Partnership To Restore The Little Southwest Miramichi River

Moncton, New Brunswick – On behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Pat Finnigan, Member of Parliament for Miramichi — Grand Lake, will hold a press conference with James P. Ward, General Manager of Anqotum Resource Management, and Bill Ward, Chief of the Metepenagiag First Nation, to announce a partnership and a significant investment for the Little Southwest Miramichi River Restoration project.

Date:              August 16, 2017

Time:              11:30 A.M. ADT

Location:       

Meeting point location: Metepenagiag Lodge

2202 Micmac Road
E9E 2P2

Red Bank, New Brunswick

Media attending the event are asked to be at the Lodge by 11:15 a.m. From there, media will be escorted to the nearby location where the event will take place along the Little Miramichi Southwest River.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Communications Branch
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Gulf Region
506-851-7045

Laura Gareau
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
613-992-3474
Laura.Gareau@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Taylor Ward
Communications Officer
Anqotum Resource Management
506-627-2730
taylorward17@hotmail.com

MA-G-17-03

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