| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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Douglas George Phillips was born in Toronto, Ontario, and was educated in Whitehorse, Yukon. He was first appointed Commissioner of Yukon on November 30, 2010.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today announced the reappointment of the Honourable Douglas George Phillips as Commissioner for Yukon and of the Honourable George Tuccaro as Commissioner for the Northwest Territories.
| Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
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As part of the strengthened and modernized Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) put in place to support the government's Responsible Resource Development Initiative, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is conducting a federal environmental assessment of the proposed Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project, located 250 kilometres off the coast of Nova Scotia.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario - FedNor
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The Northern Ontario Mining Showcase will consist of a 5,800 square-feet exhibition space where mining-related businesses and organizations from Northern Ontario will promote the region and its mining potential, while highlighting their products and services to the more than 25,000 visitors from over 100 countries attending the PDAC convention.
Canada is appalled by the reported abduction by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] of at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria and calls for their immediate release.
On February 24, 2015 the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) held a Change of Command Ceremony in the Quebec Region. This occasion marked the change in command from the outgoing Regional Deputy Commissioner (RDC), Ms Johanne Vallée, to the incoming RDC, Mr Alain Tousignant.