October 15th is Canada's designated Fire Service Recognition Day. This day recognizes the many dedicated citizens who have joined with volunteer, professional and industrial fire safety personnel as “Partners in Fire Prevention” in a relentless effort to minimize loss to life, destruction of property and damage to the environment.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s (Calgary Southwest, AB) Director of Communications Dimitri Soudas along with senior government officials, will hold a briefing concerning the Prime Minister’s trip to Italy and France, which will take place on August 31 and September 1, 2011. This event is open to media only and will be held at the National … Read more
Commander of Canadian Expeditionary Force Command Lieutenant-General Marc Lessard will relinquish command to Lieutenant-General Stuart Beare during a change of command ceremony. Chief of the Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk will preside over the ceremony. The ceremony will take place at Cartier Square Drill Hall, 2 Queen Elizabeth Drive. The full release is available online. … Read more
Media are invited to join Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (Provencher, MB) at an event on human trafficking. The event will take place at the Body Shop in the Rideau Shopping Centre, 50 Rideau Street, Suite 300. Call 613-991-0657.
The U.S. Embassy will unveil a photo exhibit to commemorate Canada’s contributions following 9/11. The U.S. Embassy will welcome a number of dignitaries, including area politicians, emergency services representatives and residents who found ways to help their American neighbors ten years ago. The event will take place at the Embassy, 490 Sussex Drive. Call 613-688-5315.
Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, QC) and dignitaries attending the 2011 Ministerial Summit on Veterans Affairs will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Call 613-992-7468.
The National Arts Centre, in collaboration with The Ottawa Citizen, will present an open-air concert on Sunday, September 11, 2011, featuring the NAC Orchestra and the Christ Church Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. The hour-long concert called The 9/11 Concert of Hope and Remembrance is a gesture marking the tenth anniversary of the terrorist … Read more
Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, QC) will join Minister of Veterans’ Affairs for Australia Warren Snowdon and Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison in a wreath-laying ceremony of remembrance to mark the 8th annual Merchant Navy Veterans Day at the National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Confederation Square. … Read more
The Nunavut Conference Committee invites you to attend the conference, Bridges to Nunavut: Reconciling Legal Systems, to be held at the This is a unique opportunity to learn about the innovations that are shaping the complex intersections of law, governance structures, policy, science, and traditional knowledge of Nunavut. The conference will take place at the … Read more
The Canadian Section of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas meets in Ottawa for its Annual General Meeting. More information is available online.
