Media Advisory: Historic Opening Ceremonies of the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway

INUVIK, NT and TUKTOYAKTUK, NT, Nov. 6, 2017 /CNW/ - Members of the media are invited to attend the official opening ceremonies of the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway with the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, the Honourable Robert R. McLeod, Premier of the Northwest Territories, and the Honourable Wally Schumann, Minister of Infrastructure. This will be a two-part ceremony, with separate events in Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk.

Date:	Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Inuvik Opening Ceremonies:
Time:	10:30 a.m. (MST)
Location:	Midnight Sun Complex 95 Gwich'in Road Followed by ribbon cutting at start of the Highway near Muskrat Road Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Tuktoyaktuk Opening Ceremonies:
Time:	4:30 p.m. (MST)
Location:	Kitti Hall/Donald Kuptana Sr. Arena 470 Mangilaluk Loop Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

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SOURCE Infrastructure Canada

Brook Simpson, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 613-219-0149, [email protected]; Greg Hanna, Communications Coordinator, Department of Infrastructure, Government of the Northwest Territories, 867-767-9082 ext. 31046, [email protected], @GNWT_INF, http://ith.dot.gov.nt.ca/; Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, [email protected]

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