The Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Minister of Natural Resources and Minister Responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, will hold a news conference tomorrow (Friday, August 28) at 11:30 a.m. in Lethridge, on the Bonavista Peninsula. The news conference will take place at the Sexton Lumber Company. The minister will be joined by the Honourable Roger Fitzgerald, MHA for Bonavista South, for the announcement.

Sexton Lumber Company is located on Route 233, approximately　17 kilometres from the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway Route 230.

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Media contact:

Tracy Barron
Director of Communications
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5282, 709-690-8241
tracybarron@gov.nl.ca