Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced the designation of the Saskatchewan Doctors’ Strike of 1962 as an event of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. The full release is available online. Contact hermine.landry@ec.gc.ca.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Darrell Samson (Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, N.S.) commemorated the national historic significance of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes with a special ceremony to unveil a plaque at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia in Halifax, N.S. The full … Read more
Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced the designation of the Former Kamloops Indian Residential School as a national historic site under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. The full release is available online. Contact hermine.landry@ec.gc.ca.
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth Marci Ien (Toronto Centre, Ont.) commemorated the national historic significance of the West Indian Domestic Scheme, 1955–1967, at a special plaque unveiling ceremony at Blackhurst Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ont. The full release is available online. Contact gabriel.camozzi@pc.gc.ca.
Today, alongside representatives from the Municipality of Jasper, Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada and Ministerial Liaison for Jasper Terry Duguid (Winnipeg South, Man.) announced $160.1 million in federal funding to support the recovery of Jasper National Park and the town of Jasper, Alta. The full release is available online. Parks … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced more than $1.3 million in funding from the Parks Canada National Program for Ecological Corridors to two environmental non-profit organizations to lead corridor projects in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The full release is available online. Contact hermine.landry@ec.gc.ca.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced the designation of the D. A. Gillies Building in Arnprior, Ont., as a place of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. The full release is available online. Contact hermine.landry@ec.gc.ca.
The Government of Canada announced its intent to transfer the administration of lands with high conservation value from Transport Canada’s Pickering Lands to be included in Rouge National Urban Park. This follows 50 years of public advocacy for the conservation of these lands. This important addition of land would vastly boost park conservation. The Government … Read more
The Indigenous Advisory Circle (IAC) and Parks Canada announce the successful completion of the first Indigenous-led ceremonial bison harvest in Banff National Park in Alberta. This IAC-led pilot project marks the first bison hunt on the lands of what is now known as Banff National Park since before the park’s establishment, nearly 145 years ago. The full … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced the designation of the Dominion Observatory Complex as a national historic site under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. The full release is available online. Contact hermine.landry@ec.gc.ca.
