NOTE TO EDITORS:

Environment and Conservation Minister Tom Osborne will participate in the official launch of the Climate Change Traveling Exhibit at the Newfoundland Science Centre in the Murray Premises, St. John�s, on Wednesday, March 9.

The Climate Change Traveling Exhibit is touring throughout Canada and has been brought to the province through a partnership between the Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Newfoundland Science Centre. The Department of Environment and Conservation is also a partner in the initiative. The official launch of the exhibit gets underway at 10:30 a.m.

Media contact: Sonia Glover, Communications, (709) 729-2575, 685-6612

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