally and physically. A Wish is something that gives kids the opportunity to look outside their illness, it restores a sense of childhood back to the child and normalcy back to the family.
Formed by members of the community in 1974, the Burlington Humane Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Burlington’s stray and abandoned animals. They believe that each and every animal that comes into their care deserves a better life, and has the right to a safe and loving home.
In 1949, desperate to find a cure and protect their children from polio, mothers across Canada joined in a North America-wide fundraising effort, going door to door in their own neighbourhoods to collect dimes. The sheer scope of the campaign led entertainer Eddie Cantor to suggest the name "March of Dimes", based on the song "Brother can you spare a dime?" produced during the Great Depression.
Nellie’s mission is to operate programs and services for women and children who have and are experiencing oppressions such as violence, poverty and homelessness. Nellie’s is a community based feminist organization which operates within an anti-racist, anti-oppression framework. We are committed to social change through education and advocacy, to achieve social justice for all women and children.
When a couple decides to separate, one of the primary concerns involve what is to come of the matrimonial home. Several options exist at this point. For one, the parties may elect to have the matrimonial home sold, and to then have the sale proceeds divided according to agreed upon allotments outlined in a separation agreement. Alternatively, one party may elect to purchase the other party’s interest in the property. This process involves transferring the title of the home solely into the name of the party purchasing the interest of the other. Whichever route a separating couple elect to take, it will be outlined in detail in a binding separation agreement.
For some, owning an incorporated business can result in positive financial gains. Restraint must be practiced to not use these earnings for one’s personal expenses.
Today’s article by Jamie Golombek of the Financial Post, perfectly illustrates what can happen to anyone who chooses this course of action.
In most family law cases, parties are to attend at least one of the three conferences available. These include a case conference, settlement conference and trial management conference. These conferences are provided as an opportunity to resolve all or some of the issues, which can save both parties time and costs involved in settling a case.
