| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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Representatives of the media are invited to a news conference during which the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 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, will make an announcement concerning the firm Solutions Novika.
Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced that Major's Logging, a mechanical wood harvesting company based in Newfoundland, used its Export Guarantee product to make sure they could finance their expansion that was required to deliver on a new contract with Muskrat Falls.
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
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Members of the media are invited to join Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue and for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margaret's, to celebrate the grand opening of the Bridgewater Marina following a Government of Canada investment.
At an event today in the presence of business and research and development (R&D) leaders from throughout Atlantic Canada, the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), announced strengthened innovation programming to help businesses become more innovative, productive and competitive.
As part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) routine testing of various food products, a study released today found 95 per cent of foods typically consumed by children had no detectable levels of undeclared priority allergens and gluten.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Event date: July 17, 2014 - The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism) (Agriculture), will participate in a tourism roundtable to engage stakeholders about recent trends in tourism in Quebec City.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:
"Canada strongly condemns the brutal and cowardly suicide car bomb attack on a busy market in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province, which has killed dozens of people and injured scores more.
Groesbeek, The Netherlands – On July 17, a Canadian contingent of approximately 200 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and civilian VIPs participating in the 98th annual International Four Days Marches Nijmegen will visit the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.
Omar Gandhi Architect Inc. of Halifax has won the Canada Council 2014 Prix de Rome prize. The $50,000 prize recognizes outstanding achievement in Canadian architecture and is awarded annually to a young architect or architectural firm to develop their skills and creative practice as well as work with specialists worldwide. Inspired by the maritime climate, Omar Gandhi's winning project will explore how buildings respond to extreme weather and he hopes to develop progressive design strategies for regions of high precipitation.
OTTAWA, ON – Media are invited to attend a bridge dedication ceremony at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 180 in Wingham, Ontario, to honour the sacrifice of Corporal Matthew Dinning, who was killed while on duty in Afghanistan on April 22, 2006.
