Press Release Department: Federal - Western Economic Diversification Canada

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK) announced that research and development in the Fraser Valley, BC, region received a significant boost, thanks to $465,000 in federal funding announced for Trinity Western University. With $465,000 in funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada, the university will acquire equipment for its new Advanced Analytical … Read more

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK), Conservative MP Dan Albas (Okanagan-Coquihalla, BC) announced federal funding of $240,000 to support the Grand Forks and Boundary Regional Agricultural Society in acquiring and setting up a licensed mobile abattoir in rural south-central British Columbia. Albas said that by supporting local meat … Read more

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK), Conservative MP David Wilks (Kootenay-Columbia, BC) officially opened the newly upgraded Dawn Mountain Nordic Centre at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in British Columbia. Wilks said that the government's investment in the Dawn Mountain Nordic Centre will provide exciting outdoor recreational prospects for … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK) announced a federal investment of $750,000 in funding to allow POS Pilot Plant in Saskatoon, SK, to purchase bio-extraction equipment that will position it as Canada's premiere commercial scale fee-for-service processing facility of botanicals, herbs, fruits and vegetables. Yelich said commercial scale processing at POS … Read more

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK), Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Tom Lukiwski (Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre, SK) announced $465,100 in funding for the Incoming Buyers Program. The joint federal and Saskatchewan program reimburses half of the travel costs for first and … Read more

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK), Conservative MP Blaine Calkins (Wetaskiwin, AB) announced government support for an initiative that will create new commercial opportunities for Alberta's agricultural sector while helping to attract investment and industry partnerships. A federal investment of more than $4.4 million through Western Economic Diversification … Read more

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK), Conservative MP Leon Benoit (Vegreville-Wainwright, AB) announced federal funding of $900,000 towards Lakeland College to acquire two mobile pyrolysis units to test, evaluate, and demonstrate biochar products for the agricultural and environmental marketplace. Additional support towards this project includes a contribution of … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK) announced $3.5 million in funding to enable the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology to establish and equip a centre for innovation to support companies working to create new products that use composite materials. Yelich said the manufacturing of new composite-based products represents an important opportunity … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK) announced that the government is taking a concrete step towards positioning Western Canada's shipbuilding industry as internationally competitive and sustainable through Western Canada's Shipbuilding Action Plan. Yelich announced that as part of Western Canada's Shipbuilding Action Plan, an investment of more than $1 million to help … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK) announced federal support for specialized equipment for the new Mining Engineering Technology program at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology. Yellich was joined by the program's Dean of Technology Jamie Hilts at the Saskatchewan Mining Association's 46th annual general meeting to announce $500,000 … Read more