Media Advisory - Government of Canada to Commemorate the Centennial of the Start of the First World War during Winterlude 2014

OTTAWA, Feb. 6, 2014 /CNW/ - Parm Gill, MP for Brampton-Springdale and Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Veterans Affairs, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Tom Lawson, will commemorate the centennial of the start of the First World War by illuminating an ice sculpture during Winterlude 2014 as a symbol of remembrance.

Location:	Crystal Garden Confederation Park (Laurier Avenue, across from City Hall) Ottawa, Ontario
Date:	Thursday, February 6,2014
Time:	6:30 p.m.

This ceremony will also remember and honour Canada's fallen during the Great War.

SOURCE: Veterans Affairs Canada

Media inquiries: 

Media Relations
Veterans Affairs Canada
613-992-7468

Marisa Monnin
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
819-997-7788

Nicholas Bergamini
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs
613-996-4649