Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, wants to inform the North Shore population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to toxicity, in accordance with the prohibition order mentioned below, and pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, in the following shellfish area
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Mr. Dean Del Mastro, Member of Parliament for Peterborough, today announced federal support to five organizations under the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today concluded a 10-day trade mission aimed at generating business for Canada in Japan, which is Asia's biggest economy, and in China, one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| media advisories
Did you know that vaccines have saved more lives than any other medical intervention in the last century? Yet according to the World Health Organization, around 397, 000 people in the Americas died from an infectious disease in 2002. Thanks to the many discoveries that have been made during the past decades, vaccines, when available, are a solution to protect populations against many diseases. Indeed it is estimated that two million deaths a year are prevented due to immunization.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
The Government of Canada and Anglican dioceses across the country hope to welcome up to 50 refugee families over the next two years through a project announced today by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
The Town of St. Lawrence will upgrade its municipal water and sewer systems with assistance from the federal and provincial governments under the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF).
The Government of Canada announced yesterday new safety regulations for corded window coverings that will make these products safer for young children. The regulations came into effect following yesterday's publication in Canada Gazette, Part II.
The Government of Canada will assist the expansion of the Dynamic Air Shelters premises in Grand Bank and the purchase of new equipment as the company continues to grow.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaƫlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond, will be hosting a public Art Matters forum on Monday, April 20, 2009, at 7 p.m., at the National Arts Centre's Le Salon in Ottawa.