The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia announced funding for the following four drinking water and wastewater projects in Nova Scotia under the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement after meeting with Gebran Bassil, Lebanon's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants:
On June 3, 2015, correctional officers in the medium security unit at Dorchester Penitentiary intercepted an inmate who was attempting to bring contraband into the institution.
Greg Kerr, Member of Parliament for West Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced infrastructure investments totalling $572 thousand in Grand-Pré National Historic Site.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today announced $3,139,925 in federal funding for three wastewater projects and one drinking water improvement project in Nova Scotia through the Small Communities Fund. Minister MacKay was joined by the Honourable Michel Samson, Minister of Energy, Minister of Communications Nova Scotia, and Minister of Acadian Affairs, and municipal representatives from the Town of Trenton, the Town of Stellarton, the Municipality of the County of Richmond, and the Municipality of the District of Guysborough.
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, issued the following statement regarding today's announcement of a Final Investment Decision by PNW LNG Ltd. on their proposed Pacific Northwest LNG facility:
Dr. Guy Berthiaume, the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, today announced a new program that will provide $7.5 million in contributions over the next five years to support local documentary heritage communities from coast to coast to coast.