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Government of Canada strengthens capacity to respond to marine pollution

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#Gatineau, Quebec, #Canada – September 10, 2019 – Under the Oceans Protection Plan, the Government of Canada is making sure the Canadian Coast Guard has the equipment it needs to respond to incidents along our coastlines in a timely and efficient manner.

Following open and competitive processes, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, has awarded three contracts totalling $16.4 million to Canadian companies to provide modern and efficient equipment to respond to marine pollution incidents:

  • Aqua-Guard Spill Response Inc., of Vancouver, British Columbia, was awarded a contract of $2,575,720 for 37 compact, portable, oleophilic skimmers. They are used to recover spilled oil in both calm waters and the interior spaces of small vessels.
  • PK Welding & Fabricators Inc., of Oshawa, Ontario, was awarded a contract of $7,621,827 for 23 mobile incident command posts with built-in incident communications capabilities. The mobile incident command posts will come in three different formats and will be used by the incident management teams wherever they may be deployed. 
  • GRIFFIN Engineered Systems Inc., of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was awarded a contract of $6,258,518 for 220 floating fabric bladders and associated products and services. They are used to temporarily contain recovered oil in calm and protected waters in the event of a marine pollution incident.

All three contracts include options for additional associated components.

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“Through the Oceans Protection Plan, the Government of Canada has made a firm commitment to keep our coastlines safe and protected. These contracts will provide the Canadian Coast Guard with critical equipment to respond to marine pollution incidents, while supporting jobs and prosperity in communities across the country.”

The Honourable Carla Qualtrough
Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility


“As part of the Oceans Protection Plan we are ensuring the dedicated women and men of the Canadian Coast Guard on all coasts have the equipment they need to best respond to potential marine incidents. Investments like these will make Canada’s oceans safer, cleaner and healthier for today and for generations to come.”

The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard

Quick facts

  • On November 7, 2016, the Prime Minister launched a $1.5-billion national Oceans Protection Plan that improves marine safety and responsible shipping, protects Canada’s marine environment, and offers new possibilities for Indigenous and coastal communities.

SOURCE:  Public Services and Procurement Canada

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Princess of Wales tells the world she has Cancer

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Garfield Ekon

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#UnitedKingdom, March 26, 2024 – Following Kate Middleton’s announcement on Friday, that she has been diagnosed with cancer, Kensington Palace says the Prince and Princess of Wales are “enormously touched” by outpouring of “kind messages” from across the globe.

In a statement, the Palace said the Royal Family welcome the outpouring of support from well-wishers, but they desire to have their privacy respected. In announcing what has been described by some as shocking news, Princess Kate said she is undergoing treatment for the illness.

The latest statement from the Palace said, “here in the UK (United Kingdom), across the Commonwealth, and round the world, in response to Her Royal Highness’ message” they are appreciative of the “public’s warmth and support and are grateful for the understanding of their request for privacy at this time”

Princess Kate has also released in a video where she said she and her husband had been doing everything “we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family,” which included taking time to recover from her major surgery to start treatment and “most importantly” to explain everything to the children before going public with the news.

The children are said to now be away from school on their Easter holiday break, and Kate added in the video message that, “my work has always brought me a deep sense of joy, and I look forward to being back when I am able. But for now, I must focus on making a full recovery.”

She made the cancer revelation after questions were raised about her health, after she was hospitalised for two weeks, due to a planned abdominal surgery in January.  Post-operation test results revealed cancer had been present, and she started “preventative chemotherapy” in late February.

 

Photo Caption: Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales

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CAAP Works on Major Boycott Movement to Help Palestine

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Rashaed Esson

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#Israel#Palestine#CAAP – The Caribbean Against  Apartheid in Palestine  (CAAP) is working on a Boycott Divestment Sanctions or BDS movement in Barbados for Israeli companies, to help suffocate financial backing  to the Israeli army that’s attacking Palestine. Member of CAAP Dr Saudah Muhammad, speaking at a CAAP Press Conference on Friday March 17, goes into detail, mentioning an Israeli company called Sabra Hummus as the first target to boycott, using the buying power of consumers to decrease their financial gains. She points out that Sabra Hummus was chosen because of its connection to the Israeli army.

“Sabra Hummus is co-owned by PepsiCo and Strauss group, which is an Israeli food company and they provide financial support to the Israeli army, so using our purchasing power to cut their funding, then directly supports a cut in funding to the genocide and to arms,” she said.

 

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Under 5 Mortality Rate Decreasing

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Rashaed Esson

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#WHO#ChildDeathrate,March 13th, 2024 – The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that the number of children who died before their 5th birthday has decreased, reaching a historic low of 4.9 million in 2022, declining by 51 percent since the year 2000. This is according to a recent release by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).  However, despite the major progress, there is still a lot of work to prevent child mortality, as  data shows that in addition to the 4.9 million young lives lost, another 2.1 million children and youths, aged 5 to 25, also died, most of which were in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. The Organisation (WHO) says the main causes of these deaths are preventable and/or treatable issues such as complications around the time of birth, malaria and preterm birth, adding that lives could have been saved with better access to high-quality primary health care.

 

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