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HAMILTON, Ontario, November 8, 2007Canada's Environment Minister, John Baird, and Members of Parliament David Sweet and Mike Wallace, will make an announcement concerning Hamilton Harbour.
ST. ANDREWS, NEW BRUNSWICK November 7, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, on behalf of the Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment will make an announcement regarding the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment at the Fairmont Algonquin hotel.
WINNIPEG - November 7, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, will make an announcement about Lake Winnipeg. He will be joined by the Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board.
HALIFAX, November 2, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that Canadian Hurricane Centre officials from Environment Canada will give a background media briefing on the significant weather conditions expected from Hurricane Noel, which is expected to be a large post-tropical storm as it reaches the Atlantic Provinces.
OTTAWA, October 24, 2007 - The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities will be on hand to help Tree Canada, Canada's largest tree planting charitable organization, plant its 75th million tree in the ByWard Market.
BRANTFORD, Ontario, October 11, 2007 -- Canada's Environment Minister John Baird, on behalf of Jim Prentice, Ministry of Industry, will make an announcement concerning brownfields in Brantford on Friday morning.
Washington, September 26, 2007 - Canada's Environment Minister, John Baird, will attend the Major Economies Meeting on Climate Change and Energy Security on Thursday, September 27th and Friday, September 28th.
Montreal, September 25, 2007. Environment Canada, Wildlife Enforcement Division, and its American partners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will reveal the details of a major operation to dismantle an international ring for the smuggling of queen conch (mollusc), an endangered species.
Montreal, September 17, 2007 - Canada's Environment Minister, John Baird, will be availableto discuss the status of bilateral meetings at the Montreal Protocol meetings.
Montreal, September 16, 2007 - Canada's Environment Minister, John Baird, will take part in a number of events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol and the Meeting of the Parties.
Montreal, September 14, 2007 - Environment Minister John Baird will participate in a number of events to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, and International Ozone Day.
OTTAWA, September 12, 2007 - The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, will attend a meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts on September 12, 2007. The Minister will be available in scheduled media availabilities as part of the official agenda.
VANCOUVER, BC, September 4, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that Jim Abbott, Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, on behalf of the Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, will be in Revelstoke on Wednesday, September 5, to make an announcement regarding the Canadian Avalanche Centre.
TORONTO, August 27, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that government officials from Environment Canada and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will give a background media briefing on Great Lakes water levels.
OTTAWA, July 25, 2007 - The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment will travel to CFB Esquimalt on July 26, 2007, to make an announcement regarding contaminated sites.
The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment will be visiting the site of the ruptured pipeline and oil spill in Burnaby, B.C. on July 25, 2007. Following the visit, the Minister will be available to speak with the media.
OTTAWA, June 25, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable John Baird, Canada's Minister of the Environment will participate in the14th Regular Council Session of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), an international organization created under a side accord to NAFTA.
WINNIPEG - June 23, 2007 - A preliminary assessment by Environment Canada meteorologists onsite at Elie, Manitoba indicate that the tornado that struck the area last evening was likely an F4 on the Fujita tornado damage scale.
The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment will be speaking at the opening ceremonies of The Canadian Energy Expo in Woodstock, Ontario.
The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister of Nova Scotia Environment and Labour Mark Parent, will make an announcement in Pictou, Nova Scotia, on Saturday, May 12, 2007 regarding trust funding for the province of Nova Scotia for projects related to clean air and climate change.
VANCOUVER, April 29, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable John Baird, Environment Minister, will speak in Vancouver at "Hydrogen & Fuel Cells 2007." Following this, the Minister will make a keynote address organized by the Vancouver Board of Trade on Canada's New Government's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.
OTTAWA, Ontario, April 26, 2007 - Environment Minister John Baird will be teaming up with patients at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) to encourage everyone to adopt sound environmental practices that will promote clean air.
Ottawa, April 26, 2007 - The Minister of the Environment John Baird will announce the details of Canada's New Government's Regulatory Framework for Industrial Air Emissions today at Polson Pier, in Toronto.
The Minister of the Environment John Baird will announce the details of Canada's New Government's Regulatory Framework for Industrial Air Emissions on April 26th, 2007 in downtown Toronto.
OTTAWA, April 18, 2007 - Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable John Baird, will appear before the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources to discuss Bill C-288 the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act. This appearance will be followed by a media availability.
Washington, D.C., April 11, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable John Baird, will travel to Washington D.C. from Wednesday, April 11 to Friday, April 13 to discuss North American and global environmental issues and cooperation on environmental issues with Administration officials and Congressional members.
