With over 40,000 kilometres of shoreline within the four Atlantic provinces, there is little wonder the region has become home to companies and institutions that are world leaders in the ocean technology sector. This week, 19 of those companies are attending the Ocean Business 2015 exhibition and conference at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, the year's most important ocean technology training and procurement forum.
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Event date: April 14, 2015-Rod Bruinooge, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, on behalf of the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will celebrate investments in support of innovative research at the University of Manitoba.
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Canada has a proud history in space. In 1962 it became the third nation in space, and it was the first country in the world to have its own satellite-beaming television to the far corners of Canada's North.
Today, the Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, congratulated Allied Aviation Service Company of Newfoundland, ULC, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Transportation District 140 on the renewal of their collective agreement.
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La ministre du Travail et ministre de la Condition féminine, l'honorable Dre K. Kellie Leitch, a félicité aujourd'hui Allied Aviation Services Company of Newfoundland, ULC, et le district 140 de l'Association internationale des machinistes et des travailleurs et travailleuses de l'aérospatiale d'avoir renouvelé leur convention collective.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has granted Bagotville Airport a designation that now allows, on an ongoing basis, the landing of flights of 30 passengers or less (including crew) from Monday to Friday, between 8:00 and 16:30.
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Event date: April 14, 2015 - The Honourable Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, on behalf of the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will celebrate support for Canada's top researchers at McMaster University.
April 13, 2015
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Roger Girouard, Assistant Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard, Western Region, along with partners, will be providing an operational update this morning on the Marathassa spill in Vancouver. Media are invited to attend or participate by phone.
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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will be in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on Tuesday, April 14, to speak to delegates at the Canadian Global Crops Symposium and make an announcement in support of Canada's agriculture sector.