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Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with Serge Cormier, Member of Parliament for Acadie—Bathurst, the Honourable Gilles LePage, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation, and His Worship Kassim Doumbia, Mayor of the Town of Shippagan.
Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, announced the proponent selected to design and build the Correctional Service of Canada's (CSC) new 155-bed Health Centre of Excellence in Dorchester, New Brunswick. Following a competitive process, EllisDon Corporation will now begin work with CSC and Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) to finalize the design and build the new facility.
Yesterday, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Maka Botchorishvili, Georgia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the margins of the Pathways to Peace: Second International Conference on Returning Ukrainian Children, Detained Civilians, and Prisoners of War, held in Toronto on September 28 and 29, 2026.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Anne Claire Poirier, who died on September 27 at the age of 94. As the NFB’s first francophone woman director and producer, she was active from 1960 to 1997, during which time she made some of the most powerful films in Quebec cinema, including Mourir à tue-tête and Tu as crié LET ME GO.
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Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with Philip Earle, Member of Parliament for Labrador; the Honourable Lela Evans, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Member of the House of Assembly for Torngat Mountains; and Anthony Andersen, AngajukKâk of the Nain Inuit Community Government.
The Canada Water Agency and representatives from the Canada Water Security Funders Group, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration on shared priorities related to water security in Canada.
Two National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated shorts by acclaimed Canadian women directors will make their Los Angeles premieres this fall at Animation Is Film (October 16–19): Matea Radic’s Paradaïz, selected for the Short Films Program, and Catherine Lepage’s Ultra Strong, selected for Best of Annecy, in partnership with WIA.
Fresh from winning the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Matthew Rankin’s Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney headlines a National Film Board of Canada (NFB) lineup of six powerful feature documentaries at the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF).