| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the province of New Brunswick invite owners of small or backyard poultry flocks to attend an information session on how to help prevent and detect poultry diseases, such as avian influenza.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the province of Prince Edward Island invite owners of small or backyard poultry flocks to attend an information session on how to help prevent and detect poultry diseases, such as avian influenza.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
Today's reopening of the Russian market to Canadian pork is a positive development for the industry and demonstrates that Government actions are delivering results for producers, announced Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Gerry Ritz.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
In response to an appeal by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Government of Canada has sent 700 tents to the Red Cross Society of China to help address the emergency shelter needs of those affected by the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Canada's privacy commissioners and ombudsmen representing federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions will host a press conference to announce a joint resolution about child privacy online.
| National Defence | news releases
One Canadian soldier was killed today at approximately 9:30 a.m., Kandahar time. The Canadian soldier was killed by direct fire when a joint Afghan-Canadian dismounted security patrol came under small arms fire from insurgents in the Panjwayi District.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement today on the death of a Canadian soldier:
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
My husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I have just learned of the death of Captain Richard (Steve) Leary of the Second Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Shilo, Manitoba. We are saddened by this tragic news.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, announced today the appointment of Larry Chartrand to the Sahtu Arbitration Panel.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Secretary of State for Agriculture, on behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, today announced the start of the Be Food Safe public awareness and education program designed to reduce the incidence of foodborne illness in Canada.
