| Canadian Heritage | news releases
Houmisha Nunkoo, age 10, from Weledeh School in Yellowknife, is the territorial Canada Day Poster Challenge 2008 winner for the Northwest Territories. This year's theme was My Canada Today!
| Canadian Heritage | news releases
This year marks the 5th anniversary of the Canadian Race-Relations Foundation's (CRRF) Award of Excellence program, which recognizes excellence and achievement in anti-racism practice in Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
Tonight, we are celebrating the performing arts, and to me, the stage is a meeting place.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
We often say that we have rights, but we have responsibilities as well. Take, for example, the right to know so that we may better understand and learn. With this right comes the responsibility to remember, to look to the past and to hold on to the stories of those who have lived it. Some of their stories are unbearable, so painful were their experiences. They reveal to us the hideous underbelly of our world, when barbarism and inhumanity take hold. We have a responsibility to never close our eyes to suffering or horror.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the ground beef products described below because these products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
On Thursday, May 1, 2008, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, and Kai Eide, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan, will provide an on-record overview of the challenges and opportunities facing both the Canadian and broader international mission in Afghanistan.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond will honour the recipients of this year's Governor General's Performing Arts Awards during a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Friday, May 2, 2008, at 6 p.m. Earlier during the day, Their Excellencies will host the 24th Art matters, a discussion on the body's performance on stage and the influence of technologies.
| Financial Consumer Agency of Canada | news releases
Today the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) launched a new Internet resource entitled Service Fees on Credit Card Transactions to help Canadians better understand how these fees work.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Canada has tabled today in Parliament the Audit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - appointments under the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). The audit concluded that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) did not effectively manage its public service staffing activities carried out under the PSEA. Approximately 19% or 5,000 of the total RCMP workforce are public service employees under the PSEA. The audit covered the period of April 2005 to December 2007 and examined 204 appointments from across Canada.
| 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, today will highlight Canada's progress on Indigenous issues at a gathering of international delegates who attended the UN Permanent Forum in New York City.
