| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
During the ceremonial lighting of the torch for the Prince George 2015 Canada Winter Games today on Parliament Hill, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, proclaimed 2015 as the Year of Sport in Canada. The announcement was made in the presence of the Honourable Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport); Her Worship Shari Green, Mayor of Prince George; Tom Quinn, Chair of the Canada Games Council; Brett Robinson, Executive Chair of the Prince George 2015 Canada Winter Games Host Society; Chief Dominic Frederick of the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation; and athletes representing the 19 sports taking place at the Games.
Today, Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced
$2.8 million in federal funding over five years for Project Venture Kamloops, a crime prevention project that will help Aboriginal youth in the Kamloops area.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
October 16, 2014 - Scarborough, ON - Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today announced that more than 200,000 people have joined the Canadian family since the start of 2014.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| media advisories
On behalf of Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Member of Parliament Wai Young (Vancouver South) will be in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday, October 17, with Scott Hamilton Member of the Legislative Assembly (Delta North), to announce an investment that will benefit the food processing sector.
Media are invited to attend a technical briefing on Canadian support to the multinational mission against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Friday, October 17, in Conference Room D, National Defence Headquarters.
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, today delivered keynote remarks at the U.S.–Canada Energy Summit in Chicago. The Minister emphasized the importance of our longstanding energy relationship with the United States and reaffirmed Canada's commitment to reaching additional markets to support energy security, environmental responsibility and the economy.
