| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
While many children enjoy the opportunities that digital technology offers, not all have access to computers. Since its launch over two decades ago, the Computers for Schools program has played an important role in increasing access to technology for Canadian youth.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, along with Mimi Lowi-Young, CEO of the Alzheimer Society of Canada, officially launched Dementia Friends Canada to support the growing number of Canadians living with dementia.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
While many children enjoy the opportunities that digital technology offers, not all have access to computers. With the Canadian economy becoming increasingly digital, access to technology is an integral part of a child's education. The Computers for Schools program has played an important role in increasing access to technology for Canadian youth, ensuring they can learn the skills needed to take advantage of a modern digital world.
| Parks Canada | backgrounders
The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba Inc. will complete exterior repairs, including work on the domed corner pavilions, to the Dominion Exhibition Display Building II, in Brandon, Manitoba, as part of a broader rehabilitation project aimed at ensuring its ongoing viability. The proposed work will continue the process of returning this rare surviving example of a Dominion Exhibition building to public use. This investment will ensure the commemorative integrity of this important national historic site is maintained for present and future generations.
| Service Canada | news releases
A busy section of Cook Street was officially re-opened this week after undergoing a significant makeover. The Cook Street "Complete Street" project consisted of upgrading approximately 900 metres of Cook Street, from the intersection of Quadra Street/Cloverdale Avenue to Maplewood Road.
| Natural Resources Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, will announce an investment in upgrades at the Atlantic Forestry Centre. The announcement will be followed by a brief question and answer period with the media. Photographers and videographers are also invited to join Minister Rickford for a tour of a science laboratory.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
Through the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund (GLSF), the Government of Canada supports projects to clean up each of Canada's 12 remaining Areas of Concern or "degraded areas" within the Great Lakes Basin.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, announced funding to support environmental clean-up projects in the Great Lakes.
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | news releases
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, today announced the appointment of Lawrence Jardine to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a three-year term.
| Canada Revenue Agency | news releases
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., announced the appointment of a new member to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Board of Management. Mr. Mark S. Dwor, from the Province of British Columbia, will serve for a three-year term.
