Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with Colin Mayes, Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Shuswap, Greg Kyllo, MLA for Shuswap, and Terry Rysz, Mayor of the District of Sicamous.
The Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, the Honourable Denis Lebel, and Quebec's Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, Minister responsible for the Centre-Québec region, and Member of the National Assembly for Lotbinière-Frontenac, Laurent Lessard, on behalf of Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Pierre Moreau, joined the residents of Victoriaville today to celebrate the completion of Achille-Gagnon's wastewater treatment plant.
"Canada is concerned by reports of recent government-ordered raids against media organizations in which journalists and other media representatives have been arrested in Turkey.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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Member of Parliament Peter Kent (Thornhill), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, today announced a $782,000 repayable contribution to Riverside Natural Foods Ltd. to help the company commercialize its innovative, organic snack foods.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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Representatives of the media are invited to a news conference during which Jacques Gourde, Member of Parliament for Lotbinière¿Chutes-Chaudière and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, will make an announcement on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, concerning the firm Laurier Glass Ltd.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa¿Orléans, today announced that BioCanRX, one of four new Networks of Centres of Excellence, is receiving $25 million over five years to support collaborative research aimed at developing novel Canadian therapies to fight against cancer.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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Member of Parliament for Yukon, Ryan Leef on behalf of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, is pleased to announce today that the Government of Canada and the government of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation have completed negotiations on the terms of a renewed Financial Transfer Agreement.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Cyber Week and online shopping are rapidly becoming a Canadian holiday tradition. New data based on parcel volumes compiled by Canada Post show that e-commerce shipments as a result of Cyber Week this year have doubled since 2012.