| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
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 the Honourable James Edwards to the Council.
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | news releases
At 2:05 pm EST, the suspect involved in a three-day standoff surrendered peacefully to police. He and another man, who were barricaded inside a Kimmirut residence, were taken into custody by RCMP officers.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Starting and running a business in the Town of Osoyoos just became easier thanks to BizPaL, a new online business permit and licence service that saves time spent on paperwork and helps entrepreneurs start up faster.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, has announced the awarding of $100,000 in non-repayable funding to Les Viandes biologiques de Charlevoix, an SME that officially inaugurated its new processing centre today.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
On behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, announced today that the Government of Canada will contribute almost $3.5 million in funding to SPHERE-Québec (Soutien à la personne handicapée en route vers l'emploi au Québec) under the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
The British Columbia government and the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans will salvage critical pieces of wreckage from Robson Bight following the August 2007 barge incident, B.C. Environment Minister Barry Penner and Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Loyola Hearn announced today.
| Service Canada | news releases
Jim Abbott, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced funding for two projects to help individuals in Nelson and the surrounding area develop their business skills and start their own businesses.
| Canadian Heritage | news releases
Rebecca Clark, age 14, from Wolseley High School, Wolseley, is the provincial Canada Day Poster Challenge 2008 finalist for Saskatchewan. This year's theme was My Canada Today!
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Starting and running a business in the Town of Oliver just became easier thanks to BizPaL, a new online business permit and licence service that saves time spent on paperwork and helps entrepreneurs start up faster.
| Canadian Heritage | news releases
The community of Wainwright will hold three days of festivities to celebrate its centennial anniversary, thanks to an investment from the Government of Canada.
