NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to be guest speaker at ACA opening gala  

Tom Hedderson, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, will be the guest speaker at the opening gala of the 31^st annual conference of the Association of Canadian Archivists tomorrow (June 28). The gala takes place at The Rooms at 7 p.m.  

This conference - Living on the Edge - The Place of Archives in the Heritage and Cultural Community - is being held at The Delta in St. John's from June 28 - July 1.  

Over 300 delegates from across Canada and the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Tanzania and Vietnam will be attending the conference.  

�This is a wonderful opportunity for delegates around the world to visit our provincial archives housed at The Rooms,� said Minister Hedderson.  �This is a state of the art facility built to preserve our records and is a valuable resource for all types of people in the community, everyone from writers, students and lawyers to filmmakers, historians, and family researchers.�  

For a program or further information about the conference, please see www.archivists.ca  

Media contact: Susanne Hiller, Communications, (709) 729-0928, 728-7762, .  

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