The Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ville de Québec is heading for Québec City to join the 400th anniversary celebrations and strengthen ties with her namesake city before beginning a five-month deployment with Standing NATO Maritime Group 1. Ville de Québec is commanded by Commander Christophe Dickinson and has a crew of about 240 all ranks, including a CH-124 Sea King helicopter detachment.
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The City of Burlington today recognized the contributions of the federal and regional governments in helping to reconstruct Brant Street from the city's downtown gateway to near Lake Ontario.
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The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced new funding to help an estimated 3,000 immigrants in Nova Scotia.
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Sainte-Marie will receive $460,953 under the federal-provincial agreement on the transfer of a portion of federal gasoline tax revenues and the Government of Québec's contribution.
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The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced $70,630 in repayable funding to the young firm Sublimart for the acquisition of equipment needed to launch its operations. This project will result in the creation of five jobs in the municipality of Saint-Ambroise.
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Acting on behalf of Nathalie Normandeau, Deputy Premier of Quebec and Ministre des Affaires municipales et des Régions, Laurent Lessard, Ministre de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Ministre responsable de la région de Chaudière-Appalaches and Member of the National Assembly for Frontenac, today joined Maxime Bernier, Member of Parliament for Beauce, acting on behalf of the Honourable Jean‑Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, in announcing that the City of Sainte‑Marie will receive $10,814,940 in joint government funding under the Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF) to bring its water treatment facilities up to standard.
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The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), today appointed Mr. Stephen J. Mallory as a member of the Council.
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The Government of Canada announced today an amendment to the Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations (CCRR) that will now include a Dangerous Offender designation among the list of factors that must be considered by the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) before assigning inmates to a lower security classification level.
