Foraco Canada Ltd. will receive up to $170,000 in funding through NRC-IRAP to support the continued development of a data acquisition system to capture and record essential production data from a drilling rig. The collected data will be used to create and implement best practices for drilling under different conditions, as well as increasing the overall productivity and the safety of crews and rigs.
The Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for New Brunswick, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) and Member of Parliament for Fundy Royal, 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, today announced $116,530 in federal funding for wastewater infrastructure upgrades in Alma. Minister Moore was joined by Bernard LeBlanc, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Memramcook-Tantramar, on behalf of the Honourable Brian Kenny, New Brunswick Minister of Environment and Local Government, and Kirstin Shortt, Mayor of the Village of Alma.
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The Harper Government is helping equip youth in Toronto and Hamilton with the skills and experience they need to find jobs. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Finance, Regional Minister for the Greater Toronto Area and Member of Parliament for Eglinton–Lawrence, along with Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga East–Cooksville, on behalf of the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development.
Residents of Havelock will benefit from the rehabilitation of King Street drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, thanks to joint funding from the Governments of Canada and Ontario through the Small Communities Fund.
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Members of the media are invited to attend three events where Parliamentary Secretary Gerald Keddy, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), will make announcements regarding initiatives in the Town of Shelburne, the Town of Lockport and the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg.
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Finance; Mark Adler, Member of Parliament for York Centre, 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; His Worship John Tory, Mayor, City of Toronto, and Brad Chapman, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business Development, Centennial College.
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The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, and Tilly O'Neill Gordon, Member of Parliament for Miramichi, will highlight the first boosted Universal Child Care Benefit payments being delivered to over 3.8 million families.
On July 20, 2015 at about 8:00 a.m, a lockdown was put in place in the maximum security unit at Stony Mountain Institution to allow staff to conduct a search of the unit following an inmate assault.
The former Gold River-Western Shore Elementary School in the Municipality of the District of Chester will be transformed into a community centre and recreational space, thanks in part to Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program (CIP 150) funding announced today by Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, to the Minister of National Revenue and for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margaret's, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (ACOA).
