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The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, and Canadian Korean War Veterans today had an opportunity to view the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, will join hundreds of Veterans in celebrating the Year of the Korean War Veteran on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the break-out of the Korean War, during the following commemorative activities this weekend
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The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, joined Senator Yonah Martin, Canadian Veterans of the Korean War, and a special Korean delegation of Veterans and Ministry officials at the Canadian War Museum for the opening gala launching a weekend of activities to celebrate the Year of the Korean War Veteran.
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On behalf of the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will announce funding and take part in a commemorative ceremony honouring Royal Canadian Air Force personnel.
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The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, Senator Yonah Martin and Member of Parliament for Wetaskiwin Blaine Calkins today celebrated Royal Assent of Bill S-213: An Act Respecting a National Day of Remembrance in Honour of Veterans of the Korean War. The Act creates Korean War Veterans Day to be held each year on July 27.
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On behalf of the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa–Orléans, will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony in honour of Aboriginal Veterans
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The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, today joined Dr. Raj Bhatla, Psychiatrist-Chief and Chief of Staff of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal), to launch a new mobile application that will assist Veterans, personnel of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) with operational stress injuries (OSIs). The app, called OSI Connect, provides information and assistance for people living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, substance abuse and other types of OSIs, as well as their family members.
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The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, will join officials from the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and the OSI Clinic Network to announce a new initiative in support of Veterans and others with operational stress injuries.
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Penticton, BC - On behalf of the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, Dan Albas, Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla, today joined members of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and local Veterans for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the West Bench Veterans Tribute in Selby Park.
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Sainte-Anne-Bellevue, QC – The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, and Dr. Réjean Hébert, Minister of Health and Social Services for the Government of Quebec, today announced that the Hospital will have an autonomous status when it is transferred to the Government of Quebec.
