Canada deplores the continued persecution of Christians in Iraq. The latest ultimatum from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] threatens Iraqi Christians in Mosul with death unless they convert to Islam, pay a special tax or flee the city.
Canada condemns in the strongest terms Hamas's shameful decision to continue its cowardly and indiscriminate violence that has today cost the lives of 13 soldiers.
Amidst the bustle of a Saturday morning farmers market, the sound of pipers and a traditional "cry" from Annapolis Royal's town crier, the Annapolis Royal Wharf Association and members of the community celebrated the Grand Re-opening of its upgraded wharf just in time for a beautiful seaside summer.
Today, the Chief of the Romanian Air Force (RoAF) Staff, Major General Laurian Anastasof, awarded the RoAF Emblem of Honour to four members of the Canadian Air Task Force (ATF) presently deployed in Campia Turzii, Romania.
As we mourn the loss of the passengers and crew members aboard Flight MH17, Canada joins Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands and other friends and allies around the world in insisting on a credible and unimpeded international investigation into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
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Public Works and Government Services Canada wishes to advise motorists that the configuration of traffic lanes on the Macdonald Cartier Bridge will be modified due to the completion of the centre median and the beginning of work on the Ottawa-bound exterior lane.
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The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), together with Member of Parliament Mark Adler, today announced New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) funding worth $22,000 to the Bernard Betel Centre for its project, Empowerment and Expression: Senior Voices through Art.