The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, and Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Gregory Taylor, today announced that one of the Public Health Agency of Canada's mobile laboratory teams in Sierra Leone is returning to Canada after successfully concluding its mission working with Doctors Without Borders on the Ebola outbreak response.
The Government of Canada published today the results of the 2013 Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs Survey (CTADS), which demonstrate progress made in sustaining all-time lows in smoking rates, while also highlighting the need for continued attention to issues such as marijuana use among youth and prescription drug abuse.
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Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for Yukon, on behalf of Minister Aglukkaq today announced funding to support the development of four Aboriginally-owned businesses in Yukon.
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Representatives of the media are invited to a news conference during which the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, will make an announcement concerning several snowmobile clubs in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-Québec regions.
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Mike Wallace, Member of Parliament for Burlington, announced today on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, that the Government of Canada has awarded a $9.4-million contract to The State Group Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario. Following a fair, open and transparent process, this contract was awarded to start a major construction project at the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge to replace key components of the bridge lift system.
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, and Marine Atlantic's President and CEO Paul Griffin announced today that Marine Atlantic has renewed the lease agreement for the MV Atlantic Vision until November 2017, allowing existing ferry service routes to connect Newfoundland and Labrador with the rest of Canada
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Federal Minister of Health, will be joined by Brain Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society, and the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada to make an important announcement on World Cancer Day.
On January 29, 2015, at about 10:45 a.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, including the detector-dog team, a package containing contraband was seized at the Federal Training Centre, a multi-level security federal institution in Laval.
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Minister Aglukkaq participated in an all-Inuit armchair discussion on Inuit Perspectives on Canada's Arctic Future at the Economic Club of Canada today. Also participating on the panel were Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna and Terry Audla, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK).