The business community and its leaders across Prince Edward Island have a vested interest in solid and strategic plans for a prosperous economy. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) and P.E.I. Innovation and Advanced Learning Minister Allen Roach announced support for the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce to coordinate and assist in the delivery … Read more
Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Rob Moore (Fundy Royal, N.B.) and Susan Sullivan, provincial Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development for Newfoundland and Labrador, announced federal and provincial investments totaling close to $207,000 for communities in Labrador that supported improvements to five key pieces of community infrastructure. The federal government invested $130,813 in funding in these five … Read more
Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Rob Moore (Fundy Royal, N.B.) and Susan Sullivan, Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development, announced federal and provincial investments for three communities in western and northern Newfoundland that supported improvements to key pieces of community infrastructure. The federal government invested $92,819 in these three projects through the Community Infrastructure Improvement … Read more
Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Rob Moore (Fundy Royal, N.B.) and Steve Kent, provincial Minister of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced federal and provincial investments totaling more than $480,000 for communities across Newfoundland and Labrador. This funding supported improvements to eight key pieces of community infrastructure. The full release is available online. Call 613-941-7241.
On behalf of Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Rob Moore (Fundy Royal, N.B.), Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) and P.E.I. Innovation and Advanced Learning Minister Allen Roach announced that a delegation of Prince Edward Island-based entrepreneurs are travelling to Brussels, Belgium for the Seafood Expo Global and Seafood Processing Global trade fair help … Read more
Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Rob Moore (Fundy Royal, N.B.) and Susan Sullivan, Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development, announced funding totaling $62,800 to help the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology Industries host a week-long event that will shine a spotlight on innovation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Innovation Week will bring together entrepreneurs, … Read more
The Lunenburg Academy, one of the Town of Lunenburg’s, N.S., most treasured structures, recently completed much-needed repairs to its roof and chimney. Last summer, the Government of Canada approved $31,775 in Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund (CIIF) assistance to support the Town of Lunenburg in making various repairs. Once the work began, however, significant roof rot … Read more
Science East Science Centre will extend its outreach program Illuminate!, designed to engage youth in communities throughout the province to make them aware of the opportunities that exist in science-based careers, thanks to investments by both the federal and provincial governments. Conservative MP Keith Ashfield (Fredericton, N.B.) joined Science East officials to announce their support … Read more
The Municipality of Clare, N.S., is about to get their hands on a brand new research, development and innovation (RD&I) cluster in conjunction with Université Sainte-Anne (U.S.A.). The project will include a main laboratory co-located with a private sector enterprise, two greenhouses on U.S.A’s main campus, as well as the establishment of a full-time project … Read more
Shelburne County Business Development Center Limited (CBDC Shelburne), in a joint effort with CBDC Yarmouth and South Shore Opportunities, is investing in the second phase of its regional climate-data research project. Focused on furthering the research collected throughout 2011-2013, the second phase will provide a clearer picture of the potential for growing high-value agricultural crops … Read more
