Ahead of winter travel check your passport validity, apply early

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Gatineau – With winter just around the corner, many Canadians are starting to look for international getaways for their vacations. Whether it is for the holidays or spring break, Service Canada encourages travellers to check their passport validity based on the destination’s entry and exit requirements, which may include a minimum validity period. The passport must meet those requirements. Planning ahead …

Canada partners with Laval University for new program

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Quebec – The Government of Canada is committed to supporting the use of official languages in Canada and to ensuring that Canadians have access to information in the language of their choice. Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, announced a new partnership agreement between the Translation Bureau and Laval University to create a graduate microprogram …

Public health system must take advantage of scientific breakthroughs:Tam

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Ottawa – Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, has said: Vaccination is a foundation of public health practice, but we haven’t taken full advantage of its potential to tackle existing and emerging public health threats. Gaps in vaccination access and uptake in Canada, fueled in part by the spread of mis- and disinformation, have led to an increase …

Realizing Future of Vaccination for Public Health

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Ottawa – Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, said: My annual report on the state of public health in Canada, entitled Realizing the Future of Vaccination for Public Health, was tabled in Parliament by the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health. Vaccination is one of the most significant public health achievements in modern history, helping people to live longer …

New initiative to support climate resilient housing, infrastructure 

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Ontario —Communities across Canada will be able to build environmentally friendly, climate-resilient housing and infrastructure with support from the Climate Toolkit for Housing and Infrastructure (CTHI). Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, launched a suite of tools, resources, and support services that will be available, free of cost, to communities to help them adapt their infrastructure to changing …

Brampton breaks ground on third Transit facility

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BRAMPTON – Mayor Patrick Brown, alongside Regional Councillor Paul Vicente, Maninder Sidhu, MP for Brampton East and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, to speak on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities and the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria, Ontario’s Minister of Transportation, broke ground for Phase One of …