/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Minister Wilson-Raybould to visit Vancouver, Victoria and Comox/

VANCOUVER, Jan. 22, 2019 /CNW/ - The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, PC, QC, MP, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will tour the lower mainland and Vancouver Island this week to meet with Veterans, stakeholders and organizations to discuss priorities facing Veterans.

Media are invited to attend some of the following events:

Please note that this advisory is subject to change without notice.

The details are as follows:

Date:	January 23, 2019
Time:	10:00 am
Information:	Tour of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum's Forgotten Indigenous War Veterans Exhibit and meeting with Veterans
Closed to media.
Date:	January 23, 2019
Time:	1:00 pm
Information:	Veterans Well-Being Fund announcement
Location:	The University of British Columbia
	Neville Scarfe Building, Room 310 2125 Main Mall
Open to media.
Date:	January 23, 2019
Time:	3:00 pm
Information:	Veterans Roundtable at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 177
Closed to media.
Date:	January 24, 2019
Time:	1:30 pm
Information:	Visit with veterans at the Veterans Memorial Lodge at Broadmead
Closed to media.
Date:	January 24, 2019
Time:	4:00 pm
Information:	Meeting with veterans at Cockrell House
Closed to media.
Date:	January 25, 2019
Time:	8:00 am
Information:	Wreath Laying Ceremony
Location:	God's Acre Veterans Cemetery
	1190 Colville Road
	Victoria, BC
Photo opportunity for media.
Date:	January 25, 2019
Time:	1:00 pm
Information:	Visit to 19 Wing Comox Base
Closed to media.

SOURCE Veterans Affairs Canada

Media Relations, Veterans Affairs Canada, 613-992-7468, [email protected]; Alex Wellstead, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, [email protected]

Related Links

www.veterans.gc.ca