Regina director Jessie Ray Short will be in attendance for her hometown premiere at the 2026 Regina International Film Festival and Awards (August 12–22), where the National Film Board of Canada production Moon Noonk Edouard (My Uncle Edouard) will be screening in-person in the Documentary Shorts competition.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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The Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED), the Honorable Mélanie Joly; the Member for Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue and Minister for the Economy and Small and Medium Enterprises, Daniel Bernard; the Member for Abitibi-Ouest and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister for the Regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Suzanne Blais; and Investissement Québec are announcing financial support for Témisko. Located in Notre-Dame-du-Nord, in Abitibi Témiscamingue, this business specializes in the manufacture of custom-built semi-trailers for the industrial and commercial sectors.
Piluk, the first collaboration between Inuk author, singer, songwriter and film director Elisapie Isaac and multidisciplinary artist Marc Séguin, has been selected in competition at Switzerland’s prestigious Locarno Film Festival, where it will receive its world premiere screening.
Today, the Honourable Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State for Rural Development, on behalf of the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, announced approximately $1.15 million for two search and rescue projects led by the Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers (SARSAV).
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for CED, will announce the conclusion of an agreement between the governments of Canada and Quebec in the presence of Eric Girard, Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for Infrastructure; Jean Boulet, Minister of Labour and Minister Responsible for Canadian Relations; Caroline Desrochers, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure; and Marie-Gabrielle Ménard, Member of Parliament for Hochelaga–Rosemont-Est.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
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The Government of Quebec, in collaboration with the Government of Canada, announces that the project to expand and renovate the psychiatric services centre and the emergency department at the Saint-François-d’Assise Hospital has reached a new milestone. Planning work can now proceed under new parameters to better meet the needs of patients and staff.
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The federal government is investing $167.9 million under the Canada–Québec Agreement through the Building Communities Strong Fund to support four hospital projects in the greater Québec City area.
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
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The Honourable Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, the Honourable Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and the Honourable Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services, issued the following statement today
