Liberal MP Stephen Fuhr (Kelowna–Lake Country, Ont.) announced $473,000 in funding to support Accelerate Okanagan to scale up their programming while expanding their services to target new communities. Accelerate Okanagan will be able to expand these two programs while adding a focus on clean technology and Indigenous entrepreneurs. The funding will also help Accelerate Okanagan extending these programs … Read more
Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault (Edmonton Centre, Alta.) announced the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology is receiving almost $600,000 from Western Economic Diversification Canada and $200,000 from Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance to design and construct a high temperature, high pressure testing unit that Western Canadian companies will use to implement water technologies in oil sands. The investment will … Read more
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced combined investments of more than $7.6 million towards seven economic development projects in Manitoba. Five of these projects support the development of clean technologies and two support francophone economic development initiatives. The full release is available online. Call 343-291-2500.
Sport and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr (Calgary Centre, Alta.) announced combined investments of almost $3.5 million towards eight projects that support the development of clean technologies in Alberta. Five of the projects announced are focused on developing emissions reduction technologies and three are forums that promote Canadian clean technology companies at high-profile events. A focus on … Read more
Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault (Edmonton Centre, Alta.) announced that the Société radio communautaire du grand Edmonton Society is receiving $400,000 from Western Economic Diversification Canada and almost $296,000 from Canadian Heritage to establish a francophone community radio station for the greater Edmonton area. The full release is available online. Call 780-495-6892.
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) announced nearly $3 million for new initiatives in northern Manitoba from the Government of Canada. The Government of Canada is committing an additional $2.7 million to support economic growth. The new funding will be provided to the Churchill and Region Economic Development Fund to contribute to the creation … Read more
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) announced that Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Enerkem Inc., is receiving $3.5 million from the Government of Canada through the Western Innovation Initiative to build the final phase of a facility that converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into liquid biofuels and chemicals. The full release is … Read more
On behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) announced more than $2.4 million for the University of Victoria to develop alternative, clean energy. The full release is available online.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) announced an investment of $2.7 million from the Government of Canada towards two innovative research centres at the University of Saskatchewan. The Global Institute for Water Security will receive more than $1.3 million to establish the Smart Water Systems Laboratory to deliver transformative technological capabilities for water-related observation and data … Read more
The call-for-proposals for Western Economic Diversification Canada‘s Western Innovation Initiative was launched by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.). Applications will be accepted until November 29, 2017. Funding support will focus on clusters where western Canadian companies are innovating, such as clean technology, clean resources, digital technology, advanced manufacturing, value added agriculture, and health biological … Read more
