| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Farmer-led research to find new feed wheat varieties will receive $400,000 as part of a commitment to innovation under Growing Forward 2, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | media advisories
On behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Member of Parliament for Provencher Ted Falk will be in Ste. Agathe, Manitoba on Friday, September 26 to make an announcement in support of the Canadian hemp industry.
| Canadian Heritage | news releases
National Film Board of Canada headquarters will get a new home
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
Event date: September 26, 2014-The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will tour Innovation Park at Queen's University. The Park supports the development and growth of entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs in the Kingston area. Media are invited to join the tour of these facilities.
| Department of Finance Canada | media advisories
Minister of Finance Joe Oliver will highlight efforts to raise Canadians' financial literacy skills at an event with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, on Saturday, September 27, 2014
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
The lockdown put in place at Mountain Institution on September 16, 2014 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
| Service Canada | news releases
The Canada Council for the Arts has awarded the 2014 York Wilson Prize to the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Ontario. The $24,000 award will enable the Gallery to acquire a new work, entitled Tautology, by Aboriginal artist and 2013 Sobey Art Award winner Duane Linklater. The acquisition builds on the Gallery's tradition of supporting practices by regional and Aboriginal artists. The MacLaren Art Centre will unveil Tautology on September 25, 2014 at the Gallery's annual MacLaren Legacy Dinner, a featured event of Carnegie Days, which coincides with its Culture Days activities (September 26 to 28, 2014).
| Department of Justice Canada | backgrounders
The Youth Justice Fund was established in the 1990s as part of the Youth Justice Renewal Initiative, and provides grants and contributions funding for projects across Canada. The Youth Justice Fund has a budget of approximately $4.5 million each year.
| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | speeches
Few Canadians know that, before the start of CBC Television . . . before any television at all in Canada, in fact . . . even before the first Broadcasting Act and the creation of the original Canadian Radio-Television Commission, Canadian entrepreneurs were sending television signals down a cable to home TV sets to improve viewers' reception.
| Department of Justice Canada | news releases
Today, Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced $499,805 in funding to the Agincourt Community Services Association. The funding will help the organization develop and deliver a series of workshops to assist youth in learning new skills and coping mechanisms to increase their resiliency in the face of negative peer influences and decrease their involvement with the criminal justice system.
