Event Location: Ottawa

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, Ont.) will table Economic Action Plan 2013 in the House of Commons.

Governor General David Johnston will present 34 Meritorious Service Decorations (Military Division) to members of Canadian and allied forces. The event will be held at Rideau Hall. The Governor General will present 1 Meritorious Service Cross (Military Division) and 33 Meritorious Service Medals (Military Division) to individuals whose specific achievements have brought honour to the … Read more

First official Purple Day on Parliament Hill celebrates epilepsy awareness in Canada. The event will be attended by Cassidy Megan, founder, Purple Day; Liberal MP Geoff Regan (Halifax West, N.S.), author of the Purple Day Act; and Gail Dempsey, president, Canadian Epilepsy Alliance. The event will be held at Parliament Hill – Centre Block, Room … Read more

Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa presents a book launch and discussion with Christoph Zuercher, University of Ottawa, of his book: Costly Democracy: Peacebuilding and Democratization. The event will be held at Room 4004, Social Sciences Building, 120 University Street. More information is available online. 

Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, Ont.) will address members of the Economic Club of Canada on the Economic Action Plan 2013. The event will be held at The Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Dr. More information is available online. 

Aga Khan Foundation Canada presents Seminars on Innovative Financing for Development: Accelerating Impact. Edward Jackson, a faculty member at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, and Karim Harji, a co-founder and partner at Purpose Capital, will discuss innovative financing and impact investing through their report, "Accelerating Impact: Achievements, Challenges and What’s … Read more

A news conference will be held in regards to World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. Speakers include Anne Fanning, STOP TB Canada chair, Conservative MP Joe Daniel (Don Valley East, Ont.), Liberal MP Dr. Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, B.C.) and Pam Orr, chair of former Canadian TB subcommittee on Aboriginal TB. The event will be held in the … Read more

Sixteen citizens from Eastern Ontario and one citizen from Laval, Que., will be presented with the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation during a ceremony held in Ottawa. The event will be held at the Lord Elgin Hotel, Pearson Ballroom, 100 Elgin Street. Call 613-992-7468.

On behalf of Governor General David Johnston, Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of Canada, will present the 2013 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts, during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. The Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts are Canada's foremost awards for excellence in these artistic disciplines. The prizes are awarded annually … Read more

A growing number of First Nations from across Canada and the United States with traditional territory in the oil sands and on pipeline routes proposed east, west and south will host a press conference in Ottawa to deliver a unified message on the oil sands. The event will be held at the National Press Theatre, … Read more