Forty metric tonnes of emergency relief supplies will be loaded onto a CC-177 Globemaster III aircraft at CFB Trenton tomorrow, for delivery to Bangkok, Thailand. This shipment is part of the initial $2 million commitment Canada made on May 5, 2008 to respond to Tropical Cyclone Nargis.
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The Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport), will visit San Salvador, El Salvador, from May 12 to 14, as part of Canada's renewed engagement in the Americas.
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The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), today announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel F. Muzyka as a member of the Council.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of National Defence and Minister of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Peter MacKay today unveiled the Canada First Defence Strategy.
The Government of Canada, through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), is supporting Newfoundland and Labrador's music industry and advancing the region's tourism sector by investing in the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention.
Post-secondary students from Newfoundland and Labrador are in Toronto today to test their business skills against students from across Canada at the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) National Exposition.
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Over 200 Aboriginal high school students are meeting in Regina for BDC's annual E-Spirit National Aboriginal youth business plan competition from May 12 to 14. The grade 10 to 12 students come from as far as Hazelton, British Columbia in the West; Arviat, Nunavut in the North and Postville, Labrador in the East.