REGINA (Saskatchewan), April 4, 2007 - Media representatives are advised that John Baird, Minister of the Environment, and Saskatchewan's Minister of the Environment, John Nilson,will make an announcement in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Thursday, April 5, 2007 regarding trust funding for the province of Saskatchewan for projects related to clean air and climate change.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will be in Halifax on Thursday, March 14.
Canada's Minister of the Environment, the Honourable John Baird, will attend the Environment Ministers G-8 meeting in Potsdam, Germany from March 15-17, 2007.
OTTAWA, February 1, 2007 - The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, will arrive in Paris on the morning of February 2. Upon his arrival the Minister will receive an official copy of the final Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report and be briefed by scientists on the report's contents. He will also attend the "Citizens of the Earth" Conference, a reception at the Élysée Palace with President Jacques Chirac and other Environment Ministers and Heads of State, plus a working dinner with Nelly Olin, French Minister of Ecology & Sustainable Development and other Environment Ministers.
VANCOUVER, January 20, 2007 - The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, will be in Vancouver on Sunday, January 21, to make an announcement regarding federal funding for an area of BC's Central and North Coasts, referred to as the Spirit Bear Rainforest.
VANCOUVER, January 17, 2007 - The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, will be in Vancouver on Thursday, January 18, to make an announcement regarding Stanley Park, which suffered extensive damage after last month's series of heavy windstorms.
Gander (Newfoundland and Labrador), January 8, 2007 - Media representatives are invited to attend the official opening of the Newfoundland and Labrador Weather Office located in Gander by Fabian Manning, MP for Avalon Constituency, on behalf of Environment Minister John Baird.
VANCOUVER, January 7, 2007 - The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, will be in Vancouver on Monday, January 8th, to tour Stanley Park, which suffered extensive damage after a heavy windstorm swept through the park last month.
OTTAWA, December 21, 2006 - The Top Ten Weather Stories list for 2006 by Environment Canada's Senior Climatologist David Phillips will be released on Environment Canada's web site December 28.
OTTAWA, December 19, 2006 - The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment, and the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, will be in Saskatoon on Wednesday, December 20, to announce new initiatives and regulations to promote the agriculture biofuels and bioproducts industries and protect the environment.
OTTAWA, December 12, 2006 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment, will discuss details of Canada's New Government plan to require vehicle manufacturers and steel mills to remove mercury switches from automobiles before they are recycled. Media availability will follow.
OTTAWA, November 12, 2006 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment, will represent Canada at the Ministerial-level meetings of the United Nations Climate Change Conference from November 14 to the 17 in Nairobi, Kenya.
OTTAWA, October 18, 2006 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment and the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, will address the media following the tabling of the Canada's Clean Air Act in Parliament on Thursday, October 19, 2006.
PARRY SOUND, Ontario, September 7, 2006 - Media representatives are advised that Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, and the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, will be announcing funding for a Great Lakes study on September 8, 2006.
OTTAWA, Saturday, May 20, 2006 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board, and the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources will be meeting with their provincial and territorial counterparts in Regina on the subject of a renewable fuels strategy. Minister Ambrose will hold a media availability following the meeting.
WINNIPEG, May 17, 2006 - Media representatives are advised that officials representing the Government of Canada (including the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Environment Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada) and the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre will give a media technical briefing on Canada's Inter-agency Wild Bird Influenza Survey 2006. A question and answer session will follow the technical briefing.
OTTAWA, April 24, 2006 - On Tuesday April, 25, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment, will hold a photo opportunity and brief media availability with Dr. Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, and James Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
OTTAWA, March 30, 2006 - Representatives from Environment Canada, Parks Canada Agency, Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) will be available to talk about the transfer of 30 wood bison from Elk Island National Park, Edmonton, Alberta to Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. A photo opportunity of wood bison will follow the briefing.
DARTMOUTH, March 14, 2006 - Media representatives are invited to participate in a photo opportunity as part of the visit by the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment of Canada, to Environment Canada's Atlantic Storm Prediction Centre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
SAINT JOHN, March 14, 2006 - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment, will be available for a photo opportunity and brief comments on Tuesday, March 14, 2006. The Minister will be appearing with her counterparts from the Atlantic Provinces.
QUÉBEC CITY, February 28, 2006 - The media are invited to participate in a photo opportunity as part of the visit by the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment of Canada, to CO2 Solution, a firm which intends to become a leader in the conception, development, production and marketing of products and services related to CO2 recycling in the context of climate change.
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