| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Mr. Blaine Calkins, Member of Parliament for Wetaskiwin, today announced federal support for the Lacombe and District Family and Community Support Services under the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Selkirk youth will benefit from the Government of Canada's support of a local employment project. Mr. James Bezan, Member of Parliament for Selkirk¿Interlake, made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Member of Parliament for Egmont, and members of the National Seniors Council (NSC) met with seniors' organizations and service providers in Summerside today to explore the NSC's two new priorities: volunteering among seniors; and positive and active aging.
| Public Services and Procurement Canada | media advisories
On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, Minister for La Francophonie and Minister responsible for the Québec City Region, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, will deliver a speech related to the opening of public consultations on the future of the Grande-Allée Armoury in Québec City.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory today. He congratulated the researchers and public health professionals on completing the full genome sequencing of the H1N1 flu virus samples from Canada and Mexico.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Good afternoon. The financial turbulence that began in the U.S. subprime-mortgage market in August 2007 reached maximum intensity towards the end of 2008, and enveloped the entire global economy. Strains that had previously been concentrated in a few major financial centers turned into a full-blown crisis, affecting both industrial and emerging-market economies through trade, financial, and confidence channels.
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | news releases
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced funding for research that will keep the Canadian fisheries and aquaculture industries competitive and sustainable.
| Statistics Canada | news releases
The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin, the Agency's first line of communication with the media and the public.
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | news releases
Early this morning, the investigators of the Aboriginal Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (A-CFSEU) dismantled a criminal organization suspected of involvement in drug trafficking and production activity in Kanesatake. Eight marihuana grow operations, several firearms and heavy equipment were found on location.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond, accompanied by their daughter Marie-Éden, will travel to Canada's North. The visit, which will take place primarily in Nunavut and end in Nunavik, in Quebec's Arctic region, will run from May 25 to June 1, 2009.
