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Although Global stations had always carried local news in various forms, the first tentative steps towards a national presence came in 1994 with the launch of First National with Peter Kent, an early-evening program focusing on national and international news but airing only in central Canada. After acquiring the Western International Communications (WIC) group of stations, Global cancelled First National in February 2001 and briefly aired the similar WIC newscast Canada Tonight in its place.

WHAT IS WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY?
"Flexibility is about an employee and an employer making changes to when, where and how a person will work to better meet individual and business needs. Flexibility enables both individual and business needs to be met through making changes to the time (when), location (where) and manner (how) in which an employee works. Flexibility should be mutually beneficial to both the employer and employee and result in superior outcomes." (1)

Formal flexibility policies are "officially approved human resources policies, as well as any official policies that give supervisors discretion to provide flexibility."

Informal flexibility refers to "policies that are not official and not written down but are still available to some employees, even on a discretionary basis."

While most formal work arrangements can usually be identified, organizations acknowledge that utilization statistics probably underestimate the true reach and impact of flexibility, as they cannot accurately determine the extent of informal flexibility—for example, employees who occasionally alter their work hours or work from home. (24)

CASE EXAMPLES
JP Morgan Chase found that 95% of employees working in an environment where the manager is sensitive to work and personal life—including informal flexibility— feel motivated to exceed expectations, compared to 80% of employees in environments where the manager is not sensitive to needs for informal flexibility. (24)
"At Bristol-Myers Squibb, 14% of employees have a formal flexible work arrangement. Of the remaining, 67% say they have informal flexibility. When asked about the importance of informal flexibility in terms of their intention to continue working at the company, the response is resounding: 71% say that it is 'very important.' Again, women place even greater importance on informal flexibility; 78% of women say it is 'very important' to their staying, compared to 65% of men. The retention effect is especially strong for women in management: 84% say informal flexibility helps keep them at the company." (24)

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. Dirzo, E. Mendoza, in Encyclopedia of Ecology, 2008

Biodiversity – the constellation of plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms on Earth; their genetic variation; and the communities and ecosystems of which they are a part – is a central component of Earth’s life support systems. Biodiversity encompasses several facets, including genetic diversity, endemism, diversity of functional groups, and agro-biodiversity, but these are seldom considered. The best information, on species diversity, provides some evidence about its possible magnitude and distribution. The time course of species of terrestrial organisms and the number of families of marine animals in the fossil record indicate that biodiversity has been increasing, with a pinnacle in the present era. Although some studies suggest that global species diversity may be as high as 100 million, the consensual estimate for eukaryotic organisms lies in the 5–15 million range, with a best guess of 7 million. Biodiversity exhibits its highest concentration of species in the Tropics. The distribution of individuals among species provides an additional measure of diversity. Several metrics show how localities with a more even distribution of individuals across species are ecologically more diverse. Biodiversity, manifest as the functioning of ecosystems, provides a variety of ecological services to societies, underscoring the need to understand, protect, and wisely manage biodiversity.

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