| National Defence | news releases
Due to its strategic location and its largely ice-free deep harbour, the city of St. John's was selected during the early 1940s by American military planners to house Fort Pepperrell, an American military base with 65 buildings.
| National Defence | news releases
The Honourable Gordon O'Connor, Minister of National Defence, joined the Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister responsible for Newfoundland and Labrador at the Canadian Forces Station (CFS) St. John's to announce that a new multi-purpose facility will be constructed at Pleasantville in St. John's, replacing the current 16 military facilities located across Pleasantville.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
Acting on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, Ms. Sylvie Boucher, Member of Parliament for Beauport ? Limoilou and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, today launched the City of Québec's first Enviroclub, in the presence of Claude Vanasse, Coordinator of Industrial Ecology Services at the Centre québécois de développement durable (CQDD).
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced the awarding of $314,963 in repayable funding to Bouilloire Falmec Inc. for the adjustment and upgrading of technology used in the design of water tube boilers for cogeneration plants producing less than 2.5 megawatts of electricity. This funding will also serve for the preparation of a productivity enhancement study and export sales strategy. These projects are expected to result in the creation of 10 or so jobs over the next year.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the following change in the senior ranks of the Public Service:
| Public Safety Canada | news releases
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, issued this statement following reports that Montreal police are investigating a small bomb that exploded in front of the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre on Tuesday night.
| Service Canada | news releases
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced today that the Service Canada Centre in Regina will start accepting passport applications as of April 16, 2007, as another step in expanding passport Receiving Agent services across the country.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Mr. Merv Tweed, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced federal homelessness funding of $211,484 for the Samaritan House-Eco Green Roof.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Bill Casey, MP for Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSDC), today announced $157,700 in funding for a project that will address needs expressed by learning organizations across the province and allow learners to manage their own learning experiences.
| Statistics Canada | news releases
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