NOTE TO EDITORS

Premier Roger Grimes will attend the Council of Atlantic Premiers� meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick, today, November 22, 2002. Items for discussion include: health care; the Kyoto Protocol; and the Atlantic Canada Initiatives program. Premier Grimes will also use this meeting as an opportunity to discuss recent reports out of Ottawa regarding the potential closure of certain cod fisheries in the province.

Media contact: Carl Cooper, Office of the Premier, (709) 729-3960

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