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The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced $385,997 in funding for seven innovative projects that will have a tangible and lasting impact on learners in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced the awarding of $77,760 in non-repayable funding to the SADC de Baie-Chaleurs ? the Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) serving the Baie-Chaleurs area ? for the organization of a series of thematic conferences and seminars on the world of business.
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The Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, today announced payment of a $100,000 financial contribution to North Shore company, Thermalco Inc. to perfect and test an oven prototype for heating hen houses through combustion of poultry litter.
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The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced that the Technopole Vallée du Saint-Maurice has been awarded $500,400 in non-repayable funding to continue carrying out its mission.
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Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, announced today the names of 42 recipients of the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award.
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Export Development Canada (EDC) announced that it launched a USD 1 billion 3-year Global Bond on Tuesday, the first global bond of its size in its corporate history. EDC last issued a global bond of USD 500 million in 2003.
GUELPH -Cleaner engines, cleaner air and more uses for local farm products were the focus of a just-completed study of biodiesel as an alternative fuel source on selected Ontario farms. This province-wide initiative is the only one of its kind in Canada. It involved six farms to evaluate the effectiveness of using biodiesel in agriculture.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that he and his family will join thousands of Canadians in France on April 9, 2007, to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the dedication of the newly restored Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
On behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today announced funding of $48,898 for the Wawatay Native Communications Society and $24,999 for the Equay-Wuk Women's Group.