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Stephen Harper Announces an Adult Fitness Tax Credit
Monday, April 4th, 2011On April 3, 2011 Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that a re-elected Conservative Government will introduce a new $500 Fitness Tax Credit for adults once the budget is balanced. In addition,Mr. Harper announced that he will double the existing Children’s Fitness Tax Credit from $500 to $1,000 dollars during the next Conservative mandate.
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Darn! I knew I was forgetting something……..
Monday, April 4th, 2011Apparently, a little thing like surviving an economic collapse, streamlining a workforce down to the bitter minimum and fighting for one’s own now-much-harder-job meant training and development went to the bottom of the typical manager’s to-do list. Whoops!
Now that things are starting to pick up in the labor market it is time to put training […]
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Government of Canada and Heart and Stroke Foundation Take Action on Obesity
Monday, April 4th, 2011OTTAWA, The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced three new research initiatives studying how the design of neighbourhoods impact obesity. The studies were funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC).
“The research announced today will lead us down a path to better […]
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Augie’s Quest Raises $1.3 Million for ALS Research
Monday, April 4th, 2011TUCSON, Ariz. - The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced that the sixth annual BASH for MDA Augie’s Quest exceeded all expectations, raising $1.3 million on March 18 to help fund research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease).
The San Francisco gala welcomed over 800 guests, including business and civic leaders, and fitness industry […]
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American Council On Exercise Study Reveals Power Balance
Monday, April 4th, 2011SAN DIEGO, Calif. The American Council on Exercise, announced results of an exclusive, peer-reviewed study that found the Power Balance bracelet did not improve flexibility, balance, strength or power in a series of randomized, double-blind tests. The Council commissioned the exercise and health program team at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, led by John […]
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Star Trac Announces Major Transaction Among Three Leading Fitness Industry Players
Monday, April 4th, 2011IRVINE, Calif., Chairman and CEO Michael Bruno, his COO Dustin Grosz and the Star Trac family announced the signing of an exclusive club equipment transaction for over 100 club locations with fitness industry leaders Tony de Leede of Fit n Fast Australia, David Patchell Evans with Fit4Less in Canada and Mark Smith from the […]
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Increase in Tax Will Close Fitness Clubs in Portugal
Monday, April 4th, 2011The CEO of Portugal’s largest health club chain Vivafit, has warned that up to a third of health clubs in the country could be forced to close due to the government’s decision to increase VAT on fitness from 6 to 23 per cent.
The raising of the levy comes just two years after the government cut […]
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Kathy Smith to Become ICAA Spokesperson
Monday, April 4th, 2011VANCOUVER, BC— Millions of older adults see themselves as contributing to society’s success, while others struggle with negative expectations of aging. To draw attention to the opportunities for leading full, active lives at any age, fitness expert Kathy Smith joins the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) team as a spokesperson for the soon-to-be launched […]
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