| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Throughout the current financial crisis, central banks have engaged in continuous close consultation and have cooperated in unprecedented joint actions such as the provision of liquidity to reduce strains in financial markets.
| Department of Finance Canada | statements
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today issued the following statement:
| Public Services and Procurement Canada | news releases
St. Andrews Lock and Dam will be closed to marine vessels at midnight Tuesday, October 14, 2008, for the season. Navigation through the lock will be discontinued on this date, and reopen in spring 2009.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that the Beaverbrook Art Gallery is the recipient of the 2008 York Wilson Endowment Award. The Gallery will use the award to purchase The Barn, including the animation Romancing the Farm, by contemporary artist Graeme Patterson.
| Health Canada | news releases
Cooked turkey is a central part of many holiday celebrations in Canada - especially Thanksgiving. Health Canada would like to remind all Canadians that there are simple steps they can take to help ensure their turkey feast is a safe one.
| Health Canada | news releases
Health Canada is advising the public, especially nursing mothers, about the very rare but serious health risk to breastfed babies posed by codeine use in mothers. Once ingested, codeine is converted by the body into morphine. Some people convert codeine into morphine more rapidly and completely than others. The babies of nursing mothers who rapidly metabolize codeine may be at increased risk for morphine overdose due to higher-than-expected morphine levels in breast milk.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Consular Affairs Bureau of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada publishes information on safety and security conditions abroad. Following is a list of changes made to Current Issues and Travel Reports released in the last 24 hours. This list is subject to change. Please visit www.voyage.gc.ca for further information.
| 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.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Bank of Canada announced today it will sell $2.65 billion of its holdings of treasury bills. This transaction will partially offset the temporary increase in assets associated with the term purchase and resale transactions announced yesterday. Details of the transaction are as follows:
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Central banks recently announced coordinated actions to expand the provision of U.S. dollar liquidity.
