| Canadian Heritage | news releases
On behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, Brian Jean, Member of Parliament (Fort McMurray-Athabasca), today announced funding that will help the Lesser Slave Lake North Community Association present its 31st annual North Country Fair.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, today announced the awarding of $422,940 in non-repayable funding to the Centre des marais et ses habitants, better known as Refuge Pageau, for ongoing improvements to its facilities as part of an overall plan to increase visitor traffic to the centre by 20%.
| Natural Resources Canada | media advisories
OTTAWA - On Thursday, May 21, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, will hold a news conference to speak about the Government of Canada's response to the temporary shutdown of the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) Chalk River Laboratories. The Minister will respond to questions from the media.
| Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | news releases
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is making available $250,000 under its Participant Funding Program to assist groups and individuals to participate in the environmental review for the proposed Bute Inlet Hydroelectric project in British Columbia.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
A long-time North Island commercial trawl captain pled guilty and was fined $3,000 in Campbell River Provincial Court February 24, 2009, on a charge of illegal fishing under the Fisheries Act.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, wishes to warn the public on the North Shore that the gathering of mussels is prohibited on all North Shore shellfish beds; this ban is enshrined in Order QTN-024, made pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations. Clams can still be harvested in those areas where this is authorized.
| Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | news releases
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is making available $250,000 under its Participant Funding Program to assist groups and individuals to participate in the environmental review for the proposed Bute Inlet Hydroelectric project in British Columbia.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
Federal Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq and Dr. David Butler-Jones, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, today confirmed 223 additional Canadian cases of the H1N1 flu virus, bringing the total number of laboratory confirmed cases in Canada to 719. This is a cumulative case count of laboratory confirmed cases reported since April 26, 2009, and the additional numbers represent cases reported between May 16 and May 20, 2009.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Registered charities have until June 5 to apply for a portion of the $1 million in funding from the Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health. Grants applications will be reviewed and funds disbursed by the fall of 2009.
| Public Services and Procurement Canada | media advisories
Public Works and Government Services Canada wishes to advise all motorists that starting Friday, May 22, until November 2009, the Alexandra Bridge's southbound lane to Ottawa will be closed to vehicular traffic during weeknights from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
