For immediate release
May 19, 2006
Media representatives are invited to attend an event celebrating the transfer of a northern Manitoba railway line to Keewatin Railway Company, jointly owned by three Manitoba First Nations.
Brian Jean, Parliamentary Secretary to Lawrence Cannon, Federal Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, will be joined at the event by Ron Lemieux, Minister of Transportation and Government Services Manitoba; Chief Pascall Bighetty, President of Keewatin Railway Company; Michael Woelcke, Director, Customer Experience at VIA Rail Canada, and Tony Fortino, General Manager of Hudson Bay Railway Company.
Date:
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Time:
10:00 a.m.
Location:
VIA Rail Station
380 Hazelwood Avenue
The Pas, Manitoba
Should you not be able to join us in The Pas, tune into the live webcast of
the event,direct from your computer, by visiting
http://events.onlinebroadcasting.com/tc/052506/index.php
at 10:00 a.m. (CDT) on May 25, 2006.
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For more information:
Cathy Cossaboom
Communications
Transport Canada, Ottawa
(613) 993-0055
Harlan M. Mushumanski
Communications Coordinator
Public Affairs Branch
Communications Services Manitoba
(204) 945-0787
