Health and Community Services
September 23, 2016

Public Advisory: All-Party Committee on Mental Health and Addictions to Visit Labrador Communities

The All-Party Committee on Mental Health and Addictions will be visiting communities in Labrador early next week. The committee will hold meetings in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Nain and Sheshatshiu to hear from local government officials, residents and community agencies.

On Monday, September 26, the committee will meet with members of the Innu First Nation in Sheshatshiu. Participants will gather at the Innu Training Centre at 9:15 a.m. with a meeting to follow at the Innu First Nation Office.

Also on Monday, the committee will meet with members of the NunatuKavut Community Council in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The meeting will take place at 3:00 p.m. at the NunatuKavut Community Council Office, 200 Kelland Drive.

On Tuesday, the committee will meet with members of the Nunatsiavut Government in Nain. The meeting will take place at 1:00 p.m. at the Nunatsiavut Government Building, 25 Ikajuktauvik Road.

For more information, please call the Department of Health and Community Services, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, at 1-844-729-6310.

The All-Party Committee on Mental Health and Addictions was established to conduct a full review of the provincial mental health and addictions system. For more information on the all-party committee, please visit www.BeHeardNL.ca .

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Media contact:

Tina Williams Director of Communications Department of Health and Community Services 709-729-1377, 728-2837 tinawilliams@gov.nl.ca

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