| Service Canada | news releases
Representatives gathered today to mark the start of construction at the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Owen Sound, work that includes both upgrading the facility from a primary level of treatment to a secondary level, as well as increasing its volume capacity.
| Service Canada | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with Cheryl Gallant, Member of Parliament for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, on behalf of 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; Marie-France Lalonde, Member of Provincial Parliament for Ottawa-Orléans, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure (Economic Development); Peter Emon, Warden for the County of Renfrew and Luke Barker, Implementation Manager, Bell Aliant.
| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | news releases
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today launched an online discussion forum for Canadians to have their final say on the future of the television system. The forum will be open until September 19 ¿ the final day of the public hearing on Let's Talk TV: A Conversation with Canadians.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will participate in a round table in Edmundston, New-Brunswick.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International development and La Francophonie, will make an announcement concerning humanitarian funding for Ethiopia. She will be joined by Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Orléans.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
Acting on behalf of 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, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, today announced that Société Duvetnor Ltd has been granted financial assistance for the tourism development of Île aux Lièvres, an island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River near Rivière-Loup.
| Canadian Heritage | media advisories
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| Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | news releases
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is making available funding to assist participation of the public and Aboriginal groups in the federal environmental assessment of the proposed Hardrock Deposit Project, located approximately five kilometres south of Geraldton, Ontario.
| Service Canada | news releases
Residents in the regions of Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough County are celebrating the news today that improved high-speed Internet is now available in their area. The reach and speed of existing wireless and DSL networks have been expanded to provide download speeds of up to 15 Mbps through a new fibre optic cable network and new or improved access points made possible through the Eastern Ontario Regional Network project. In areas that cannot connect with the wireless or wired service, a satellite solution provides connectivity to speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, on behalf of Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Joe Daniel, Member of Parliament for Don Valley East, announced that Canada is supporting UNICEF's work to improve access to quality education for vulnerable and underserved children in Kenya. He was joined by Chungsen Leung, Member of Parliament for Willowdale.
