Event Location: Across Canada

Federal byelections will be held in the ridings of Whitby-Oshawa (Ont.) and Yellowhead (Alta.). 

Visit to Canada of Rosemary Butler, presiding officer from the National Assembly for Wales, United Kingdom, and a Parliamentary Delegation. More information is available online. 

Thousands are taking to the streets with bikes and rollerblades in 33 countries across the globe to participate in Greenpeace’s Ice Ride, celebrate the Arctic and demand protection for this unique region of the world. In Canada, concerned citizens will ride in nine cities (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Medicine Hat, Ottawa, Quebec, Sherbrooke, Saint-Lambert and Trois-Rivières) to demand … Read more

Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal Paulo Portas, heading an official Portuguese delegation, will be in Canada from Sept. 21-23 for an official visit. Call 351-912-560-370.

The rights of Canadians to request and access government information is celebrated across the country from Sept. 22-28. More information is available online. 

Prime Minister Stephen Harper (calgary Southwest, Alta.) will conduct his annual tour of Canada’s North. More information is available online.

August 10th, is Prisoners’ Justice Day, a day when prisoners and their supporters honour the memory of the women and men who have died unnatural deaths inside prisons. More information is available online.

From Treeline to Coast is a study of an underexplored area of mainland Nunavut and the target of a fieldwork expedition this July by botanists from the Canadian Museum of Nature. The four-member team will survey and collect hundreds of plants along a 40-km stretch of the Coppermine River in western Nunavut from June 28 to … Read more

Starting on Oceans Day and Canadian Rivers Day, both on June 8, Rivers to Oceans Week (June 8-14) raises awareness about the importance of Canada’s waters and reminds us that safeguarding the quality of all water flowing across our land is crucial to the health of oceans. The Canadian Wildlife Federation is organizing the activities. More information … Read more

Federal byelections will be held in the ridings of Scarborough-Agincourt, Ont., Trinity-Spadina, Ont., Fort McMurray-Athabasca, Alta., and Macleod, Alta.