| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors) announced today New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) funding for over $52,000 to the Japanese Community Volunteer Association, known in the Greater Vancouver area as Tonari Gumi, for its Lighthouse Project for At-Risk Japanese Seniors.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | media advisories
Friday, July 25, 2014-The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), will visit the newly replaced pedestrian bridge at the Rattray Marsh Conservation Area, and will also visit the rehabilitated Don McLean Westacres Outdoor Pool. Both projects are supported through the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund. Minister Goodyear will be joined by Stella Ambler, Member of Parliament for Mississauga South.
| Health Canada | news releases
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, today issued a national Call for Proposals to improve the prescribing practices for prescription drugs that have a high risk of abuse or addiction.
| Service Canada | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with Guy Lauzon, Member of Parliament for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry 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 and His Worship Steven Byvelds, Mayor of the Municipality of South Dundas.
| Service Canada | news releases
Several New Brunswick communities will soon benefit from improvements to their wastewater infrastructure, thanks to federal investments made through the federal Gas Tax Fund. A total of seven communities will see upgrades and improvements to their wastewater collection and treatment systems in Fundy Bay, Gillies, Greensborough, Harvey Lake, Havelock, Roachville and Sainte-Marie-Kent.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada announced $10 million in funding to increased access for vulnerable school-aged girls and boys (3 – 19 years) to quality education in the Lebanese public education system.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism, announced on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, that Canada will contribute to UNICEF's Improving Access to Quality Education for all Children initiative in Lebanon. Minister Kenney made the announcement during a visit to the Maallaqa Aradi Zahle informal refugee settlement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | news releases
The Yarmouth and Acadian Shores Tourism Association (YASTA) is undertaking an integrated tourism marketing strategy to promote the region to New England and other out-province locations.
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend a funding announcement for Raspberry Point Oyster Co.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
Senator Don Meredith, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will announce new funding for a project that aims to increase job opportunities and entrepreneurial capacities of youth in Nigeria.
