Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Government of British Columbia to provide updates on the Big Bar Landslide and progress on actions taken to date

The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and B.C. Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, the Honourable Doug Donaldson, will provide an update on the actions taken to date regarding the significant rock slide that occurred upstream of a narrow portion of the Fraser River near Big Bar.

Vancouver, B.C. – The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and B.C. Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, the Honourable Doug Donaldson, will provide an update on the actions taken to date regarding the significant rock slide that occurred upstream of a narrow portion of the Fraser River near Big Bar.

Media are invited to attend in person or call-in. A question and answer period will follow.

Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Time: 9:00 am (Pacific)

Location:
401 Burrard, Oceanic Plaza
Vancouver, BC V6C 3S4

Dial-in number: 1-866-206-0153

Participant passcode: 3710190#

Media Relations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
604 -666-1746
media.pac@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Big Bar Landslide Information Team
Incident Command Post, Lillooet, BC
Phone: 778 694-8315
BigBarLandslideIN@gov.bc.ca

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