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Veterans Affairs Canada's Operational Stress Injury Clinics

| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases

The Government will open a new operational stress injury clinic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the fall of 2015. In addition, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) is expanding satellite services in nine locations throughout the country. There will be an investment of $18.1 million over six years, and the remainder will be provided over the life of the program.


Statement from Minister Paradis: World AIDS Day

| Global Affairs Canada | statements

Canada is a long-standing and active player in the global HIV/AIDS response. Sustained international efforts to improve access to effective treatments, strengthen health systems, and deliver innovative prevention programs have led to decreases in new infections and AIDS-related mortality. Around the world, more than 35 million people are living with HIV/AIDS-95 percent of them in low and middle-income countries. Compared to 2001, there has been an astounding 38-percent drop in the number of new infections among adults and children combined. AIDS-related mortality has also continued to decline. In 2013, 1.5 million people died of AIDS-related causes-down by 35 percent from the peak in 2005.


New Burrard Otter II makes a splash in Burrard Inlet

| Service Canada | news releases

TransLink's new SeaBus, the Burrard Otter II, set out today for its maiden voyage, with Andrew Saxton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, Jordan Sturdy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, TransLink Board Chair Marcella Szel, and Greg Moore, Board Chair, Metro Vancouver Regional District, on board.


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