Press Release Department: Federal - Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business and Tourism Alaina Lockhart (Fundy Royal, NL) and Bill Fraser, New Brunswick Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, announced investments of $117,861 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Business Development Program and $70,717 from the Government of New Brunswick to Cardwell Farms Compost Products Inc. The funds will be used to purchase processing equipment that … Read more

Liberal MP Mark Eyking (Sydney-Victoria, N.S.) visited the Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village Museum to announce a $1.2 million dollar investment over three years towards extensive renovations beginning in the Spring of 2018. The federal funding is being allocated through ACOA’s Innovative Communities Fund. The full release is available online. Call 902-426-9417.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) attended the grand opening of the Canning & Area Multi Complex, which offers a training room and conference space with wireless and digital projection capabilities, while also serving as an emergency comfort station. The Government of Canada supported this project with a $450,000 non-repayable investment from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Innovative … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PEI), along with Heath MacDonald, PEI Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, joined officials from Sculpin QA to announce support for the company to develop the shared space VR platform and game prototype. ACOA is providing a repayable contribution of $420,767 to Sculpin QA to … Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) and Heath MacDonald, PEI Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, announced more than $1.6 million of federal and provincial funding to add cold storage capacity to the existing processing facilities at P.E.I. Mussel King Inc. The funding will help reduce damage caused during transportation and ensure an efficient, uninterrupted supply of frozen shellfish … Read more

Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.) and Christopher Mitchelmore, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, announced an investment of almost $260,000 from the governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador towards the iconic Resource Centre for the Arts, a mainstay of the St. John’s cultural scene, to improve its facilities and implement a development … Read more

Liberal MP Bernadette Jordan (South Shore–St. Margaret’s, N.S.) announced a $1 million repayable contribution through ACOA’s Business Development Program for Shelburne’s Kenney & Ross Limited. This support will enable the company to improve its wastewater infrastructure, making its operations greener to reduce overall impact on the environment. The upgrade will contribute to the company’s growth and profitability, and safeguard 48 jobs at … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) and Heath MacDonald, PEI Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, announced federal and provincial support for MicroSintesis Inc as they launch a new animal care probiotics in North America. ACOA will provide a repayable contribution of nearly $370,000 to MicroSintesis to build its Charlottetown-based operations, adding … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Serge Cormier (Acadie-Bathurst, N.B.) and Serge Rousselle, Regional Minister for Northern New Brunswick, announced a $10 million investment from the Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick’s Regional Development Corporation that will help improve critical services to the fishing and boat building and repair industries … Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced federal support for the Souris Harbour Authority Inc. The organization is receiving a repayable contribution of $500,000 from ACOA’s Business Development Program to purchase equipment and expand its current cold storage facilities by four million pounds. The full release is available online. Call 902-566-7569. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage … Read more