| National Defence | statements
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement to mark Mental Illness Awareness Week, which runs from October 5-11, 2014:
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
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, is attending the activities surrounding today's official opening of the 2014 International Summit of Cooperatives and confirms that funding has been awarded for this large-scale international event.
| Canada Border Services Agency | news releases
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today a significant seizure of 14 kg of suspected cocaine at the Toronto Pearson International Airport (TPIA).
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Today, on the occasion of the CEO Summit of the Devonshire Initiative, Minister Paradis announced Canada's support to the following development projects:
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, on the occasion of the CEO Summit of the Devonshire Initiative, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, re-affirmed Canada's commitment to promoting responsible oil, gas and mining development to help move the world's most vulnerable from poverty to prosperity.
| Service Canada | news releases
Over the next four years, the Canadian Wheat Alliance (CWA) and two of the world's leading plant breeding companies, KWS and Syngenta Inc., will partner to develop high-quality wheat plants by improving existing doubled haploid technologies. These methods expose immature grains to treatments that double the genetic material and reduce the length of crop improvement cycles. This collaboration capitalizes on the specific expertise of each partner and the strength of their combined proficiencies, technologies, and infrastructures.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced in the House of Commons today that Canada will undertake renewed action, in coordination with our allies and partners, to respond to the heinous acts of sexual violence and other human rights abuses being committed by ISIL, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, against women and children.
| Department of Finance Canada | media advisories
Minister of State (Finance) Kevin Sorenson will make an announcement about the availability of federal Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPP).
| Service Canada | news releases
A spontaneous burst of affection and excitement, frozen in time by a newspaper photographer's lightning-fast reflexes, the "Wait for Me Daddy" photograph became famous to a generation.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Industry Minister James Moore met with the i-CANADA Alliance Governors Council today in Ottawa.
