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December 7, 2010

Bonavista's Cabot Stadium Receives $12,000 for Upgrades

The Bonavista Cabot Stadium Committee has received $12,000 from the Provincial Government's 2010 Capital Grant Program to undertake insulation work at the facility.

�Providing safe, comfortable sporting environments for communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador is among the goals stated in our recreation and sport strategy, Active, Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador,� said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. �We are pleased to be able to help make the Cabot Stadium a more comfortable space for recreation and sports participants and spectators alike.�

Bonavista is among more than 40 municipalities, recreation commissions, and community-based organizations throughout the province which have received funding to upgrade their recreation and sport infrastructure through these latest Capital Grant Program investments.

�The Bonavista Cabot Stadium, while located in the Town of Bonavista, serves the indoor recreational needs of the entire tip of the Bonavista Peninsula,� said the Honourable Roger Fitzgerald, MHA for Bonavista South. �This funding will improve the comfort levels for all those using the facility both as sports participants and supporters. I welcome this funding and thank the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation as well as the local Cabot Stadium Committee, for continuing to seek improvements to this regional centre.�

For more information on the Capital Grant Program, visit: www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/sports/capital_grant_program.html

Budget 2010: The Right Investments � For Our Children and Our Future provides an additional $300,000 to the Capital Grant Program, bringing the total annual investment in this program to $1.3 million. Since the introduction of Active, Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador (2007), more than $70 million in new funding has been committed for recreation and sport infrastructure and programming.

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Media contacts:

Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
Donna Abbott
Executive Assistant to the
Hon. Roger Fitzgerald,
MHA Bonavista South
709-729-1121
Abbottd@gov.nl.ca

2010 12 07                                                   10:00 a.m.
 


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