Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, and Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, along with Robert Poëti, Quebec's Minister of Transport, Régis Labeaume, Mayor of Québec, and Gilles Lehouillier, Mayor of Lévis, today announced a major commitment to paint the Québec Bridge and called on the owner, the Canadian National (CN) Railway Company, to complete the financing package.
On November 21, 2014, at about 1:30 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband was seized at Drummond Institution, a medium security federal institution.
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Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was in Québec City today to help celebrate farming excellence at the 2014 Canada's Outstanding Young Farmers Program National Awards Gala.
Today, the Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, congratulated St. John's Shipping Association Limited and Longshoremen's Protective Union, Local 1953 on reaching a collective agreement.
November 28, 2014 - Montreal, Quebec
The Canadian Coast Guard will proceed with the annual closure of its seasonal search and rescue bases in Québec, Tadoussac, Kegaska, Rivière-Renard and Havre-Saint-Pierre around December 1, 2014. The Cap-Meules base will close on December 31, 2014.
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The Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, will join Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston in State visits to the Republic of Chile, from November 28 to December 3, and the Republic of Colombia, from December 3 to 6, 2014.
Canada's official delegation led by the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today wrapped up a week of commemorative ceremonies in Italy. Canadian Veterans participated in a number of commemorative activities, including a visit to the war cemetery in Cassino where 855 Canadians are buried.