NOTE TO EDITORS:

The Province of Nova Scotia will host the 25^th Annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers in Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 16, 17 and 18. The theme is Building Northeast Networks. The co-chairs are John Hamm, Premier of Nova Scotia and Argeo Paul Cellucci, Governor of Massachusetts.

The Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers is an inter-regional, bi-national, trans-border organization established in 1973 in recognition of the special bond that exists between the six New England states and the five Eastern Canadian provinces. Its members are the governors and the premiers of those provinces and states. The meetings are held alternately in New England and Eastern Canada. Last year�s meeting was held in Rockport, Maine.

Premiers of the five Eastern Canadian Provinces:

Patrick Binns, Premier of Prince Edward Island
Lucien Bouchard, Premier of Quebec
John Hamm, Premier of Nova Scotia
Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick
Brian Tobin, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

Governors of the six New England States:

Lincoln Almond, Governor of Rhode Island
Argeo Paul Cellucci, Governor of Massachusetts
Howard Dean, M.D., Governor of Vermont
Angus S. King, Jr., Governor of Maine
John G. Rowland, Governor of Connecticut
Jeanne Shaheen, Governor of New Hampshire

PROGRAM
Monday, July 17
25^th Annual Conference begins 09:15 - 15:00
Tuesday, July 18
25^th Annual Conference resumes 09:15 - 13:00
News Conference 13:00 - 13:15
Baronet Room

The Delta Halifax
1990 Barrington St.
Halifax, Nova Scoita
B3J 1P2
Telephone: (902) 425-6700
Fax: (902) 425-6405
www.deltahotels.com

Conference Room Baronet (8^th floor)
Media Centre MacNab/MacDonald Rooms (1^st floor)
Media accreditation in the lobby of the Delta Halifax Hotel:
Sunday, July 16 15:00 - 20:30
Media accreditation in the McNab/MacDonald Rooms on the 1^st floor of the Delta Halifax Hotel:
Monday, July 17 08:00 - 17:30
Tuesday, July 18 08:00 - 13:00

The Media Centre in the McNab/MacDonald Room on the 1^st floor of the Delta Halifax Hotel will open as follows:

Sunday, July 16 15:00 - 20:30
Monday, July 17 08:00 - 17:30
Tuesday, July 18 08:00 - 13:00

* An agenda will be available at a later date.

Since hotel space at the conference site is limited, it is recommended that the media contact the following hotel. Reservations should be made before June 16, 2000 using the block name �Governors and Premiers Conference - Media�.

Holiday Inn Harbourview
99 Wyse Road
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1-800-465-4329 or
(902) 463-1100

Accepts: All Major Credit Cards

or one of the hotels listed on the following web site: //explore.gov.ns.ca/accomodations

Search using the accommodations database, by choosing �Halifax/Dartmouth� as the area of interest and �Halifax/Dartmouth/Bedford� as the Community or Area, and completing the remaining fields.

The Media Centre will be equipped with telephones, television monitors, fax and photocopy services will be available. Minimum space is available for radio and television equipment and the parking* of satellite uplink vehicles. (*Please contact Kerry McMullin at the Delta Halifax Hotel at (902) 492-6461.)

For media accreditation, please complete an accreditation form and forward it to:

Jane Dub�
CICS
Telephone: (613) 995-4310
Fax: (613) 996-6091
e-mail: media@scics.gc.ca

For additional media information, please consult with the Media Coordinators:

Kim Thomson
Eastern Canadian Premiers� Secretariat
Telephone: (902) 424-5905
Fax: (902) 424-8976
e-mail: Kthomson@cmp.ca
Web site: www.cmp.ca

Bill Gallagher
New England Governors� Conference, Inc.
Telephone: (617) 423-6900
Fax: (617) 423-7327
e-mail: negc@tiac.net
Web site: www.negc.org

For information concerning work space, technical facilities or other arrangements, please consult with:

Suzanne Corbeil-Prashaw
Coordinator, Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
Telephone: (613) 995-2343
Fax: (613) 996-6091
E-mail: SPrashaw@scics.gc.ca
Web site: www.scics.gc.ca

The application for accreditation is available on the internet at: www.scics.gc.ca

RETURN TO:

Media Accreditation - CICS
222 Queen Street, 10th Floor
P.O. Box 488, Station "A"
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8V5
Telephone: (613) 995-4310
Fax: (613) 996-6091
E-Mail: media@scics.gc.ca

2000 06 19                                 12:10 p.m.