Cape Breton Bivalve Inc. will upgrade and expand its mussel farming operation and establish a mussel processing line with assistance from the Government of Canada. Senator Michael L. MacDonald was in North Sydney today to announce a $500,000 repayable contribution through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) on behalf of the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (ACOA).
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The Government of Canada is helping equip young Canadians in New Glasgow with the skills and work experience needed to get jobs, today announced the Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development).
Alexander Henry Leim was born on November 10, 1897, in Fergus, Ontario. A University of Toronto graduate, he became a member of the Biological Board of Canada in 1919, as a researcher at the St. Andrews Biological Station in New Brunswick. In 1924, he finished a doctorate on the evolution of the shad, a sea fish in the same family as the sardine and herring that reproduces in freshwater.
Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue and for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (ACOA), announced an investment today for Holland College's Bioscience Technology Program.
Below is a list outlining the companies selected to receive a Contribution Agreement from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to perform Research and Development (R&D) and investigate new methods and applications in using radar data acquired through missions supported by the CSA. Following an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) process, nine (9) companies have successfully met the requirements and will receive a Contribution Agreement to support their R&D project. The maximum cost envelope of each agreement is less than $100,000, and the agreements are valid for eighteen (18) months.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, the Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, will meet with small business owners to discuss red tape reduction, and will deliver a speech to highlight the Canada Revenue Agency's Liaison Officer Initiative pilot project.
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will help Canadian industry develop new applications and novel concepts that will capitalize on the use of Earth Observation (EO) data acquired by the CSA.
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today kicked off a trade and development mission to Laos and Burma from August 26 to 29, 2014, to continue to build stronger economic ties with the region and with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).