| Western Economic Diversification Canada
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Technology start-up companies in the Calgary area will benefit from federal investments that support a new commercialization-marketing program and the expansion of a business incubator used by local firms.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Vulnerable individuals in British Columbia who are working to break free from the cycles of homelessness and poverty and to build a stronger future for themselves are getting help from the Government of Canada.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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Jacques Gourde, Member of Parliament for Lotbinière¿Chutes-Chaudière and Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced that Usinage L'Islet Inc. has been awarded $100,000 in funding, $50,000 of it in the form of a non-repayable contribution, for the acquisition of a digital machining center that will allow the company to reduce its turnaround time of complex fabricated products.
Two arts and culture festivals will, once again, brighten the summer landscape of Vancouver, thanks, in part, to an investment by the Government of Canada.
Northern winter traditions and Manitoba's Aboriginal heritage will be on display during Churchill's annual Aurora Winterfest. This event is taking place thanks in part to an investment from the Government of Canada.
Canada's Environment Minister John Baird and Dr. James Lunney, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Alberni, today announced that the Government of Canada will provide $82,100 to the Tla-o-aht First Nation to help develop a series of protected areas adjacent to the Long Beach Unit of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. The initiative is part of the First Nation Tribal Park system.
In 2009, thousands of Acadians, Francophones, and Francophiles, from across Canada and abroad, will have an opportunity to celebrate Acadian culture at the Congrès mondial acadien, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada. The event will take place in northeastern New Brunswick from August 7 to 23, 2009.
There will be new momentum in various sectors affecting the Francophone community in New Brunswick, as well as an opportunity to strengthen important Acadian institutions, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
The Kitikmeot region's Aboriginal young people will have a chance to increase their knowledge of their culture, their language, and their traditional lifestyle and life skills through the programs of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association's Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centre, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.