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Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
November 26, 2010

Media Advisory: Minister to Speak at Youth Competition

The Honourable Shawn Skinner, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, will speak at the awards ceremony for two youth skills competitions tomorrow (Saturday, November 27) at Mount Pearl Intermediate High School. The ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m.

The awards ceremony culminates the day-long Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador's 8th Annual Intermediate Skills Canada Challenge and the First Lego League's 8th Annual Provincial Tournament.

The intermediate skills competition is a technology and employability competition for students in grades 7-9. There are several categories such as web page design, graphic design, television video production, and computer animation. The First Lego League is an international competition and challenges students to build robots out of legos and put them through various performance exercises.

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Media contact:

Scott Barfoot
Director of Communications
Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
709-729-4570, 690-6290
scottbarfoot@gov.nl.ca

2010 11 26                                                     12:30 p.m.

 


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