Support for four community infrastructure projects in P.E.I

National Revenue Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) and Ron MacKinley, Prince Edward Island Minister of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development, will announce support for four community infrastructure projects. The event will be held at the Benevolent Irish Society, 582 North River Road. Call 902-368-0264. 

Parliamentary secretary to speak at PEI Agri-Insight Conference

On behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz (Battlefords-Lloydminster, Sask.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture Pierre Lemieux (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Ont.) will speak at the PEI Agri-Insight Conference. The event will be held at the Georgian Room, Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, 75 Kent Street. Call 613-773-7972.

Government to announce support for community infrastructure in P.E.I.

On behalf of Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Bernard Valcourt (Madawaska-Resitgouche, N.B.), Conservative Prince Edward Island Senator Mike Duffy, along with provincial officials, will announce support for two projects. The events will be held at 12 p.m. at Adeptio Canada Inc., 155 Queen Street and 1:30 p.m. at the Charlottetown Airport Authority Inc. … Read more

Canadian Youth Business Foundation awards

The Canadian Youth Business Foundation will recognize the importance of entrepreneurship in Atlantic Canada and celebrate the achievements of innovators and job creators who help launch start-ups that bring ideas to life and drive economic growth. The event will be held at the Howard Johnson Dutch Inn 100 Trans-Canada Highway Cornwall. Call 416-408-2923 x 3003.

Minister Shea to make funding announcement

On behalf of Heritage Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.), National Revenue Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) will make a funding announcement concerning Prince Edward Island and the War of 1812. The event will be held at Queen Charlotte Armoury, 3 Haviland Street. Call 819-997-7788. 

Minister Shea will meet with key representatives of the potato industry

National Revenue Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) will meet with key representatives of the potato industry to highlight this iconic Canadian product as one of many P.E.I. exports that will benefit from an ambitious Canada-EU trade agreement. The event will be held at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel, 18 Queen Street. Call 613-992-7332.

Liberal leadership candidate Trudeau to visit Charlottetown’s Colonel Grey H.S.

A Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate and MP Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), will visit Colonel Grey High School in Charlottetown. Trudeau will meet with students, deliver short remarks and take questions from students. The event will be held at Colonel Grey High School, 175 Spring Park Road. Call 514-589-8487.