| Parks Canada | news releases
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, Sherry Romanado, on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, today highlighted the national historic significance of the Second Battle of Ypres.
| Parks Canada | backgrounders
The Second Battle of Ypres was Canada’s first major engagement in the First World War. The battle was fought in Flanders in the Ypres Salient – a section of the front line that surrounded the town of Ypres, Belgium, and divided the Germans from the Allies.
| Parks Canada | backgrounders
James Fletcher, a self-trained naturalist of great calibre, pioneered both the study of insect depredation on crops and the study of plant diseases in Canada – topics that were of vital importance to viable agriculture in Canada.
| Parks Canada | news releases
Today, Catherine McKenna, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, as well as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Centre, commemorated the importance of James Fletcher as a person of national historic significance.
| Parks Canada | media advisories
Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada and Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Centre, Catherine McKenna, will take part in a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the national historic significance of James Fletcher.
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Government of Canada Commemorates Military Nurses of Canada as a National Historic Event.
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Military Nurses of Canada
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Parks Canada celebrates successful Canada 150 season at Thousand Islands National Park.
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Parks Canada is pleased to invite the public to comment on the draft management plan for the Chambly Canal National Historic Site.
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Parks Canada celebrates successful Canada 150 season at Bellevue House
