| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
| news releases
Acting on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced the awarding of $78,960 in repayable funding to Ferme aux Saveurs des Monts on the occasion of the official inauguration of the firm's new processing centre.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will receive a bouquet of daffodils from two young cancer patients to mark the beginning of the Canadian Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Month, and the 51st year it has sold daffodils in aid of cancer research. The bouquet presentation will take place at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 27, 2008, in the greenhouses of Rideau Hall.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
As the name suggests, carbon dioxide capture and storage is a process by which carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are collected before they enter the atmosphere and placed in safe, sealed storage.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that the Government of Canada will partner with Saskatchewan in the development of one of the world's first and largest commercial-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration projects.
| Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
| news releases
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) today announced the availability of an additional $75,000 to assist groups and individuals to participate in the public hearing to be held by the joint panel established to review the EnCana Shallow Gas Infill Development project in Alberta.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Colin Hansen, Minister of Economic Development for British Columbia (B.C.), and Mr. James Moore, federal Member of Parliament for Port Moody¿Westwood¿Port Coquitlam, today announced a new pilot project at the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), which will provide skilled immigrants with customized employment information that will help them find work in their chosen field.
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, today welcomed the announcement that Mr. Saul Itzhayek will soon be released from prison in India, where he was incarcerated for more than 10 months.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, will make an announcement regarding funding for youth initiatives and settlement workers in schools and libraries for organizations that help immigrants and their families settle in Toronto.
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