Municipal government in Canada

CHAR Technologies Acknowledges Canada and Ontario Announce More Than $11.3M Investment For CHAR Technologies Thorold, Ontario, Renewable Energy Production Facility

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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    Offshore Wind Company Havfram Increases Equity Funding to USD 500 Million, Confirms That Construction of First Vessel is Underway

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    Monday, December 12, 2022
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      Minister of Transport announces the establishment of the VIA Rail subsidiary to support High Frequency Rail and appoints three founding members to its Board of Directors

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      Thursday, December 15, 2022
      Travel, Infrastructure Canada, Transport Canada, Chair, Crown, Via Rail, Risk management, VIA, City, Municipal government in Canada, Parliament, Government, Rail transport, Oil, Enrique Dussel

      Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced key milestones for the High Frequency Rail project: the establishment of VIA HFR VIA TGF Inc. (VIA HFR) to manage the development of the new High Frequency Rail project and the appointments of the first three Directors of the Board.

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      • Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced key milestones for the High Frequency Rail project: the establishment of VIA HFR VIA TGF Inc. (VIA HFR) to manage the development of the new High Frequency Rail project and the appointments of the first three Directors of the Board.
      • VIA Rail Inc. has incorporated VIA HFR as a new, wholly owned subsidiary and has appointed three founding directors to its Board of Directors: Robert Prichard, Marie-Jos Nadeau, and Robert Fonberg.
      • VIA HFR will operate at arms-length from VIA Rail and will act as a dedicated project office for the High Frequency Rail project.
      • Once this partner is selected, VIA HFR will work with the partner to design and develop the new High Frequency Rail project, in close coordination with VIA Rail.

      VIA RAIL CREATES SUBSIDIARY AND APPOINTS BOARD MEMBERS TO DELIVER HFR PROJECT

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      Thursday, December 15, 2022
      HFR, Corporation, Rail profile, Via Rail, VIA, Safety, Municipal government in Canada, Railway Association of Canada, Environment, Prince Michael International Road Safety Award, Government, Brooklyn Historic Railway Association, Rail transport

      MONTREAL, Dec. 15, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ -The Board of Directors of VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) announces the incorporation of a new wholly owned subsidiary, VIA HFR VIA TGF Inc. (VIA HFR), to manage the development and delivery for the new High Frequency Rail (HFR) project and act as a dedicated project office.

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      • MONTREAL, Dec. 15, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ -The Board of Directors of VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) announces the incorporation of a new wholly owned subsidiary, VIA HFR VIA TGF Inc. (VIA HFR), to manage the development and delivery for the new High Frequency Rail (HFR) project and act as a dedicated project office.
      • VIA Rail has also appointed three founding directors to VIA HFR's Board of Directors.
      • Robert Prichard will serve as Chair of VIA HFR's board, while Marie-Jos Nadeau will serve as Vice Chair and Robert Fonberg will be the third founding director.
      • The Government of Canada is leading the procurement process to select a private development partner for the HFR project.

      Government of Canada continues to accelerate progress on connecting all Canadians to high-speed Internet

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      Thursday, December 15, 2022
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      Today, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, reported on the Government of Canada's rapid progress toward its goal of connecting all Canadians, no matter where they live, to high-speed Internet.

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      • Today, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, reported on the Government of Canada's rapid progress toward its goal of connecting all Canadians, no matter where they live, to high-speed Internet.
      • In November 2022, the government launched an interactive High-Speed Internet Access Dashboard to provide Canadians with the latest information on the government's progress toward achieving universal high-speed Internet access.
      • Since 2015, the Government of Canada has made $7.6 billion available to build or improve broadband Internet infrastructure from coast to coast to coast.
      • The Government of Canada has also launched an update to the National Broadband Internet Service Availability Map .

      Celebrating one-year anniversary of signing of Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement with New Brunswick

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      Tuesday, December 13, 2022
      Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Government of New Brunswick, Heart, Child care, Municipal government in Canada, Atlantic Canada, Life, Partnership, Child, Education, Parent, Woman, Investment, Policy, Social change, Government, Workforce, Language isolate, Healthcare, Toy, Medicine, Tutoring, QC

      That's why the Government of Canada signed agreements with every province and territory to implement a Canada-wide early learning and child care system.

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      • That's why the Government of Canada signed agreements with every province and territory to implement a Canada-wide early learning and child care system.
      • Today, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, and New Brunswick's Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Bill Hogan, marked the one-year anniversary of the signing of the CanadaNew Brunswick Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
      • New Brunswick has reduced child care fees for licensed early learning and child care spaces for children under 6 by 50% on average as of June 1, 2022, introduced a new child care space creation policy, and is working toward creating 3,400 new licensed child care spaces by the end of March 2026.
      • Combined with other investments, including investments in Indigenous early learning and child care, up to $30 billion over five years will be provided in support of early learning and child care.

      Government of Canada announces certification of fourteen new bird friendly cities

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      Thursday, December 8, 2022
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      "Getting certified as a Bird Friendly City is something these municipalities can really crow about.

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      • "Getting certified as a Bird Friendly City is something these municipalities can really crow about.
      • Bird Friendly City certification is more than just a piece of paper.
      • I thank Nature Canada for recognizing Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue with this Bird Friendly City certification and supporting our efforts to make the municipality become safer for wild birds."
      • In each municipality seeking certification as a Bird Friendly City, teams are established and residents are actively involved in protecting and monitoring their local bird populations.

      The Government of Canada launches formal consultations to streamline reporting of payroll information

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      Monday, December 5, 2022
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      Today, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) are launching formal consultations as part of a large scale ePayroll reporting solution project.

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      • Today, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) are launching formal consultations as part of a large scale ePayroll reporting solution project.
      • A key goal of the project is to modernize and simplify how employers report payroll, employment, and demographic information to the Government of Canada.
      • Government requests are also not always aligned to information employers have readily available in their payroll systems.
      • The consultations surrounding the ePayroll reporting solution will open on December 6, 2022, and will close to input on January 27, 2023.

      Minister Ng announces that Evol is helping deliver much-needed access to capital to women entrepreneurs in Quebec

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      Thursday, December 1, 2022
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      Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, announced that Evol isproviding loans of up to $50,000 to women entrepreneurs and business owners through the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund .

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      • Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, announced that Evol isproviding loans of up to $50,000 to women entrepreneurs and business owners through the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund .
      • The Minister was joined by Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Member of Parliament for Saint-Laurent, and Sevrine Labelle, Chief Executive Officer of Evol.
      • With Evol set to distribute $7 million in loans, the Government of Canada is ensuring that even more women can access capital to start or grow their businesses.
      • Evol will be an important partner in delivering the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund in collaboration with its regional loan fund partners.

      New partnership allows MedTech startups to train surgeons at Waterloo’s Anatomy Lab

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      Thursday, December 1, 2022
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      TheUniversity of Waterloos Human Anatomy Laboratory, which is housed in the Department of Kinesiologyand Health Sciences, offers the perfect location for surgeons to test procedures on cadaver donors.

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      • TheUniversity of Waterloos Human Anatomy Laboratory, which is housed in the Department of Kinesiologyand Health Sciences, offers the perfect location for surgeons to test procedures on cadaver donors.
      • Surgeons get hands-on time to play with our new products and seewhat their thoughts are.
      • The partnership between MIX, and Waterloos Faculty of Health allows local medtech companies to focus on recruiting and training local talent.
      • Surgeons got hands-on experience withIntellijoint products in the lab, which was designed to mirror an operating room.