| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
The following 58 projects are receiving funding under the second phase of the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF).
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Vancouver, BC – Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, and the BC Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, the Honourable Nathan Cullen, announced $86,119,340 for 58 projects receiving funding under the second phase of the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF).
| National Film Board | news releases
The National Film Board of Canada is returning to the Festival Plein(s) Écran(s) with two award-wining shorts: Audrey Nantel-Gagnon’s documentary Fire-Jo-Ball, selected as the closing film in the Quebec Competition, and Janice Nadeau’s animated short HARVEY (NFB/Folimage), which will screen in the Family Section.
| Natural Resources Canada | news releases
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Scott Pearce, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, announced an investment of over $1.24 million through the Green Municipal Fund’s Community Efficiency Financing (CEF) initiative. These grants will support communities across Ontario in developing home-energy upgrade financing programs that will help households save money while improving comfort and lowering their emissions.
| Parks Canada | backgrounders
Shaganash Island Lighthouse
| Parks Canada | news releases
Government of Canada Designates the Shaganash Island Lighthouse as a Heritage Lighthouse
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
On December 15, Lisa Hepfner, Parliamentary Secretary for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, along with the Honourable Pam Parsons, Newfoundland & Labrador’s Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equality, will make an announcement supporting the implementation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence in Newfoundland & Labrador.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Today, Lisa Hepfner, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, and the Honourable Jill Balser, Nova Scotia’s Minister Responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women, announced a historic bilateral agreement.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | backgrounders
The National Action Plan builds on existing federal, provincial, and territorial approaches and strategies to prevent and address GBV.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, with Members of Parliament from Nova Scotia announced close to $5.4 million for 14 organizations – 13 Nova Scotia regional organizations and 1 national organization.
