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Media Advisory - BC Paralympic medallists are to be honoured in Vancouver

11 March 2011

March 11, 2011
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

MEDIA ADVISORY
ATTENTION: ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

VANCOUVER – Want to rekindle the flame of pride Canadians felt when our Paralympians brought home 19 medals in 2010? 

Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux and the Canadian Paralympic Committee will honour 2010 B.C. Paralympic medallists at the Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver on the one-year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Date:   Saturday, March 12, 2011
Time:   10:00 a.m.

Location: Jack Poole Plaza
Paralympic and Olympic Cauldron
Canada Place, Vancouver

Special Instructions: Outdoor event at cauldron.

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Media Contact:

Gillian Rhodes
Communications Manager
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
250.888.1462

Mark Dottori
Director, Marketing and Communications
Canadian Paralympic Committee
613.294.5951