In recognition of National Family Literacy Day, the Honourable Dale Kirby, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will visit Holy Family Elementary school tomorrow (Wednesday, January 24) at 10:00 a.m. Holy Family Elementary is located at 9 Ridgewood Drive, Paradise.

Family Literacy Day is a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 and held annually on January 27 to raise awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family.

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