Press Release Department: Federal - Western Economic Diversification Canada

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced support for 27 projects in western Canada under the Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative. Over its 5-year span WINN will provide up to $100 million in repayable assistance to western small- and medium-sized enterprises. To this end, Western Economic Diversification Canada continues to serve western Canadian business … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced support for several community infrastructure projects across northern Manitoba under the Government of Canada’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund. Nine projects across six northern Manitoba communities received a combined total of $217,381 through the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund. The full release is available online. Call 613-954-8097.

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced an investment of $3.5 million toward the purchase of three high performance electron scanning microscopes required to establish an advanced materials characterization facility in the Manitoba Institute for Materials (MIM) at the University of Manitoba. The full release is available online. Call 613-954-8097.

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced $1.1 million to help advance leading-edge atomic computing technologies. Federal funds will support the University of Alberta with the purchase of an ultra-high resolution scanning tunneling microscope, which will enable researchers and scientists in western Canada and abroad to analyze electron dynamics and nanostructures … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced funding of $5.5 million to support TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, in procuring a new TR-24 cyclotron and developing the Institute for Accelerator-based Medical Isotopes. Medical isotopes are used by health practitioners to diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) will be attending CANSEC 2014, Canada’s premier defence trade show. Organized and hosted by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), CANSEC attracts a wide audience, including government agencies and departments with an interest in the defence and security sectors, and showcases Canadian defence companies’ … Read more

The Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association (SIMSA) will promote Saskatchewan solutions for the global resource industry thanks to support from the government. The government, through Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), is investing $20,000 to help SIMSA upgrade interactive features on its website, including adding a searchable member database that will provide information on equipment … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced $2.4 million in support of the University of Manitoba (U of M) to increase skills development and technology commercialization in Winnipeg through the Advanced Satellite Integration Facility (ASIF). The full release is available online. Call 613-954-8097.

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced $2,986,500 to support the Olds College Apparel Innovation Centre in Calgary. Federal support will enable the College, in collaboration with Alberta Garment Manufacturing Ltd., to establish Western Canada’s first open-access apparel research and development facility. Once completed, Canadian-based companies and entrepreneurs will have access to … Read more

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.), Conservative MP Rob Clarke (Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River, Sask.) announced a $350,000 federal investment toward the monitoring of caribou herds in northern Saskatchewan. Data collected from tracking Woodland Caribou will help mining and construction firms, as well as local and provincial governments, to cost-effectively prepare … Read more