/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory: Historic Opening Ceremonies of the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway/

INUVIK and TUKTOYAKTUK, NT, Nov. 10, 2017 /CNW/ - Members of the media are invited to attend the official opening ceremonies of the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway with Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada; 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]; Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, [email protected]

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