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The La Ronge Service Canada Centre at 503 La Ronge Avenue and the La Loche Scheduled Outreach Site located on Montgrand Street have been temporarily closed due to local forest fires. These Centres will remain closed until further notice.
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today held a Northern Ontario Forest Industry Roundtable to identify opportunities to increase jobs and growth and strengthen collaboration and innovation in the forest sector. The participants, including industry, Aboriginal leaders, research organizations, and private sector land managers, discussed opportunities to align resources and investments to grow Canada's forest sector competitiveness.
Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), today announced the appointment of André Picard to the position of NFB Director General, Creation and Innovation. Mr. Picard will assume his responsibilities on July 13, 2015.
Today, the Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., Minister of National Revenue, and Member of Parliament for Delta-Richmond East, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced the successful organizations based in British Columbia selected through the Partnerships for Strengthening Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PSMNCH) call for proposals. Minister Findlay made the announcement during an event in Vancouver co-hosted by the BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre and the BC Children's Hospital.
The lockdown put in place at Matsqui Institution on July 3, 2015 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed to a modified routine.
On May 21, 2015 the Honourable Erin O'Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs, provided an update on the Légion d'honneur Program offered to Canadian Second World War Veterans by the Government of France
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced that Canada has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, commonly known as the Budapest Convention.
Residents in Presqu'île will benefit from the watermains project thanks to joint funding from the Governments of Canada and Ontario through the Small Communities Fund.