Funding partners, facility managers, donors, and residents gathered to mark the official opening of the new Credit Union CUplex. This four-component facility includes the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts, the Northland Power Curling Centre, the NATIONSWEST Field House, and the Battlefords CO-OP Aquatic Centre. The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts benefitted from a … Read more
Construction for the Alberta capital region’s largest bus terminal has begun. The Bethel Transit Terminal, located on 700 Bethel Drive, Sherwood Park, Alta., is a $23-million transportation hub that will anchor intermunicipal transit service between Strathcona County and Edmonton, while serving as a base for local bus service within Sherwood Park. Once complete, the Bethel … Read more
Residents in Lunenburg County, N.S., are eagerly anticipating the grand opening of the new Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre, as it will provide more opportunities to get fit and stay active. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and for the Atlantic Gateway Gerald Keddy (South Shore-St. Margaret's, N.S.) … Read more
With the official opening of the new Wabano National Centre of Excellence, the National Capital Region's Aboriginal community now has a centre that is dedicated to its needs, announced Conservative MP Royal Galipeau (Ottawa-Orleans, Ont.), on behalf of Economic Development Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.). The Government of Canada contributed $1.9 million and the Ontario … Read more
Richmond Hill, Ont., residents will benefit from a $7.5 million contribution from Canada's Gas Tax Fund, part of the Town's total $44.6 million capital budget. Richmond Hill will use the Gas Tax Fund transfer to upgrade the heating and cooling systems at three community centres, complete the full upgrade of three residential roads, replace two … Read more
Officials gathered to celebrate improved access to wireless high-speed Internet services for more than 80,000 residents and businesses in Eastern Ontario as part of the launch of the Quinte-Loyalist zone of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network. The wireless network, built by Xplornet Communications, covers a 7,000-square-km region that includes all of Prince Edward County, most … Read more
Conservative MP Rick Norlock (Northumberland Quinte West, Ont.), on behalf of Transport Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.); and Jeff Leal, Ontario minister of rural affairs; joined Rick Phillips, chair of the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus; David Burton, chair of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network; and Northumberland County Warden Hector Macmillan, to celebrate that more than … Read more
Minister of State (Transport) Steven Fletcher (Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia, Man.) addressed the Association of Manitoba Municipalities at their Trade Show and Municipal Officials Seminar and outlined the government's commitment to supporting infrastructure across Canada through Economic Action Plan 2013. More information is available online. Call 613-991-0700.
Six communities across Nunavut are participating in a pilot project to test videoconference equipment that will better facilitate communication for the deaf in the territory, thanks to a partnership between the governments of Canada and Nunavut, the Nunavut Broadband Development Corporation (NBDC), and the Canadian Deafness Research and Training Institute. The Government of Canada is … Read more
The Government of Canada released its response to the report of the Substituted Review Panel for the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway. The project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects subject to the implementation of the measures laid out in the response and can now proceed. The Government of Canada set aside $200 … Read more
