| Department of Justice Canada | backgrounders
The Victims Fund provides grants and contributions to support projects and activities to help support victims of crime. More specifically, the fund promotes access to justice, improves the capacity of service providers, fosters the establishment of referral networks, and increases awareness of services available to victims of crime and their families.
| National Defence | news releases
OTTAWA - Today in Poland, approximately 200 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) soldiers replaced outgoing members of the Land Task Force under Operation REASSURANCE, Canada's response to the Putin regime's aggression in Central and Eastern Europe.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada | media advisories
Please be advised that Jim Hillyer, Member of Parliament for Lethbridge, on behalf of the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, will make an important announcement on jobs and skills training across the country for Aboriginal communities.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing more than $2 million over three years to support 24 research and development projects in Manitoba's agriculture and agri-food sector, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today.
| National Defence | news releases
John Duncan, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, on behalf of the Honorable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, today announced three infrastructure investments worth $17.8 million. These investments over the next two years will support the Canadian Armed Forces.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | backgrounders
The following projects have received funding under the 2015/16 Growing Innovation – Agri-Food Research and Development Initiative (GI-ARDI):
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Brad Trost, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon–Humboldt, accompanied by the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, and on behalf of the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today highlighted the funding that the University of Saskatchewan received through the PromoScience Program. The support will help provide elementary school- and high school-aged Canadians with better opportunities to gain skills for careers in science-based fields later in life.
| National Defence | media advisories
Media are invited to attend a technical briefing on Canadian operations against ISIS on Thursday July 9, in Conference Room D, National Defence Headquarters.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The La Ronge Service Canada Centre at 503 La Ronge Avenue and the La Loche Scheduled Outreach Site located on Montgrand Street have been temporarily closed due to local forest fires. These Centres will remain closed until further notice.
| Natural Resources Canada | news releases
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today held a Northern Ontario Forest Industry Roundtable to identify opportunities to increase jobs and growth and strengthen collaboration and innovation in the forest sector. The participants, including industry, Aboriginal leaders, research organizations, and private sector land managers, discussed opportunities to align resources and investments to grow Canada's forest sector competitiveness.
