Feds hand half a million to French community radio

OTTAWA – Saying that “community radio stations will continue contributing to the visibility and vitality of Canada's minority official-language communities,” the federal government today announced a number of grants totaling $539,471 for a number of French language community radio projects. Pierre Lemieux, Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages and Member of Parliament (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell), on behalf Josee Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, made the announcement today, the International Day of La Francophonie, in Ottawa. The funding will, among other things, be used to establish and manage community radio stations "The Government of Canada knows that print...