| Service Canada | news releases
With support from the federal Gas Tax Fund, the City of Melville has just completed phase 1 of its new water treatment plant. This included the construction of two new potable water wells. The wells will replace the surface water source the city had been using and now supply residents and businesses with a reliable source of clean, clear water.
| Service Canada | backgrounders
En 2014, 169 projets liés à l'eau potable et aux eaux usées dans 139 collectivités de la Saskatchewan ont bénéficié d'un financement total de 28 160 589 $ tiré du Fonds fédéral de la taxe sur l'essence.
| Western Economic Diversification Canada | news releases
The Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) will be able to establish a climate-controlled testing facility that will develop and commercialize innovative mine cover system technologies, thanks to a $1.85 million investment from the Government of Canada announced by Brad Trost, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Humboldt, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State (Finance), and Lawrence Toet, Member of Parliament for Elmwood¿Transcona, on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, today announced $50,000 in funding to improve accessibility at Transcona Memorial United Church.
| Service Canada | news releases
The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and Member of Parliament for Madawaska-Restigouche, 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, was joined today by the Honourable Donald Arseneault, Minister of Energy and Mines for New Brunswick, and Clément Tremblay, Mayor of Dalhousie, to announce $295,576 in federal funding for storm sewer upgrades in Dalhousie.
| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | news releases
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today invited Canadians to participate in a project that will measure the performance of their home broadband Internet services.The CRTC is collaborating in this project with major Internet service providers (ISPs) across the country and SamKnows, a company that specializes in measuring broadband services.
| Department of Justice Canada | news releases
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Peter MacKay, accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary Bob Dechert, met today with students of Philopateer Christian College to discuss the dangers of cyberbullying and to raise awareness of measures the Government has taken to help keep Canadians safe from online crime.
| Service Canada | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event in Saskatchewan with Randy Hoback, Member of Parliament for Prince Albert, 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, Victoria Jurgens, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Prince Albert Northcote, and Norma Sheldon, Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Prince Albert.
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | news releases
Tidal energy projects are taking off in the Bay of Fundy. Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) is offering workshops in locations across Nova Scotia for companies interested in exploring opportunities in the tidal energy supply chain.
| Labour Program | news releases
Today, the Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, congratulated the Yukon Hospital Corporation and the Public Service Alliance of Canada on the renewal of their collective agreement.
