OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 24 -- Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada, an arm of the Canadian government, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: This week, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, visited Malaysia and the Philippines to strengthen regional partnerships and create new opportunities for our hardworking Canadian producers. Minister MacAulay's trade mission highlighted and built on the strong business and people-to-people ties between Canada an  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Governor Janet Mills today announced that the State of Maine has selected a section of state-owned Sears Island that is reserved for port development as its preferred site for a port facility to support the floating offshore wind industry. The selection of the site follows an extensive public stakeholder process led by the Maine Department of Transportation and Maine Port Authorit  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 24 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: Governor Janet Mills today formally requested that President Joe Biden issue a Major Disaster Declaration to help Maine's eight coastal counties recover from the back-to-back severe storms on January 10th and January 13th that brought significant flooding and damage. In a letter sent today to President Biden, Governor Mills said that the cost of damage resulting from the two weather events  more

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, Feb. 23 -- The University of Maine's Presque Isle Campus issued the following news release: Local students from the University of Maine at Presque Isle and Presque Isle High School have been able to take part in the experiential learning opportunity of a lifetime thanks to an anonymous donor and an island center off the coast of Maine focused on science and leadership-based activities. UMPI was initially contacted in Fall 2022 by John Van Dis from the Hurricane Island Cent  more