Health and Community Services
May 26, 2015

Media Advisory: Minister to Speak at 2015 Canadian Cancer Stats Report Event

The Honourable Steve Kent, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Community Services, will speak at an event to mark the release of the Canadian Cancer Statistics 2015 Report tomorrow (Wednesday, May 27). The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Daffodil Place, 70 Ropewalk Lane, St. John�s.

The Canadian Cancer Statistics 2015 Report was prepared in partnership between the Canadian Cancer Society, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada and provincial and territorial cancer registries. For more information about the report, visit the Canadian Cancer Society�s website at www.cancer.ca/statistics .

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Media contact:

John Tompkins Director of Communications Department of Health and Community Services 709-729-1377, 728-7762 jtompkins@gov.nl.ca

2015 05 26                              3:20 p.m.