February 18, 2015 - Newfoundland and Labrador
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, today announced that the Government of Canada has awarded an $8.5 million contract to NEWDOCK St. John's Dockyard Limited for Vessel Life Extension (VLE) and refit work for Canadian Coast Guard ship CCGS Leonard J. Cowley.
| Canadian International Trade Tribunal
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) today initiated an expiry review of its orders made on November 1, 2010, in Expiry Review No. RR-2009-003, to determine if the continued or resumed dumping and subsidizing of refined sugar from the United States of America, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the European Union are likely to result in injury.
On February 16, 2015, Randy Hillson, an inmate at Millhaven Institution, was found in need of medical attention in his cell at the institutional hospital. Staff members immediately began performing CPR and emergency services were called. The inmate could not be resuscitated.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, is pleased to announce the government's gesture of reconciliation and support to the 'Namgis First Nation's decommissioning of the St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, British Columbia.
On January 29, 2015 the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Criminal Investigations Section laid charges against four B.C. men in relation to an anabolic steroid smuggling and distribution ring. These are the latest charges in a two year investigation that spanned across the nation from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia.
Canadian Army soldiers mostly from 2nd Canadian Division along with British Army troops are participating in Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE 2015 (Ex UR 15) in Valcartier, Quebec, from February 10 to 27.
