| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has joined a multilateral alliance to govern a quickly growing online access point to the world's research information ¿ WorldWideScience.org. Officials representing 38 countries, including Canada, met on June 12, 2008 in Seoul, Korea, to move WorldWideScience.org from a partnership-based organization to an organization governed by a multinational alliance. The NRC Canada Insitute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) was part of the delegation that signed the "founding and purpose" document for WorldWideScience Alliance restating the Alliance's goal to provide a single, sophisticated point of access to diverse scientific resources and knowledge from nations around the world.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
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This initial phase of the Quartier des spectacles project will be completed on schedule, in time for the 30th anniversary of the International Jazz Festival in June 2009.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
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The Town of Tracadie-Sheila, as well as the Villages of Bas-Caraquet, Grande-Anse and Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, will make essential improvements to local infrastructure after receiving their first payments under the Canada-New Brunswick Agreement on the Transfer of Federal Gas Tax Revenues and the Provincial Gas Tax Transfer Top-up Fund.
Residents and visitors to Mississauga will have an opportunity to take part in the Mississauga Chinese Arts Festival, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today congratulated Albania and Croatia after NATO members signed protocols opening the way for the two countries to accede to the North Atlantic Treaty in 2009.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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Jacques Gourde, Member of Parliament for Lotbinière¿Chutes-Chaudière and Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Jean‑Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced that the Corporation de la Coupe du Monde de vélo de montagne Mont Sainte-Anne received $135,000 in non-repayable funding to help maximize the spin-offs and international reach of the 2007 and 2008 editions of Vélirium, the International Mountain Bike Festival and World Cup.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that the Government of Canada provided a final payment for flooding which occurred in 2003 and an interim payment for damage caused by Hurricane Juan to Prince Edward Island under the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA).
Residents of the Francophone community of Rivière-Paix will benefit from enriched French-language programs, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The decision this week by Bell Mobility and TELUS to begin charging for incoming text messages has raised serious consumer concerns, particularly with regard to charges for unsolicited, unwanted, spam text messages.
The Government of Canada today announced adjustments to the rules for government guaranteed mortgages aimed at protecting and strengthening the Canadian housing market. The new measures include:
