| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
| news releases
Mark Strahl, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today delivered remarks at the 5th Annual Canadian Welding Association Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Peter Braid, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Communities and Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, spoke today at the Ontario Construction Secretariat Annual General Meeting regarding the New Building Canada Plan, the renewed federal Gas Tax Fund Agreement for Ontario and what they mean for municipalities across Ontario.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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The annual Agrifoods and Garden Show, the largest agriculture event in the province, will receive $150,000 in funding from the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Growing Forward 2 Agreement, through the Market Development Initiative.
September 29, 2014 - Québec, Quebec
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, recently met with representatives of the Regroupement des pêcheurs professionnels du sud de la Gaspésie (RPPSG) to hear about their various initiatives, achievements and projects.
The lockdown put in place at Bath Institution on September 25, 2014, has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
| Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
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As part of the strengthened and modernized Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) put in place to support the government's Responsible Resource Development Initiative, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency must decide whether a federal environmental assessment is required for the proposed Coal Mountain Phase 2 Project, located in British Columbia.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Today marks the beginning of a month-long fundraising effort by Canada Post and its employees to raise funds for the Community Foundation for Children. Funds raised through an annual in-store campaign, employee events and through sales of a special semi-postal stamp allow the Foundation to deliver grants to community-based organizations focused on programs and activities for children and youth.
On September 25, 2014, at about 1:00 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Drummond Institution, a medium security federal institution.
September 29, 2014 - Vigo, Spain
On the heels of this year's Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Annual Meeting, Fisheries and Oceans Canada highlighted the various management decisions taken by the Organization, with a view to ensuring conservation and sustainability.
"Canada is concerned by disturbing reports of increasing Islamic extremism and deterioration in the promotion and protection of human rights in the Maldives. The likely kidnapping of a leading local journalist and threats and attacks against other journalists, politicians and activists are particularly disturbing.