Minister Petitpas Taylor to sign bilateral agreement

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Wade MacLauchlan, Premier of Prince Edward Island, will sign a bilateral agreement. This event will take place at Prince Edward Home, 75 Maypoint Rd. Call 613-957-0200.

Trade experts visit Atlantic provinces to talk CETA

Trade experts from Global Affairs Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service along with other federal and provincial trade representatives, will be visiting Atlantic provinces from Jan. 29-Feb. 2 to outline how Canadian exporters can benefit from preferential access to the EU under the Canada European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). They will also be joined by Peteris Ustubs, Ambassador … Read more

New Opportunities for PEI Businesses

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) , on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.), and Chris Palmer, PEI Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, will join representatives of Startup Zone and Island Capital Partners to make an announcement. The event will be held at 31 Queen … Read more

Prime Minister Trudeau to visit Charlottetown

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will deliver the Symons Lecture and participate in a question and answer session. This event will take place at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, 145 Richmond St. Call 613-957-5555.

Minister O’Regan to visit a high school

Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.) will visit students at a Charlottetown high school to unveil this year’s Veterans’ Week poster and highlight the significance of the poster, which marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele. This event will take place at the Charlottetown Rural High School (Lecture Room). Call 613-992-7468.

The Government of Canada Commemorates the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences of 1864

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) will take part in a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the Charlottetown and Québec conferences of 1864 as a national historic event. The event will be held at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, 145 Richmond St. Call 902-672-6384.

PS Casey to make an announcement

On behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) and Heath MacDonald, PEI Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, will join representatives at Sculpin QA to make an announcement. This event will take place at  Sculpin QA, 85 Fitzroy St., Suite … Read more

Release of report “Incident Report: North Atlantic Right Whale Mortality Event in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 2017”

Prepared and released in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Marine Animal Response Society, veterinarians Pierre-Yves Daoust, pathologist and professor at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, and Émilie L. Couture, veterinarian with the Zoo de Granby and the Université de Montréal, will present their findings in the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative … Read more

PS Leslie to speak at Palmer Conference

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada-U.S. Relations) Andrew Leslie (Ottawa-Orleans, Ont.) will deliver a keynote address at the Palmer Conference on “Canadian-American Relations in a Changing World.” Then at 1 p.m. (local time), Liberal MP Wayne Easter (Malpeque, PE) will take part in a panel discussion on trade at commerce. This event will … Read more