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The project, valued at $220 million, consists of building a new deep-water dock equipped with two ship loaders and two conveyor lines with an annual capacity of 50 million tonnes, meeting the global marine industry's most recent standards and latest innovations. Next year, this will be the largest mineral port in North America and the only port on the continent that can accommodate Chinamax vessels. The dock is built on piles on the Pointe-Noire sector of the Port of Sept-Îles.
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The Government of Canada announced, in May 2014, new measures that, once implemented, will help to achieve a world-class tanker safety system in Canada. These measures build on recommendations from the Tanker Safety Expert Panel and other studies, and have been informed by engagement with provincial governments, Aboriginal groups, marine stakeholders and internal analysis by federal departments and agencies. Together, these measures demonstrate the Government of Canada's ongoing commitment to strengthen marine safety measures to protect the public and the environment.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, in the presence of Jean D'Amour, Minister for Transport and the Implementation of the Maritime Strategy, Minister responsible for the Bas-Saint-Laurent region and Minister responsible for the Gaspésie-Îles-Madeleine region, today announced that the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec are in a good position to table the legislative framework to implement the Canada-Quebec Accord, signed in 2011, for the joint management of petroleum resources in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Steinbach, Manitoba – Ted Falk, Member of Parliament (Provencher), on behalf of the Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, will make an announcement on Tuesday about festivals and celebrations in southeastern Manitoba.
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The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, today announced the launch of Phase 1 clinical trials for Canada's Ebola vaccine (VSV-EBOV) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.
Today, on the International Day for Disaster Reduction, we celebrate the resilience of people and communities affected by disasters around the world. We also celebrate the action we are all taking to reduce our vulnerability to disasters.
Canada condemns in the strongest terms the attacks conducted yesterday in several Iraqi provinces that killed dozens of people, including several members of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Diyala. Canada is also extremely concerned by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s continuing attacks on the Kurdish-majority town of Kobane in northern Syria.
