Executive Council
March 11, 2016

Media Advisory: Premier Ball to Officially Open Labrador Winter Games

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and Minister of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs, will be in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Sunday, March 13, to officially open the 2016 Labrador Winter Games.

Opening ceremonies will be held at the E.J. Broomfield Memorial Arena in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, beginning at 7:00 p.m. and will conclude with the lighting of the games torch.

Premier Ball will be joined by the Honourable Perry Trimper, Minister of Environment and Conservation and MHA for Lake Melville; Randy Edmunds, MHA for Torngat Mountains; Lisa Dempster, MHA for L�Anse au Clair; and Graham Letto, MHA for Labrador West.

The 2016 Labrador Winter Games will conclude on March 19.

The Labrador Winter Games is an event which features both traditional and modern-day sports and skill competitions which reflect the cultural diversity of Labrador. For more information on this year�s Labrador Winter Games, visit: www.labradorwintergames.ca/games2016/ .

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Media contacts:

Nancy O�Connor Director of Communications Office of the Premier 709-689-1825 nancyoconnor@gov.nl.ca

Erin Curran Communications Specialist Office of the Premier 709-725-9231 erincurran@gov.nl.ca

2016 03 11                              2:25 p.m.