| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced the appointment of John A. MacNaughton as Nominating Committee Chair for the new Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board. The three-member Nominating Committee will identify candidates for appointment to the Canada Employment Insurance (EI) Financing Board.
Brian Fitzpatrick, Member of Parliament for Prince Albert, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, and the Honourable Rob Norris, Minister of Saskatchewan Advanced Education, Employment and Labour, today announced funding for the Nipawin Oasis Community Centre Cooperative to help local youth gain the skills they need to find and maintain meaningful employment.
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce MacGregor, the Canadian Forces acting Director of Military Prosecutions (DMP), has preferred charges of Manslaughter, Criminal Negligence Causing Death and Negligently Performing a Military Duty against Corporal Matthew Wilcox in the shooting death of Corporal Ronald Kevin Megeney.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
Consumers and businesses will be the winners in a more competitive wireless market. Industry Canada today announced that 282 licences have been conditionally assigned to 15 companies in the Auction of Spectrum Licences for Advanced Wireless Services and Other Spectrum in the 2 GHz Range.
Young people across Yukon will have greater opportunities to learn about skilled trades through the Skills Canada Yukon Competition, community skills clubs, educational presentations, and workshops. The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, and the Honourable Patrick Rouble, Minister of Education for the Government of Yukon, today announced the project to help employers address future labour shortages in skilled trades and technologies by promoting these trades to youth as a viable career option.
Young people in Whitehorse will have the opportunity to develop employability skills and learn traditional wood-carving techniques that will help them in their future careers or return to school. The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced funding for the Carving Our Path project run by Sundog Retreat. Participants from Carving Our Path may continue on to the Journey Far project, funded by the Yukon Department of Justice, which helps to further develop their employability skills.
Our fallen soldier, Corporal James Hayward Arnal, 25, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI), based out of Shilo, Manitoba is scheduled to return home to Canada tomorrow.
Residents and visitors to the Stratford area will have the opportunity to take part in the Stratford Summer Music Festival, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
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
On May 15, 2008, Mark Wings Noodle Manufacturing Ltd. was fined $2,000 after entering a guilty plea in Saskatchewan provincial court for violating the Food and Drugs Act between July 21, 2005, and January 11, 2006.
