Press Advisory - Cree Community and Jamésien Communities Sign Memorandums of Understanding Agreeing to Collaborate on Important Projects

OUJE-BOUGOUMOU, QC, June 12, 2015 /CNW/ - A press conference will be held in Ouje-Bougoumou, Quebec at 11:00 a.m. on June 15, 2015.  The leaders of three communities in the James Bay Territory—Chief Reggie Neeposh of Ouje-Bougoumou, Mayor Manon Cyr of Chibougamau and Mayor Steve Gamache of Chapais—will sign two important Memorandums of Understanding through which the communities will collaborate on various development projects within their region:  the rehabilitation and restoration of a major abandoned mine site, and agreement to jointly assess the feasibility of a number of potential economic development projects related to the Chapais cogeneration plant.

SOURCE Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)

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