The Samuel De Champlain Bridge will be lit in the team colours of the Montreal Canadiens from sunset to 10 p.m. this evening to commemorate the national funeral for Guy Lafleur.

On April 16 and 21, 2022, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, several packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized on the perimeter of Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum security institution.

Effective May 1st, Alberta is lifting restrictions on the hiring of new temporary foreign workers. All pending applications, including those submitted prior to May 1, are subject to this change. Prior to the change, the Alberta government had a “refusal to process” list containing occupations for which employers could not submit applications to the Canadian […]

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To kick off Asian Heritage month, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, will host the United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, in Ottawa and Toronto.

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) wishes to advise motorists that the Alexandra Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic for maintenance work.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) invites the media to attend Part 2 of the public hearing for the licence renewal application from New Brunswick Power (NB Power) for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station.

Rural communities to benefit from increased connectivity to high-speed Internet

Government of Canada invests to bring high-speed Internet access to more rural households in Ontario

Through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Government of Canada promotes the creation of new knowledge by supporting various areas of research and advances its translation into improved health for Canadians.

On April 11, 2022, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Drummond Institution, a medium security federal institution.

Today, Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture met to discuss key areas of interest for Canada’s agriculture sector.

Today, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) announced the winners of the 2022 National Focus on Safety Youth Video Contest.

Members of the media are invited to join Yasir Naqvi, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Sameer Zuberi, Member of Parliament for Pierrefonds-Dollard, Québec, for a tour of flood preparation infrastructure at Parc-Terrasse-Sacré-Coeur.

During Mental Health Week in Canada and all year round, we encourage people across the country to embody the 2022 theme of #GetReal.

May 2, 2022 – Ottawa, Ontario – On behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, Adam van Koeverden, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, will announce a new national research network that aims to improve health outcomes for Canadians living with heart failure. He will be joined by Patricia Lattanzio, Member of Parliament for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel.

I want to acknowledge the work you’ve done to deploy broadband to underserved communities—often rural or Indigenous communities. As someone who has lived on several reserves across this province, I know firsthand the lack of services that are available on remote reserves. Telecommunications is a way to provide opportunity where opportunities were sometimes limited.

Additional federal-provincial funding is coming to the BC Farmers' Market Expansion Program, further supporting the province's local farmers' markets and vendors.

Child care is not just a social policy—it is an economic policy, too. Access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive child care will grow our economy, allow more women to enter the workforce and help give every Canadian child the best start in life. While cutting child care fees is important, it is just one part of the equation. That is why the governments of Canada and British Columbia have been working together to increase the number of licensed child care spaces available in the province.

This past year, the Government of Canada has continued to make significant progress implementing the Accessible Canada Act (the Act), reinforcing its commitment to advance accessibility and the inclusion of persons with disabilities.

The first week of May marks National Hospice Palliative Care Week, a time to celebrate and share achievements of hospice palliative care throughout the nation.

You may be considered inadmissible to Canada with a DUI conviction. Fortunately, there are ways to overcome inadmissibility. Regardless of whether you are coming to Canada to visit, study, work, or immigrate, you will have to resolve admissibility issues before you begin your journey. Canada strengthened DUI in 2018 when marijuana was legalized as part […]

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British Columbians have felt the impact of climate change and climate disasters first hand. Investing in clean technology reduces emissions, protects the environment and supports the economy. That is why the Government of Canada is committed to supporting British Columbia’s growing clean tech industry.

Guelph and Wellington County to receive over $2.6 million to support community infrastructure and tourism industry

The Government of Canada is committed to ensuring a strong, inclusive and sustainable economic recovery, while creating jobs and generating growth by deepening commercial ties with fast-growing markets, such as the Philippines.

The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, today issued the following statement: “This year, we celebrate 20 years of taking the time to highlight the history, achievements, and contributions, past and present, of people of Asian descent in Canada while continuing our fight against anti-Asian racism.