| Transport Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, announced that Transport Canada has awarded a $32-million contract to Dexter Construction, a Canadian company based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, to replace the movable transfer bridge at the Souris ferry terminal on Prince Edward Island.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | news releases
FedDev Ontario invests more than $7 million to help two local companies expand operations and increase resilience
| Natural Resources Canada | backgrounders
On August 17, 2026, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, alongside the Premier of Québec, Christine Fréchette, the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Tony Wakeham, and the CEOs of Hydro-Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, announced a package including up to $10 billion in federal financial support and investments to expand clean electricity generation and transmission in Labrador through upgrades to Churchill Falls, development of the Gull Island hydroelectric project, and enabling infrastructure needed to support critical minerals development in the Labrador Trough. As part of this agreement, the federal government will guarantee the financing to develop the massive and long-discussed Gull Island power project.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | readouts
On Friday August 14th, 2026, the Honourable Nathalie Provost, Secretary of State (Nature) met with members of the Expert Taskforce on Natural Capital Accounting and Nature Financing for the Taskforce’s inaugural meeting.
| Canadian Coast Guard | media advisories
Media are invited to the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Search and Rescue Station in Shippagan, New Brunswick, where Serge Cormier, Member of Parliament for Acadie-Bathurst, will welcome the CCG’s newest Search and Rescue Lifeboat, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Cascumpec Bay, into service.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to a speech on infrastructure and housing by Jennifer McKelvie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, at the 2026 Association of Municipalities of Ontario Annual Conference.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
Hotel establishment owned by a Cree investment company receives $2,565,147 in financial support from CED.
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | news releases
Communities across Canada are adapting to a changing climate. Flooding, extreme heat, wildfires and shoreline erosion affect homes and businesses, put pressure on local infrastructure, and add to the costs that families and municipalities carry. Preparing for these risks in advance is one of the most effective ways to keep people safe and to keep those costs from growing.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is using every tool at its disposal, leveraging technology, innovation and partnerships, to build homes at scale.
| National Film Board | news releases
Produced by Noble Films and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), celebrated Montreal filmmaker Kim Nguyen’s new feature documentary Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom opens in Montreal and Quebec City theatres starting September 4, following award-winning festival premieres in Toronto and Vancouver.
