Twenty-three Atlantic Canada life sciences companies and research organizations are attending and sharing exhibition space this week at the 2015 BIO International Convention and Trade Show in Philadelphia, PA, thanks in part to funding of up to $84,812 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and funding of up to $36,348 from the four Atlantic provincial governments.
On behalf of the Government of Canada, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Federal Minister of Health, will deliver remarks in recognition of Sarcoma Awareness Week.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, accompanied by James Rajotte, M.P. for Edmonton-Leduc, will make an announcement about upcoming criminal justice legislation.
Defence Minister Jason Kenney and Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino today met with United States (U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Robert Work, in advance of celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD).
The lockdown put in place at Bath Institution on June 12, 2015, has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
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Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, announced today that the proposed Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project (the Project), located approximately 250 kilometres off the coast of Nova Scotia, is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that officers at the Sprague, Manitoba border crossing seized a portable methamphetamine laboratory from a traveller's vehicle on June 4, 2015.
