Along with our national report – Canada’s Vital Signs 2012 – Vital Youth - community foundations in 14 communities across Canada also released Vital Signs 2012 reports last week.

And they garnered much media attention, as well. Here’s a sampling:

Calgary:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Vital+Signs+survey+Calgarians+happy/7329225/story.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/10/02/calgary-foundation-vital-signs.html

http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/video/kerry+longpre+the+calgary+foundation/video.html?v=2286052831#morningnews/video/special+guests

Toronto:

http://www.thestar.com/specialsections/vitalsigns/article/1264813--toronto-s-vital-signs-report-2012

http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/390444/torontos-vital-signs-report-says-were-doing-not-too-bad/

Clayoquot Sound Region:

http://www2.canada.com/westerly/story.html?id=326c3dea-3930-42f1-9b18-cff568b0f68e

Halifax:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/editorials/143535-halifax-vital-signs-fountain-of-youth-needs-fix

https://charityvillage.com/Content.aspx?topic=Vital_Signs_2012_Halifax

http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/390265/aging-population-reaching-crisis-point-in-halifax-report-suggests/

Victoria:

http://www.ctvvancouverisland.ca/tag/victoria-vital-signs/

http://www.timescolonist.com/Vital+Signs+grade+assessment+Greater+Victoria/7330798/story.html

Medicine Hat:

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CD4QFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicinehatnews.com%2Flocal-news%2Fmedia-panel-discuss-2012-vital-signs-10052012.html&ei=3L52UJW9KoH68gSVvIDgCQ&usg=AFQjCNETFM30SoOOrecLKvv3GN-KQ59r2Q&sig2=b2qw-wpRIe4lIqYqZeEQ4A

Winkler, MB:

http://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29286&Itemid=33

London:

http://www.lfpress.com/2012/10/01/vital-signs-study-were-broken-we-need-to-heal

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2012/10/child-poverty-in-london-doubled-in-two-years-vital-signs-report/

Waterloo Region:

http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/vital-signs-report-explores-how-to-improve-waterloo-region-1.980400

http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/810575--vital-signs-charities-offer-solution-to-decline-in-volunteerism

Hamilton:

http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2012/10/03/hamilton-domestic-violence-vital.html

http://www.thespec.com/opinion/editorial/article/810737--hamilton-lags-on-immigration-and-inequity

Burlington:

http://www.insidehalton.com/news/article/1512238--vital-signs-reports-poverty-youth-issues

Sudbury:

http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2012/10/02-vital-signs-report-sudbury.aspx

Kingston:

http://www.thewhig.com/2012/10/01/vital-signs-diagnosis-on-communitys-health

Montreal:

https://charityvillage.com/Content.aspx?topic=Vital_Signs_2012_Montreal

http://www.west-end-times.com/index.php/montreal-lags-behind/

 

"Providing communities with the information they need to make critical decisions about their future is just one of the many ways community foundations help to build smart and caring communities," said Ian Bird, President and CEO of Community Foundations of Canada.