Canada is tracking influenza viruses circulating in its wild bird population November 5, 2014 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Food Inspection Agency The Government of Canada is asking Canadians for help to guard Canada’s farmed birds and flocks against the introduction of disease. Every year live and dead wild birds are tested as part of…
Read moreLegal Aid Alberta has received new provincial funding, but these funds will not go towards opening the Legal Aid office in Fort MacMurray back up. Instead this funding will be used to address covering individuals with severe disabilities. The government of Alberta has announced that they will provide $5.5 million for this fiscal year, and…
Read moreCanada is just the latest country to take precautions against Ebola, with Canadian entry visas for individuals from areas with high rates of Ebola have been suspended. Australia has also taken this step as well. This move by Canada is an attempt to keep Ebola out of Canada and to protect Canadians from the deadly…
Read moreProject possible thanks to New Building Canada Plan October 31, 2014 – Digby, Nova Scotia – Infrastructure Canada Greg Kerr, Member of Parliament for West Nova, on behalf of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, the Honourable Denis Lebel,…
Read moreOctober 31, 2014 – Hamilton, ON David Sweet, Member of Parliament for Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale; Ted McMeekin, Member of Provincial Parliament for Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale; and Mary Proc, Vice-President of Customer Service for GO Transit, a division of Metronlinx, today visited the construction site of the new GO Transit bus storage and maintenance facility in Hamilton. The new facility…
Read moreOctober 31, 2014 — London, Ontario — Department of Finance Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and Minister responsible for Southwestern Ontario, Diane Finley, today highlighted new proposed measures to make life more affordable for Canadian families and to help them prosper: Increasing the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) for children under age 6.…
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