MINISTER STRAHL TO OPEN NEW FACILITY AT THE LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, July 27, 2006 - The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, will be in Lethbridge on Friday, July 28, to attend centennial celebrations at the Lethbridge Research Centre where he will participate in the official opening of a new state-of-the-art facility. The Minister will be available to speak to media following the opening ceremony.
EVENTS:
Opening ceremony and media availability
DATE:
Friday, July 28
TIME:
1:15 pm (local time) - Opening ceremony at the front entrance of main building
2:30 (local time) - Media availability, picnic grounds, near Fairfield poplar tree
LOCATION:
Lethbridge Research Centre
5403, 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, Alberta
For more information:
Media Relations
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa
613-759-7972
1-866-345-7972
Tamara Leigh
Alberta Communications Advisor
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
780-232-5275