Governor General to visit Hearst. Sudbury, Timmins

NEWS RELEASE

GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA

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OTTAWA — Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will undertake a regional visit to Hearst, Timmins and Greater Sudbury from May 3 to 5, 2010.

His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond will be joining her for the visit to Greater Sudbury.

“I wanted to visit Northern Ontario, a region that impresses me greatly with the cultural vitality and energy of its communities, especially its Francophone community and the Aboriginal communities who have planted roots in this area for hundreds of years,” said the Governor General. “I also want to find out how they are facing current challenges and what solutions they are proposing, particularly when many of the sectors on which the local economy is based are going through such a difficult period.”

In Hearst, Her Excellency will participate in a discussion on various partnerships between the Town of Hearst, the Constance Lake First Nation and the Municipality of Mattice-Val Côté.

The Governor General will then go to Timmins to visit Porcupine mines as the city celebrates 100 years of gold production.

Their Excellencies will end this regional visit in Greater Sudbury.

They will visit Collège Boréal and Laurentian University.

Their Excellencies will also host an Art Matters forum exploring the theme, Art’s ability to breath new life to our communities, before attending, the following evening, the event that will launch the 2010 edition of the Salon du livre du Grand Sudbury.

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