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For creators in all artistic disciplines, the body is more than a medium or a vessel. As the seat of our existence, of our sensate experience, the human body, in creation, personifies and represents unique ways of living and thinking. In the poem I'm a Shepherd, which he published under the pseudonym Alberto Caeiro, Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa expresses a specific way of exploring reality, with all his senses and his entire body:
AJAX - In recognition of Rail Safety Week, the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for the Greater Toronto Area, today announced that the Government of Canada is providing $3,151,600 for 23 projects to improve safety at 21 railway crossings throughout Ontario. This includes $145,040 to install flashing lights, bells and gates at a railway crossing in Ajax, Ontario. The announcement was made on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
In response to a request for assistance from provincial authorities, Canadian Forces (CF) aircrews evacuated approximately 1 000 residents from the First Nations communities of Kashechewan, Fort Albany, and Attiwapiskat after the region recently experienced heavy flooding. Codenamed Operation CRATOS, the airlift has concluded and focus has now shifted to the provision of ground support by the Canadian Rangers.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, will launch Emergency Preparedness Week with an announcement at the Toronto Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR).
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health and the Honourable Doug Currie, Minister of Health for Prince Edward Island today announced further developments in Patient Wait Times Guarantees with a total investment of $1.8 million for a pilot project in Prince Edward Island. The project, Saving Time & Saving Lives: A Provincial Strategy for Ensuring Radiation Therapy Patient Wait Time Guarantees, will test a multi-faceted approach aimed at reducing wait times for radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients.
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The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on behalf of the Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Senate and Secretary of State (Seniors), today announced a new partnership with the Community Food Sharing Association to help improve services to seniors in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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The Government of Canada is helping to advance metabolomics, a growing field of research examining cellular-level activities, through an investment in specialized equipment for the University of Victoria Genome BC Proteomics Centre.
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The Government of Canada will consider the upgrading of the wastewater treatment plant in the Separated Town of St. Marys, Ontario, as a priority for up to $1,164,898 in federal infrastructure funding.
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The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation today reaffirmed Canada's commitment to help Palestinians and Israelis in their renewed efforts to secure a just and sustainable peace.
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The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, took the opportunity during today's official inauguration of the Centre universitaire de recherche sur l'aluminium (CURAL) to reaffirm the Government of Canada's commitment to stimulating the development of the aluminium manufacturing and transformation sectors. Construction of this laboratory, one of the best equipped in Canada, required an overall investment of $9.5 million and was made possible, in part, by $3.6 million in government funding. CURAL's mission is to conduct research in such areas as forging, fatigue behaviour and the manufacture of metal matrix composites, among others.
