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Parks Canada announces winners of Canada's Coolest School Trip and launch the "Parks Canada: Places and Spaces for Everyone" map OTTAWA, April 8, 2013 /CNW/ - The Honourable Peter Kent, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced that a grade 8 class from Saskatchewan has won Canada's Coolest School Trip contest of the My Parks Pass program. The lucky class will be travelling to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to visit Parks Canada's Fortress...
ST JOHN'S, NL, March 4, 2013 /CNW/ - The Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC) is investing $10,300 towards a research project in western Newfoundland that will enhance the design and manufacturing process of snowboards. In partnership with College of the North Atlantic (CNA), RDC is supporting Magine Snowboards in Port au Port to develop a more durable snowboard product by replacing glass-based fibre with environmentally-friendly composite...
ST. JOHN'S, NL, Nov. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Making working conditions safer for offshore employees, developing production efficiencies for the lumber industry and advancing healthcare technology are among the 18 business-led projects receiving more than $1.6 million in funding from the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC). RDC today announced investment support that will assist several provincial companies with research and development (R&D)...
New investments will create up to 500 highly-skilled local jobs, establish local IBM centre of services excellence; facilitate higher-ed analytics and research collaboration to build essential skills for tomorrow's economy HALIFAX, NS and MARKHAM, ON, Nov. 8, 2012 /CNW/ - The Government of Nova Scotia and IBM (NYSE:IBM), in close partnership with Nova Scotia Business, Inc. and a consortium of six higher education institutions, led by Nova Scotia Community College, today...
ST. JOHN'S, NL, Oct. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - The Research & Development Corporation (RDC) is investing more than $5.3 million into research and development (R&D) projects at Memorial University of Newfoundland in areas relevant to offshore petroleum, ocean technology, healthcare, aquaculture and other natural resource industries. The funding will focus on solving technical challenges and identifying new opportunities such as ice-structure interaction in polar regions, effective...
GANDER, NL, Sept. 14, 2012 /CNW/ - Research focused on improving petroleum exploration, enhancing marine safety and preventing and detecting money laundering and fraud are among the 11 business-led projects receiving more than $1.3 million in funding from the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC). The funding was announced during a news conference in Gander, NL. "With an increasingly diversified economy continuing to outpace growth in other...
Momentum Builds for 3(rd) Annual Canada Wide Celebration of Arts and Culture Friday, September 28 - Sunday, September 30, 2012 TORONTO, June 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Have you ever wanted to compose your own song? Experience some of Canada's great works of art? Be the star in your own film? Take a dance class from a member of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet? Whatever your passion or curiosity, indulge it during Culture Days, Canada's annual country-wide celebration of arts and culture,...
Naturalist Journeys, an adventure travel company based in Portal, Arizona, announces an August 18-26, 2012 tour to Nova Scotia, highlighting the tour's innovative combination of culture and nature. With whales, land and sea birds, colorful Acadian history, signature lighthouses, world-record tides, delicious seafood and great opportunities for travel photography, the maritime province of Nova Scotia has much to offer. Portal, Arizona (PRWEB) April 27, 2012 Naturalist Journeys, an...
CoursePark's first Provincial Program St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (PRWEB) July 12, 2011 In March of 2011, SmartForceNL was launched in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador as a 2 year initiative provide learning management to every small/medium business and Not-for-Profit in the Province. Further, the goal of the initiative was to introduce the Province's workforce to the world of online learning and shift an entire workforce from passive learners to a workforce...
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Nova Scotia Power and NewPage Port Hawkesbury are proceeding with the 60-megawatt biomass co-generation facility recently approved by the Nova Scotia Utility & Review Board. The sale of certain mill assets is expected to close in the near term. Project planning, engineering and procurement work have been ramped up in the past few weeks recognizing the need to have the plant in service in early 2013. "This development in cooperation...
