| Department of Justice Canada | news releases
Today, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Peter MacKay announced more than $298,000 in funding to the Boys and Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria for its Coastline Employment Project.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), and the Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, met with seniors' organizations as well as service and health providers to highlight the Government of Canada's family tax cuts and benefits and to discuss issues facing seniors in Canada.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
May 22, 2015 - Ottawa, Ontario The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced the addition of a new surveillance vessel to the Conservation and Protection Program in Nova Scotia.
| Transport Canada | news releases
Cathy McLeod, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and for Western Economic Diversification and Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today announced that the Government of Canada is investing $4,401,747 to enhance safety at the Kamloops Airport.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Supporting Canadian companies in the dynamic Asia-Pacific region is a priority to create jobs and prosperity across Canada
| Canada Energy Regulator | news releases
The National Energy Board (NEB) and Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS) today released a joint Assessment of Unconventional Petroleum Resources of the Bluefish Shale and the Canol Shale in the Northwest Territories. This is the first time the unconventional resource potential of these shales has been evaluated.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
An estimated 600 families with children in Pickering and an estimated 32,000 families in Toronto are eligible to receive money under the proposed enhanced Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB), but are at risk of not receiving the benefit unless they apply. Today, the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, visited the Petticoat Creek Library and Community Centre to highlight the UCCB and explain how parents can still apply.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
The Center for Aquaculture & Environmental Research (CAER) in West Vancouver is an internationally recognized research facility dedicated to aquaculture and coastal research.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
April 22, 2015 - West Vancouver, British Columbia The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, joined by Randy Kamp, Member of Parliament for Pitt Meadows - Maple Ridge - Mission and Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Oceans and John Weston, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver, Sunshine Coast and Sea-Sky Country, today announced investments from the Government totaling over $57 million in science facilities, marine protection and Pacific Salmon research. Also in attendance were Dr. John Nightingale, President and CEO of the Vancouver Aquarium and Dr. Brian Riddell, President and CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
As part of Canada's national strategy for the protection of species at risk, the Government of Canada established the Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk.
