Justice
June 30, 2014

The following is being distributed at the request of the Human Rights Commission:

Media Advisory: Attorney General to Attend Beaumont Hamel Commemoration

The Honourable Felix Collins, Attorney General, will attend the Beaumont Hamel 98th Commemoration ceremony in Ottawa tomorrow (Tuesday, July 1). The event begins at 8:30 a.m. at the National Aboriginal Veterans Memorial, Elgin Street. Minister Collins will be laying a wreath on behalf of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

This annual commemoration is held to remember and pay tribute to the courageous members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who fought and died at Beaumont Hamel in France in 1916.

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Media contact:
Luke Joyce
Director of Communications
Department of Justice
709-729-6985, 725-4165
lukejoyce@gov.nl.ca

2014 06 30                                        3:40 p.m.