The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will make a major announcement to support mental health and addictions in the province tomorrow (Thursday, March 29).
A technical briefing for media will take place in St. John’s at the Health Sciences Centre in the Dr. Richard Fagan Theatre Room 1M101 at 11:00 a.m. The announcement will follow at 12:00 p.m.
Premier Ball will be joined by the Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services; Les O’Reilly, Chair of Eastern Health’s Board of Trustees; Paula Corcoran-Jacobs, Executive Director of CHANNAL and who is also a person with lived experience; and Louise Bradley, President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada.
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Media contact
Michelle Cannizzaro
Office of the Premier
709-729-3960
michellecannizzaro@gov.nl.ca