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Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development participated in a historic ceremony today, with a friendship agreement signed between the City of Edmundston and Madawaska Maliseet First Nation in New Brunswick.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today released the following statement:
"Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms Iran's execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a 26-year old interior designer and the latest victim of a murderous regime.
The new armoury is being named the "Master Corporal Charles (Chuck) Michaud Armoury." Master Corporal Michaud, a native of Edmundston, New Brunswick, died on July 4, 2009, from injuries sustained in an improvised explosive device incident that occurred in Panjway District, Afghanistan, on June 23 of that year.
Today, the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence, attended an opening ceremony for the new Edmundston Armoury in Edmundston, New Brunswick.
Today, Minister of Justice Peter MacKay announced $249,195 in funding for the Catholic Family Services of Peel-Dufferin to develop a Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) in the Peel Region.
Polio is a potentially fatal infectious disease. One in every 200 polio virus infections leads to irreversible paralysis, and children under the age of five are most at risk. Addressing polio through immunization is one of the most cost-effective health interventions to end the preventable deaths of children. Given in several doses, immunization against polio can protect a child for life.