NOTE TO EDITORS: Premier to turn sod for Corner Brook long-term care facility

Premier Danny Williams will officially turn the sod for the new long-term care facility in Corner Brook at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 26, at the future site of the facility, Grenfell Drive, Corner Brook A reception will immediately follow at the Pepsi Centre Annex.

The Premier will be joined at the event by John Ottenheimer, Minister of Health and Community Services; Charles Pender, Mayor of Corner Brook; Tina Moores, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Western Region Integrated Health Authority; Tom Rideout, Minister of Transportation and Works; Tom Marshall, MHA for Humber East, and Kathy Goudie, MHA for Humber Valley.

Media representatives are invited to attend.

Media contact:
Elizabeth Matthews, Office of the Premier, (709) 729-3960, 690-5500 elizabethmatthews@gov.nl.ca
Tansy Mundon, Health and Community Services, (709) 729-1377, 685-1741

2005 10 25                         2:30 p.m.