GATINEAU (March 4, 2008) - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will hold a news conference on March 12, 2008 to make public the final TSB investigation report into the sinking of the Queen of the North which occurred on March 22, 2006 at Gil Island, Wright Sound, British Columbia.
Media representatives are invited to attend and members of the panel will be available for one-on-one interviews after the news conference.
Event Details:
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time)
WHERE:
Pan Pacific Hotel
Crystal Pavilion B & C
Suite 300-999 Canada Place
Vancouver, British Columbia
WHO:
Mrs. Wendy Tadros, TSB Chair
Captain Yvette Myers, TSB Director of Marine Investigations
Captain Pierre Murray, TSB Senior Marine Investigator
The news conference will also be webcasted live from Vancouver. You can register for the webcast at the following address http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=13294. We encourage you to register and test your computer at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the news conference.
To view the materials previously released about this occurrence, please visit: http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/media/Major_Investigation/Marine/M06W0052/MI-M06W0052.asp
The final report will be posted, at the same time, on the TSB website at www.tsb.gc.ca.
The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline, railway and aviation transportation occurrences. Its sole aim is the advancement of transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
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For media assistance contact:
John Cottreau
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Telephone: 819-994-8053
Cellular: 613-292-4146
