Rail helped build Canada, connecting people and communities across vast distances and helping unite the country. Today, a modern and resilient passenger rail network is essential to supporting economic growth, strengthening Canadian industry, and keeping Canadians connected.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
| media advisories
The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), will make an important announcement in support of trade resilience in southern Ontario.
On August 3rd, media representatives are invited to the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) John H. Chapman Space Centre to attend the live broadcast of a technical briefing about NASA’s Crew-13 mission featuring a panel of experts, followed by a news conference with the Crew-13 crewmembers, including CSA astronaut Colonel Joshua Kutryk.
Two new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries by Indigenous creators will premiere together on August 6 at 7 p.m. at the NFB’s Alanis Obomsawin Theatre as part of the Présence autochtone International First Peoples Festival in Montreal.
On August 17, 2026, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is launching three new animated documentary shorts for free online. Hospital, with Love by Carine Khalifé, Matrescence by Elizabeth Laferrière and Ambiguous Losses by Fanny Lord-Bourcier are the products of Alambic, the NFB’s six-month creative lab.
In an increasingly uncertain world, Canada is focused on what we can control: rebuilding, rearming, and reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to safeguard that they have the capabilities needed to secure our sovereignty.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| media advisories
Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with Jaime Battiste, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Member of Parliament for Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish, and His Worship Sean Cameron, Mayor of Antigonish.
The Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, will announce major investment to renew passenger locomotive fleet in order to strengthen connections across Canada.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
The Government of Canada is committed to making life simpler and more convenient for Canadians. This includes a modern passport program that delivers secure, user‑friendly digital services that save time, reduce in‑person visits and make passport renewal easier.