Six National Film Board of Canada (NFB) productions and co-productions will be showcased at the 2015 Calgary International Film Festival (September 23–October 4), with new works of auteur animation and point-view documentary from acclaimed filmmakers as well as the latest from Winnipeg's Guy Maddin.
The National Battlefields Commission invites the public to its traditional historic day-this year on the theme of Women and Soldiers on the Plains-from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 13, at and around Martello Tower 1 on the Plains of Abraham. What were the wartime roles played by the women who left traces of their passage on the Plains in bygone days? Meet historical figures and learn more about some of the roles they played in troubled times: cantiniere, nun, prostitute, munitions factory worker, and Army Show singer. Enjoy historical displays, artifacts, and activities and soak up the period atmosphere as historical re-enactors let the cannons fly. This free event is a mix of history and entertainment sure to delight both young and old!
On September 1, 2015 at approximately 9:01 p.m. staff members of the minimum security unit at Saskatchewan Penitentiary observed inmates Dallas Lee Jebb and Christopher Bradley Spark leaving the institutional property.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) would like to remind travellers to plan their border crossing to avoid delays at ports of entry in Eastern and Northern Ontario during the Labour Day holiday long weekend.
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) wishes to advise motorists of a periodic lane reduction on the Chaudiere Crossing on September 3, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. due to Hydro Ottawa's conduit repair project.
At approximately 11:35 p.m. on September 1, 2015 inmate Christopher Bradley Spark was apprehended by the Saskatoon city police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P).
On September 2, 2015, at about 2:00 a.m., a lockdown was put in place at Edmonton Institution, a maximum security federal institution as a result of operational security requirements.
In a decision rendered today, the Agency indicated that it had arrived at a preliminary opinion that SkyGreece has failed to properly apply its tariff – its contract with passengers – and gave SkyGreece until 5 pm, September 3, 2015 to demonstrate why the Agency should not finalize a ruling to this effect.