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Canada's National Adaptation Strategy will protect communities and build a strong economy

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Thursday, November 24, 2022
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With the release of Canada's National Adaptation Strategy: Building Resilient Communities and a Strong Economyfor engagement and final consultations, the Government of Canada commits to a whole-of-society approach to climate adaptation.

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  • With the release of Canada's National Adaptation Strategy: Building Resilient Communities and a Strong Economyfor engagement and final consultations, the Government of Canada commits to a whole-of-society approach to climate adaptation.
  • The announcement includes $1.6 billion in new federal funding commitments to help protect communities from coast to coast to coast.
  • Working together is key to addressing challenges of this scale, and that's why Canada's National Adaptation Strategy proposes a whole-of-society approach to adaptation in this country.
  • Through the National Adaptation Strategy, we will advance key resilience and adaptation measures to mitigate these changes, preserve livelihoods and protect our communities and the critical infrastructure we depend on.

Governments of Canada and Manitoba enhance the Canada-Manitoba Agreement on Minority-Language Education and Second Official-Language Instruction 2020-21 to 2022-23

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Thursday, October 20, 2022
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With an investment of more than $108 million from the Government of Canada, Manitoba will invest $64 million to support students in their studies and in their second official language.

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  • With an investment of more than $108 million from the Government of Canada, Manitoba will invest $64 million to support students in their studies and in their second official language.
  • This funding will also address emerging needs and priorities in French-language education, from early childhood to the postsecondary level.
  • Furthermore, more than $44.7 million will be allocated over three years to support the Government of Manitoba in implementing its own action plan for minority-language education and second-language instruction.
  • This funding is part of the Government of Canada's long-term commitment to support Manitoba's minority language education and second official language learning initiatives.

Government of Canada Support to Rebuild Small Craft Harbours and Recover Lost Fishing Gear Post-Hurricane Fiona

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Monday, October 17, 2022
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The impacts of Hurricane Fiona have been immense, including gear loss and damage to small craft harbours.

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  • The impacts of Hurricane Fiona have been immense, including gear loss and damage to small craft harbours.
  • The Government of Canada is working with fish harvesters, harbour authorities and provincial governments to clean up the ocean and begin repairs to critical infrastructure, including small craft harbours.
  • The funding will also provide a boost to DFO's Ghost Gear Fund , which supports concrete actions to prevent, retrieve and responsibly dispose of lost fishing gear.
  • We encourage harvesters to report their lost fishing gear as soon as possible so efforts can be made to return retrieved fishing gear to their owner and prioritize areas of highest gear loss.

Governments of Canada and Ontario provide more than $8 million to Collège Boréal

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Friday, October 14, 2022
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Thanks to this funding, Collge Boral will start work to develop new bachelor's degrees that will address specific training and labour needs in Northern Ontario.

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  • Thanks to this funding, Collge Boral will start work to develop new bachelor's degrees that will address specific training and labour needs in Northern Ontario.
  • The Government of Canada will provide $5.1million over threeyears to improve programs at Collge Boral, and the Government of Ontario will provide just over $2.9million over threeyears.
  • "Today's $8-million investment in Sudbury, and Collge Boral specifically, demonstrates the confidence our governments of Canada and Ontario have in our Franco-Ontarian future and Franco-Ontarian youth.
  • In June2008, Collge Boral became the first post-secondary institution in Ontario to receive designation under the French Language Services Act.

MLK Gold Ltd. (CSE: MLK) Provides Update

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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The re-pricing is reflective of the market price of the Companys shares at the time the Warrants were issued.

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  • The re-pricing is reflective of the market price of the Companys shares at the time the Warrants were issued.
  • Founded in 2018, MLK Gold Ltd. is quickly emerging as one of Atlantic Canada's exciting resource exploration companies offering exposure to gold and the strategic metal representing a unique mix of discovery and resource development potential.
  • Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
  • The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.

Scott Armour McCrea Awarded Sixth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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VALENCIA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sixth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity was awarded to Scott Armour McCrea on Friday, September 16 at the International Congress of Maritime Museums' gala event at the Juno Tower in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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  • International Congress of Maritime Museums in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    VALENCIA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The Sixth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity was awarded to Scott Armour McCrea on Friday, September 16 at the International Congress of Maritime Museums' gala event at the Juno Tower in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • "This award was inaugurated in 2015 to celebrate Cunard's 175th Anniversary in the ancestral home of its founder Sir Samuel Cunard.
  • "We congratulate Mr. McCrea on being our sixth Samuel Cunard Prize Award recipient and for exemplifying the qualities for which the award was created."
  • I consider Queen's Marque an urban developer's master work that would have excited Samuel Cunard, were he alive today."

Canada’s Food and Biotech Island Just Got Bigger With Chinova Bioworks New Manufacturing Space In The Bioscience Manufacturing Incubator Building On PEI

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Thursday, September 1, 2022
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CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, Sept. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Chinova Bioworks (Chinova), a Canadian-based natural ingredient company, hit a turning point by expanding its manufacturing space inside the Bioscience Manufacturing Incubator (BMI) on PEI.

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  • CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, Sept. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Chinova Bioworks (Chinova), a Canadian-based natural ingredient company, hit a turning point by expanding its manufacturing space inside the Bioscience Manufacturing Incubator (BMI) on PEI.
  • The food grade space allowed Chinova to meet its early production goals, all while in a GMP environment.
  • "Chinova Bioworks is proud to be a part of Canada's food and biotech island on PEI.
  • Chinova is a semi-finalist for the Food Waste Reduction Challenge for the Novel Technologies Streams through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Closing summit of 2022 Cross-Canada Official Languages Consultations: The Government of Canada is listening

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Thursday, August 25, 2022
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The Government of Canada is committed to protecting and promoting our two official languages across the country to support their vitality.

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  • The Government of Canada is committed to protecting and promoting our two official languages across the country to support their vitality.
  • The Government of Canada is proud to invest in young people and the future of official languages, thereby ensuring the vitality and visibility of official-language minority communities.
  • On May 24, 2022, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor launched the 2022 Cross-Canada Consultations on Official Languages in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • On March 1, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced an improved bill for the substantive equality of English and French, the official languages of Canada, to adapt the Official Languages Act to a changing society.

Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia provide more than $1.3 million to Université Sainte-Anne

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Thursday, August 11, 2022
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In addition, the Province of Nova Scotia is providing $104,573 over two years to this project.

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  • In addition, the Province of Nova Scotia is providing $104,573 over two years to this project.
  • Minister Petitpas Taylor was joined by the Honourable Colton LeBlanc, Nova Scotia Minister of Acadian Affairs and Francophonie.
  • The project is funded under the CanadaNova Scotia Agreement on Minority-Language Education and Second-Language Instruction from 20202021 to 20222023.
  • Universit Sainte-Anne is the only French-language post-secondary academic institution in Nova Scotia.

Congrès mondial acadien 2024: Government of Canada provides $4.6 million

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will provide a non-repayable contribution of $1.8 million through the Innovative Communities Fund.

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  • The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will provide a non-repayable contribution of $1.8 million through the Innovative Communities Fund.
  • "As an Acadian, it is a great honour to announce that the Government of Canada will financially support the organization of the next Congrs mondial acadien.
  • Allister Surette, President of the Organizing Committee, Congrs mondial acadien 2024
    "The Congrs mondial acadien is an international event that allows people to discover different parts of Acadie and brings countless benefits to the host communities.
  • The Organizing Committee of the Congrs mondial acadien 2024 is chaired by Allister Surette, President and Vice-Chancellor of Universit Sainte-Anne.