| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Paradis announces support for public-private partnership to improve global food security with a focus on the ASEAN Region
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | news releases
Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Industry Minister James Moore announced today that Canada will start accepting applications for the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) Pilot Program on January 28, 2015.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
The lockdown put in place at Edmonton Institution on January 19, 2015 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, on behalf of Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced Canada's support for a development project focused on maximizing economic benefits for people in Burkina Faso. Minister Alexander made the announcement during his opening remarks at the 4th annual International Forum, hosted by the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and the Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI).
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Canada is contributing $5.74 million (2014–2019) to the Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) for the Support for Women Rice Parboilers project in Burkina Faso. The project aims to improve the productivity and competitiveness of the rice value chain to better respond to market demands and customer needs, as well as support the professionalization of women rice steamers. Project activities include:
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On January 22, 2015, Paul Brouillette, an inmate at the Regional Reception Centre, at Sainte-Anne-Plaines, died at Cité-Santé Hospital, in Laval.
| Transport Canada | news releases
KAMLOOPS – A $23.4-million contract has been awarded to Emil Anderson Construction Inc. of Kelowna to four-lane a section of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Kamloops
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Employers are reminded to apply now for funding under Canada Summer Jobs 2015. The funding will create thousands of job opportunities for students across the country.
| Canada Revenue Agency | news releases
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has named the Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, the 2015 winner of its prestigious Golden Scissors Award.
| National Defence | media advisories
OTTAWA – Media are invited to attend a short technical briefing on Canadian support to the multinational mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Monday January 26 in Conference Room D, National Defence Headquarters.
