The Honourable Kevin O'Brien, Minister of Government Services, will be at the Fire and Emergency Services spring training school to present a cheque to the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Fire Services. Funding was made available from creative sentencing issued from an Occupational Health and Safety court case.

Minister O'Brien will present the cheque to the association's president, Fire Chief Vince Mackenzie, Room 110, College of the North Atlantic, Grand Falls-Windsor tomorrow (Saturday, May 29) at 10:00 a.m.

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