NFB at 2024 Festival Plein(s) Écran(s)

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Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada is returning to the Festival Plein(s) Écran(s) with two award-wining shorts: Audrey Nantel-Gagnon’s documentary Fire-Jo-Ball, selected as the closing film in the Quebec Competition, and Janice Nadeau’s animated short HARVEY (NFB/Folimage), which will screen in the Family Section. The festival takes place online from January 16 to 28, 2024, with some in-person screenings programmed as well. Quick Facts Quebec Competition – Closing film Fire-Jo-Ball by Audrey Nantel-Gagnon (16 min 54 s) Produced …

Providing reservists adequate working and training

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Sherbrooke  – Canada’s Minister of Defence, Anita Anand and Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food were in Sherbrooke to have a look at the Canadian armouries and assess the situation. Bibeau said the government was  doing everything possible to speed up the work to give reservists adequate working and training conditions.

Making electric vehicles affordable for Quebeckers 

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Sherbrooke – Growing a cleaner, stronger economy and fighting climate change requires helping Canadians and businesses make the switch to electric vehicles that reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas pollution. Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, highlighted the Government’s plan to invest $547.5 million over four years to launch a new purchase incentive program …