The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) Board of Directors has agreed to help fund Santa Clara County's mandatory boat inspection program at local reservoirs. (PRWeb May 23, 2008) Read the full story at
The surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II was successfully launched from ITR, Chandipur, Balasore off Orissa coast at 10:26 this morning. Prithvi - II has achieved a range of 350 Kms with a flight duration of 483 seconds reaching a peak altitude
Nearly 300 activists joined leaders yesterday at a rally in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, calling on the Bush administration to make protecting the people of Darfur and promoting peace for Sudan the top U.S. priority
The voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees from the region is gaining momentum with 567 persons assisted to return between 7-18 May bringing to 833 the number of those repatriated since the Agency resumed large-scale organized repatriation of Liberian refugees on
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced a plan to modernize the federal guidelines governing use of "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" labels to ensure they clearly identify the Canadian content in food products.
The governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island today announced the signing of a Framework Agreement worth $270 million under Building Canada, the Government of Canada's new long-term infrastructure plan. The Plan will help address infrastructure needs and priorities in
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity), will speak today at the Colloquium on Strengthening Canadian Identity in a Safe and Secure Canada, to be held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, joined by the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today unveiled the fourth component of the Canada Economic Development Strategic Plan for 2008-2011. With a budget
Over the past year, both private sector financial market participants and public sector authorities have been preoccupied with the topic of liquidity as never before. Throughout the financial market turbulence, private liquidity management has become tremendously important. In parallel, policy-makers
China's role as an investor and donor in Africa is much scrutinized. While private investment and aid flows from China may benefit Africa's poor, what might be more significant are the lessons for Africa from China's success in fighting poverty
As climate change concerns rose globally in 2007, a pioneering market-based effort to regulate and reduce greenhouse gases had its best year ever - some US$64 billion in trades.
Entrepreneurs and immigrant workers will benefit from Government of Canada funding through Western Economic Diversification Canada, aimed at expanding employment opportunities and business development in Surrey, British Columbia.
Young entrepreneurs will benefit from federal funding to support Simon Fraser University's Student Business Incubator Program, which provides students with the necessary training and tools to successfully launch their own companies.
The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, today announced the launch of 20 new Canada-China science and technology (S&T) joint initiatives. Minister Emerson made the announcement in Beijing with
The Nunavut Housing Corporation is not monitoring the activities of its community partners enough to know whether public housing units are allocated to eligible applicants who need them most, says Auditor General Sheila Fraser in her Report tabled today in
BRAMPTON, ON, May 23 - Javro Industrial Hardware Ltd. of Mississauga pleaded guilty and was fined $65,000 in the Ontario Court of Justice, May 13, 2008, in connection with the injury of a worker. Justice of the Peace Donald Dunbar
TORONTO, May 23 - Quebec Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Laurent Lessard, and Ontario Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Leona Dombrowsky, share a common concern that the content of a new draft negotiating text, issued by the
UN peacekeepers have been deployed in 63 operations around the globe to prevent conflict, promote conflict resolution, and provide post-conflict stability. From the beginning, the United States has been a steadfast partner in supporting UN peacekeeping missions wherever and whenever
