Media Advisory - Minister of Canadian Heritage and dignitaries to attend official Trans Canada Trail Connection Milestone Ceremony in the Yukon

MONTREAL, Feb. 24, 2016 /CNW/ -

WHAT:	On February 27 at the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous festival in Whitehorse, the Trans Canada Trail (TCT) will officially announce that connection of the TCT has been achieved in the Yukon. This event will be attended by TCT partners, government supporters and donors, including major TCT donor CIBC, Canada's bank of the North. Government representatives in attendance will include the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Honourable Doug Phillips, Commissioner of Yukon, among others.
WHEN:	Saturday, February 27, 2016  at 11:15 a.m.
	Opening Ceremony 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.
	Opportunities for 1:1 media interviews and more photos as of 11:45 am
WHERE:	Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival Park, Main Tent Corner of Ogilvie St. and 2nd Ave., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1K1
WHO:
	Deborah Apps, President & CEO, Trans Canada Trail The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage The Honourable Doug Phillips, Commissioner of Yukon The Honourable Mike Nixon, Minister of Health and Social Services, Yukon The Honourable Hector Daniel Lang, Senator for the Yukon His Worship Dan Curtis, Mayor of Whitehorse (TCT Champion) Mark Daniels, President, Klondike Snowmobile Association, official territorial partner for TCT Mike Stevenson, Senior Vice President and Region Head, BC & Northern Territories, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)

EVENT BACKGROUND:
The Trans Canada Trail (TCT) will celebrate the Yukon's TCT connection milestone with the many partners, donors and volunteers who contributed to the realization of this goal across the territory. Yukon becomes Canada's third province or territory, after Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island, to reach this Trail connection milestone. This historic achievement brings the TCT one step closer to its goal of connecting the main route of the TCT and Canadians in time for Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

For more information, visit http://tctrail.ca/events/.

SOURCE Trans Canada Trail

Christina Kozakiewicz, Communications Advisor, Trans Canada Trail (Montreal), C: 514.562.4376 | T: 800 465.3636 ext. 4344 | 514.485.4344 | E: [email protected]