REMINDER/Media Advisory: Minister Rickford Co-hosts Annual Meetings with Provincial and Territorial Energy and Mining Counterparts
SUDBURY, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug 24, 2014) - The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, is co-chairing the annual Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference (EMMC) from August 24 to 26. This conference brings together federal, provincial and territorial ministers to discuss cooperation and opportunities related to energy and mines.
This year's EMMC is also co-chaired by Ontario's Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, and Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Energy.
Attending media are required to register and provide accreditation at the following address:
| Collège Boréal |
| 21, Lasalle Blvd, Sudbury |
| Rear entrance, 3rd floor (trades entrance, near the roundabout, left of the Inukshuk) |
Media opportunities are outlined below.
| Date and Time | Room | Call-In | |
| August 25, 2014 | Collège Boréal | Minister Rickford to deliver keynote remarks. Media are invited to attend in person or can listen to the Minister's remarks via conference call: | |
| August 25, 2014 | Collège Boréal | Photo opportunity with federal, provincial, and territorial ministers prior to in-camera meeting. Media will be escorted in and out of the 3rd-floor amphitheatre. Cameras only. | |
| August 25, 2014 | Collège Boréal | Ministers' photo opportunity. | |
| August 26, 2014 | Collège Boréal | Closing media availability with Minister Rickford as well as Ministers Gravelle and Chiarelli. Media are invited to attend in person or participate via conference call: |
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