CNW Daybook for Friday, October 2, 2009

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    NOVA SCOTIA

    TIME:      10:00 - 11:00
    EVENT:     READ TO ME! LAUNCHES FIRST MI'KMAQ BOARD BOOK FOR BABIES
    CITY:      INDIAN BROOK
    LOCATION:  L'nu sipuk Kina'muokuom (Indian Brook House of Learning),
               579 Church Street
    CONTACT:   Shanda LaRamee-Jones, Provincial Coordinator, Read To Me!
               Program, [phone]
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2485.html
         http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/28/c9214.html
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    QUEBEC

    DATE:      September 29 - October 2
    EVENT:     NATIONAL FORUM ON MANAGEMENT AT HEC MONTRÉAL
    CITY:      MONTRÉAL
    LOCATION:  HEC Montréal
    CONTACT:   To attend the forum or for any interview requests, with the
               forum spokesperson or the guest speakers: Valérie Gonzalo,
               [phone]
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/30/c9753.html

    DATE:      September 30 - October 2
    EVENT:     THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL ALLIANCE
               CONFERENCE
    CITY:      MONTREAL
    LOCATION:  Westin Montreal Hotel
    CONTACT:   Patricia Archambault, [phone], Mobile: [phone];
               Diane Jeannotte, [phone] ext. 2, Mobile: [phone]
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/28/c9206.html

    TIME:      10:00 - 12:00
    EVENT:     VANDOOS MILITARY VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION
    CITY:      DURHAM-SUD
    LOCATION:  old fire hall, 205, de la Caserne St.
    CONTACT:   Captain Lyne Poirier, 5 CMBG Public Affairs Officer, (418)
               844-5000, extension 4688, Pager: [phone]
    URL:
    http://www.cnw.ca/fgov/en/releases/archive/September2009/30/c2384.html

    TIME:      13:30 - 17:30
    EVENT:     THE 11TH PRESENTATION OF LE MOIS DE LA PHOTO A MONTREAL
    CITY:      MONTRÉAL
    LOCATION:  CCA, 1920, Baile St.
    CONTACT:   Marie-Catherine Leroux, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal,
               [phone], Cell: [phone]
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/03/c2021.html

    TIME:      14:00
    EVENT:     CFTPA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, KEVIN TIERNEY PAYS IT FORWARD IN
               A VISIT TO CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
    CITY:      MONTREAL
    LOCATION:  Loyola Campus - Room CJ 1.114, Communication Studies and
               Journalism building, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.
    CONTACT:   Fiona Downey, Media Relations Advisor, Concordia University,
               [phone], Ext. 2518, Mobile: [phone]
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/29/c2056.html
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    ONTARIO

    TIME:      09:00
    EVENT:     ROYAL CANADIAN MINT'S VANCOUVER 2010 COMMEMORATIVE CIRCULATION
               COIN PROGRAM CONTINUES WITH 25-CENT COIN CELEBRATING MEN'S
               HOCKEY GOLD AT SALT LAKE CITY IN 2002
    CITY:      OTTAWA
    LOCATION:  Boutique of the Royal Canadian Mint, 320 Sussex Drive
    CONTACT:   Christine Aquino, [phone]
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/fgov/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2769.html

    TIME:      10:00
    EVENT:     MINISTER OF STATE GOODYEAR ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
               PROGRAM FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO
    CITY:      LONDON
    LOCATION:  Small Business Centre, 316 Rectory Street, 3rd Floor
    CONTACT:   Gary Toft, Director of Communications, Office of the
               Honourable Gary Goodyear, [phone]
    URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2960.html

    TIME:      10:30
    EVENT:     TECHNICAL BRIEFING ON THE ACTION PLAN FOR TRENT-SEVERN
               WATERWAY RENEWAL
    CITY:      PETERBOROUGH
    LOCATION:  Peterborough Lift Lock, Visitor Centre, 353 Hunter Street
    CONTACT:   Sara Atkins, External Relations & Communications Manager, TSW,
               Central Ontario Field Unit, Parks Canada, [phone]
    URL:
    http://www.cnw.ca/fgov/en/releases/archive/September2009/30/c2373.html

    TIME:      10:30
    EVENT:     ALGONQUIN COLLEGE PART-TIME SUPPORT STAFF PASS JUDGMENT ON
               UNFAIR TREATMENT
    CITY:      OTTAWA
    LOCATION:  Support Staff Room, Room B111, B Building, Algonquin College,
               1385 Woodroffe Ave.
    CONTACT:   Valerie Dugale [phone] (cell); Candy Lindsay, (705)
               875-2761 (cell); Devon Ford [phone] (cell)
    URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2869.html

    TIME:      12:00
    EVENT:     NATIONAL GALLERY WORKERS SHOW SOLIDARITY FOR WORKERS ON STRIKE
    CITY:      OTTAWA
    LOCATION:  Starting under the giant spider at the NGC, Ottawa, and
               meeting at the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau
    CONTACT:   Alain Cossette, PSAC Communications, [phone]/
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/29/c2026.html

    TIME:      12:30 - 15:00
    EVENT:     PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PROTEST BILL C-384
    CITY:      OTTAWA
    LOCATION:  Near the front steps of Parliament hill
    CONTACT:   Steve Passmore at: [phone]; Alex Schadenberg, executive
               director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition at:
               1-877-439-3348
    URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2964.html
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    MANITOBA

    TIME:      09:00 - 17:00
    EVENT:     ROYAL CANADIAN MINT BOUTIQUE HOSTS LOCAL COIN EXCHANGE FOR
               25-CENT COIN CELEBRATING MEN'S HOCKEY GOLD AT SALT LAKE CITY
    CITY:      WINNIPEG
    LOCATION:  Boutique of the Royal Canadian Mint, 520 Lagimodière Boulevard
    CONTACT:   Christine Aquino, Director, Communications, Royal Canadian
               Mint, [phone]
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/fgov/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2766.html
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    ALBERTA

    TIME:      08:30 - 12:00
    EVENT:     OPEN HOUSE AND "HOUSE WARMING" CELEBRATION FOR ALBERTA'S FIRST
               HOSPICE FOR CHILDREN
    CITY:      CALGARY
    LOCATION:  Alberta Children's Hospital site - northeast corner, 2888
               Shaganappi Trail N.W.
    CONTACT:   Belinda Lamb, VP Communications, Alberta Children's Hospital
               Foundation, [phone]; Bruce Conway, Media Relations,
               Alberta Health Services, [phone]
    URL:
    http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/30/c2723.html

    TIME:      10:00
    EVENT:     ON-RESERVE SOCIAL HOUSING ANNOUNCEMENT
    CITY:      BROCKET
    LOCATION:  1605 7th Ave S, Piikani Nation
    CONTACT:   Michelle Bakos, Press Secretary, Office of Minister Finley,
               [phone]; Charles Sauriol, CMHC Media Relations, (613)
               748-2799; CMHC Region contact: Kimberlee Jones, Senior
               Communications Consultant, Canada Mortgage and Housing
               Corporation, [phone]
    URL: http://www.cnw.ca/fgov/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2937.html

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