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Le journal de la Vitrine du Bas-Saint-Laurent (English)
Vous trouverez dans cette page les dernières nouvelles et communiqués de presse émis par « Le journal de la Vitrine du Bas-Saint-Laurent (English) ».
Lower St. Lawrence, the organization dedicated to serve the Anglophone community of the region, has just published the March 2008 edition of its newsletter.
“The Government of Canada is proud to work in partnership with the Government of Quebec on improving the quality of life for residents of Rimouski while respecting each other's fields of jurisdiction,” stated Mr.Paradis
In July and August, Maritime Innovation, the centre for applied research in maritime technology of the Institut maritime du Québec, took part in an important maritime security exercise in New York involving various related American agencies.
Four enterprises from Lower St. Lawrence amongst the winners : "Grelots, Bâtons et Cie du Fou du cochon", "Les ateliers d'intervention sur l'intimidation", "Coopérative nautique de l'Estuaire" and "Bâtitech ltée".
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is providing $100,000 to nine applicants to support their participation in the environmental assessment by a review panel of the proposed Cacouna Energy liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
On October 1st 2005 was held the first of two public consultations organized by the Centre Mitissien de Santé et de Services Sociaux. This consultation was done in the context of the Community Health and Social Services network project titled “Improving first-line services for the elderly English-speaking population of Metis-sur-Mer”.
The stainless steel carbodies will be manufactured at Bombardier's manufacturing site in La Pocatière, Québec, with final assembly taking place at the Plattsburgh, New York facility.
A native of the Lower St. Lawrence, Ms. Plourde is now returning to the region where she was born to meet new challenges in an ecosystem which has always fascinated her, the marine portion of the St. Lawrence. “I have always been interested in natural resources and regional development,” she explains.
We are pleased to announce that the Carrousel international du film de Rimouski has a new Programming Coordinator : Paule Lemieux. She replaces Gabriel Anctil, who left for other adventures.
SkyPower Corporation today announced plans to launch the largest private wind energy production project in Canada. Hydro-Québec Production and SkyPower Corporation have signed an agreement to build a 200 Megawatt wind energy "SuperPark" making this the single largest agreement in Canada's wind development history.
The bape report is now public. At the request of the Minister of the Environment, Thomas J. Mulcair, today the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) released its inquiry and public hearing report on the stakes related to seismic surveys in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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