Rockwell Automation and Hebei Provincial Government Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement
Agreement will deploy automation technologies to help Chinese provincial government upgrade traditional industries MILWAUKEE, Oct. 27, 2008 - Rockwell Automation, a leading provider of industrial automation, control and information solutions, signed a strategic partnership agreement today with the Hebei Provincial Development and Reform Commission. The agreement will allow both sides to ...

Provincial employees raise $145,000 for United Way
Provincial government employees raised over $145,000 for the United Way this year, making it their most successful campaign ever.

Children must get better care: Sask. provincial auditor
The provincial auditor is calling on the government to improve how it looks after children.

Provincial Government Capping Salary Hikes
The Ontario government is capping salary hikes for provincial politicians and senior bureaucrats at 1.5 per cent. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says the government will also freeze the current size of full-time employees in the public service, starting immediately. Duncan unveiled the measures today as part of the government's plan to deal with the global economic downturn. The government is ...

Two initiatives could benefit from provincial government funding
TRURO DAILY NEWS TRURO ? More than $400,000 in provincial funding that has become available to the local school board is expected to go toward two initiatives.

Provincial cabinet could have different cast in 2009
Premier Robert Ghiz is hinting it may be time to shake up his front bench. Ghiz has kept his  cabinet in place since winning the May 28, 2007, provincial election.

Factory owners protest in China
About 100 factory owners and employees gathered outside a provincial government building Friday in southern China to demand help in recovering money owed them by a car radio company that recently closed without clearing its debts.

Region wades in on provincial inaction on track
Niagara's regional government has thrown its support behind efforts to get the province to come up with financial aid to preserve the 111-year-old Fort Erie Racetrack.

Ministry losing track of First Nations children: auditor
Hundreds of First Nations children who have been made wards of the government have been lost in what Saskatchewan's provincial auditor calls an "inadequate" system of accountability.

180 out of work after leak shuts down paper mill
A leak in the pipe that takes effluent from Abercrombie?s Northern Pulp to Boat Harbour in Pictou County has shut down the paper mill, temporarily throwing roughly 180 employees out of work. The province was notified immediately after the leak was discovered on Monday just under the East River estuary. The provincial government directed that the pipe must be repaired before the mill can ...

Leyne column: Coalition government would be bad news for B.C.
What would a federal coalition government mean for B.C.?

?Bidding meant to disqualify province?
Bidding for a joint venture agreement for a portion of the South Road Properties (SRP) is tailored fit to disqualify the provincial government even before it could formally submit its bid, a Capitol official said.

Factory owners protest in China
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 (10:15 p.m.) About 100 factory owners and employees gathered outside a provincial government building Friday in southern China to demand help in recovering money owed them by a car radio company that recently closed without clearing its debts.

Zille pushes to start city's transport entity
Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille says the city will press ahead with a recommendation that it form its own municipal entity to manage public transport in the city, sidelining the provincial government.

Cut-price homes for migrants
Skilled migrant workers here are being offered low-cost housing and free education for their children, as part of a series of measures to help them counter the effects of the financial crisis, the provincial government said yesterday. People with technical qualifications can now enjoy the same housing benefits as Guangzhou's permanent residents, and rent properties for as little as 1 yuan (15 ...

Patients to sue B.C. government over allegations of doctors' extra billing
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The B.C. government has failed to enforce its own laws that ban doctors from billing both patients and the public health-care system, say a group of patients who have launched a lawsuit against the province.

Ties between people, government based on religious beliefs
Iran - President - Faith President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that relations between people and the government in an Islamic system is based on religious beliefs.

Budget for school seismic upgrades not enough: Auditor-General
B.C.?s auditor-general complimented the provincial government yesterday in a report into seismic upgrades to the hundreds of public schools in earthquake zones.

Harper meeting with GG in bid to save government
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived at Rideau Hall and is meeting with Gen. Michaelle Jean to ask to have Parliament suspended in order to keep his government alive.

Don't risk a minority, Charest says
Jean Charest is warning the election of another Liberal minority government on Monday could end in a provincial power struggle like the one that upset Ottawa's political order this week.