| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| media advisories
Canada 's Minister of the Environment, the Honourable John Baird,will attend the Environment Ministers G-8 meeting in Potsdam , Germany from March 15-17, 2007 to discuss climate change and biodiversity.
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced $232,876 in funding for the Society of Brooks Community Adult Learning Council for a six-month program to help young people in Brooks make a successful transition into the workplace.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
ICICI Bank, India's second largest Bank, and Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada's Export Credit Agency, today signed a USD 50 million Line of Credit (LoC) agreement.
PARRY SOUND, ON -- Transport Canada today announced the transfer of ownership of the Port of Parry Sound-Smelter Street Wharf Facility to The Corporation of the Town of Parry Sound.
On behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health and the Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today announced funding of up to $20,000 for the Huntsville Festival of the Arts.
| Western Economic Diversification Canada
| news releases
Residents of Wood Buffalo, Town of High Prairie and Municipal District of Big Lakes will benefit from three municipal infrastructure projects that will provide safer roads, more affordable transit and increased recreational and cultural opportunities.
Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn, the first Orthodox Rabbi to serve in the Canadian Forces (CF) since the end of the Second World War, was sworn in today at the National Defence Medical Centre Auditorium in Ottawa.
The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, today announced over $500,000 in funding to support the expansion and enhancement of Pier 21 facilities in Halifax.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, today announced that Canada's New Government intends to provide British Columbia with $199.3 million, as part of a new Canada ecoTrust to support provincial projects that will result in real reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants.