Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development
July 26, 2016

Media Advisory: Parliamentary Assistant to Participate in Heart's Content 150th Anniversary Commemoration Celebrations

Mark Browne, Parliamentary Assistant to the Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will speak at the Heart's Content 150th anniversary commemoration celebrations tomorrow (Wednesday, July 27). The event will take place at the Heart's Content Cable Station, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Browne will be joined by the Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and MHA for Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde.

July 27, 2016, marks the 150th anniversary of the first successful transatlantic cable landing event in Heart's Content. For the full celebrations schedule, visit: www.heartscontent.ca/150th-celebrations.html External Link Icon

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Media contact:

Tansy Mundon
Director of Communications
Department of Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development
709-729-4570, 693-1865
tansymundon@gov.nl.ca

2016 07 26                              2:55 p.m.