Event Location: Halifax, NS

On behalf of National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.), Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans, Ont.) will officially open the North American regional office for the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (NATO DIANA). The … Read more

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.), N.S. Minister of Energy and Renewables Tory Rushton, Nova Scotia Power president and CEO Peter Gregg and Sashen Guneratna, Managing Director of Investments at Canada Infrastructure Bank, will make an announcement on keeping power rates down. This … Read more

Liberal MP Lena Metlege Diab (Halifax West, N.S.), on behalf of Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge (Brome-Missisquoi, Que.), will announce funding to support the growth of Canadian creative businesses abroad while attending the Atlantic International Film Festival. Contact charles.thibault-beland@pch.gc.ca.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will hold a Cabinet retreat in Halifax, N.S., from August 25-27. Contact media@pmo-cpm.gc.ca.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) and NDP candidate for Halifax, Lisa Roberts, will speak to media about the NDP’s plan to fix the affordable housing shortage in Halifax. Later, Singh and Roberts will host a Change the Rules Town Hall focusing on New Democrats’ plan to put everyday families and affordability first, instead … Read more

Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.), on behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) and Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.), will announce the most recent milestone reached by Canada and the United States in terms of enabling commercial space launch capability in Canada. This event will … Read more

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), along with Liberal MPs Lena Metledge Diab (Halifax West, N.S.) and Andy Fillmore (Halifax, N.S.), will tour a research lab receiving funding from the federal government. Details are available online. Contact media@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca 343-292-6100

Parks Canada, alongside the Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, and the Jamaican Cultural Association of Nova Scotia, will present a series of events to honour and commemorate Emancipation Day and the enduring legacy of the Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia. … Read more

Liberal MP Darren Fisher (Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, N.S.), on behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Diane Lebouthillier (Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que.), will unveil the names for the Canadian Coast Guard’s two new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships and celebrate construction milestones. MP Fisher will be joined by Dirk Lesko, President of Irving Shipbuilding … Read more

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), alongside Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.), and Liberal MPs Darren Fisher (Dartmouth–Cole Harbour, N.S.), Lena Metlege Diab (Halifax West, N.S.) and Kody Blois (Kings–Hants, N.S.) will make an announcement on clean energy. Later in the day, Minister Wilkinson will participate in … Read more