| Western Economic Diversification Canada
| media advisories
On Friday, October 3, 2014, the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular Services), on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, will speak at the ribbon cutting for the Kenaston School playground and sports field upgrades.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| news releases
A new, national accreditation program focused on quality, food safety and animal welfare will be implemented on Manitoba's dairy farms with financial support provided through Growing Forward 2, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today.
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today celebrated the opening of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the Boundary Dam in Estevan, Saskatchewan, the world's first post-combustion carbon capture project in a coal-fired power plant.
CHATHAM-KENT, ONTARIO - The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, will deliver remarks to the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce, where he will discuss the importance of the energy sector to Canada's and southwestern Ontario's economy.
On September 30, 2014 at 15:45 hours a lockdown was put in place at Matsqui Institution, a medium security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.
| Western Economic Diversification Canada
| media advisories
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 2, 2014 – On October 3, 2014 the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, will provide remarks at a luncheon hosted by the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce. The Minister will address the Saskatoon business community and provide an overview of the Government of Canada's 2014 Budget, as well as outline Western Economic Diversification Canada's strategic agenda.
I want to reassure everyone that the risk to Canadians remains very low. The Ebola virus does not spread easily from person to person like a cold or a flu. It's spread through direct contact with infected body fluids, not through casual contact.
The lockdown put in place in the medium security unit at Warkworth Institution on September 25, 2014 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
On September 27, 2014, at 9:24 pm, a lockdown was put in place at Kent Institution, a maximum security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.