CNW Daybook for Friday, October 2, 2009
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F R I D A Y, O C T O B E R 2
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NOVA SCOTIA
TIME: 10:00
EVENT: READ TO ME! CELEBRATES MI'KMAQ HISTORY MONTH WITH A SPECIAL
LAUNCH OF THE MI'KMAQ EDITION OF THE READ TO ME! BAG,
CONTAINING BOOKS AND READING RESOURCES FOR MI'KMAQ FAMILIES
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, (902) 470-7763
URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/28/c9214.html
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, (902) 470-7763
URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2485.html
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QUEBEC
DATE: September 29 - October 2
EVENT: NATIONAL FORUM ON MANAGEMENT AT HEC MONTRÉAL
CITY: MONTRÉAL
LOCATION: HEC Montréal
NOTES: To consult the complete program for this event, please visit
http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/event/program/
CONTACT: To attend the forum or for any interview requests, with the
forum spokesperson or the guest speakers: Valérie Gonzalo,
(514) 626-6976
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, (514) 251-1044, Mobile: (514)
710-1044; Diane Jeannotte, (514) 284-2860 ext. 2, Mobile:
(514) 772-8019
URL: http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/28/c9206.html
TIME: 09:00
EVENT: THE HONOURABLE JEAN-PIERRE BLACKBURN, MINISTER OF NATIONAL
REVENUE AND MINISTER OF STATE (AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD),
VISITS THE JONQUIÈRE TAX CENTER TO ANNOUNCE "MY PAYMENT" A
NEW ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SERVICE FOR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS
CITY: JONQUIÈRE
LOCATION: Jonquière Tax Centre, Main entrance, 2251 René-Lévesque blvd.
CONTACT: Noël Carisse, Media Relations, Canada Revenue Agency, (613)
952-9184; Sophie Doucet, Press Secretary, Office of the
Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State
(Agriculture and Agri-Food), (613) 608-3252
URL: http://www.cnw.ca/fgov/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c3005.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: (418) 260-3082
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,
(514) 390-0383, Cell: (514) 239-2750
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,
(514) 848-2424, Ext. 2518, Mobile: (514) 518-3336
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, (613) 993-9999
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,
London, ON
CONTACT: Gary Toft, Director of Communications, Office of the
Honourable Gary Goodyear, (613) 943-7599
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, (705) 750-4900
URL:
http://www.cnw.ca/fgov/en/releases/archive/September2009/30/c2373.html
TIME: 10:30
EVENT: ALGONQUIN COLLEGE PART-TIME SUPPORT STAFF TO PASS JUDGMENT
ON UNFAIR TREATMENT
CITY: OTTAWA
LOCATION: Support Staff Room, Room B111, B Building, Algonquin
College, 1385 Woodroffe Ave.
CONTACT: Valerie Dugale (647) 225-3685 (cell); Candy Lindsay, (705)
875-2761 (cell); Devon Ford (613) 762-3013 (cell)
URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2869.html
TIME: 12:00
EVENT: NATIONAL GALLERY WORKERS TO 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, (613) 293-9210/
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: Mr. Passmore will be available for media interviews near the
front steps of Parliament hill
CONTACT: Steve Passmore at: (289) 339-0718; 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: For media inquiries, please contact Christine Aquino,
Director, Communications, Royal Canadian Mint, (613) 993-9999
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, (403) 955-8821; Bruce Conway, Media
Relations, Alberta Health Services, (403) 943-1212
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,
(819) 994-2482; Charles Sauriol, CMHC Media Relations, (613)
748-2799; CMHC Region contact: Kimberlee Jones, Senior
Communications Consultant, Canada Mortgage and Housing
Corporation, (403) 515-3048
URL: http://www.cnw.ca/fgov/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2937.html
TIME: 15:00
EVENT: WESTJET MAKES NEW SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
CITY: EDMONTON
LOCATION: Heritage Room, Main Floor, Edmonton City Hall, 1 Sir Winston
Churchill Square
CONTACT: Robert Palmer, Media Relations, telephone: 1-888-WJ 4 NEWS
(1-888-954-6397)
URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c3185.html
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
TIME: 10:00
EVENT: PRESS CONFERENCE: JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD ELECTED NEW BC
REGIONAL CHIEF FOR THE BC ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
CITY: VANCOUVER
LOCATION: Westin Bayshore Hotel Vancouver
CONTACT: Anna Celesta, Cell: 604-378-5611
URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c3206.html
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WEBCAST/CONFERENCE CALL
TIME: 08:30 Eastern
EVENT: ONCOLYTICS BIOTECH® INC. PHASE 3 UPDATE CONFERENCE CALL
INTERNET:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=2828320
or www.oncolyticsbiotech.com
PHONE NO.: (416) 644-3426 or 1-800-732-1073
CONTACT: Oncolytics Biotech Inc., Cathy Ward, Tel: (403) 670-7377;
The Equicom Group, Nick Hurst, Tel: (403) 218-2835; The
Investor Relations Group, Erika Moran, Tel: (212) 825-3210
URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c3068.html
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