Today, the Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, congratulated Lakehead Terminal Elevators Association and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (United Steelworkers) Local 1976 Unit Lodge 650 on reaching a collective agreement for some 200 grain workers and maintenance employees.
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Athabaskan returned to its home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, today after a successful deployment on Operation CARIBBE, Canada's contribution to the multinational campaign against illicit trafficking by transnational organized crime in the Caribbean basin and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Ottawa - Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will welcome His Excellency François Hollande, President of the French Republic, during his State visit to Canada, from November 2 to 4, 2014.
Ottawa – The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS), the investigative arm of the Canadian Forces Military Police, has charged a Canadian Armed Forces Reserve member for sexual assault allegedly committed at the Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre in the summer of July 2013.
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The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, delivered a keynote speech today to the 8th Annual State of the Island Economic Summit on Vancouver Island. The Summit brought together hundreds of business, government, and community leaders to discuss how to promote a sustainable and diversified economy for all residents of the Vancouver Island economic region.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Criminal Investigations Unit has laid a total of 10 charges against two individuals in separate seizures at the port of North Portal, Saskatchewan. Each individual is facing three charges under the Customs Act and two charges under the Criminal Code.
