The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will be in Central Labrador tomorrow (Thursday, July 30) to participate in several events:

• A ceremony to name four bridges on the Trans-Labrador Highway in honour of Innu leaders will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the SheshatshiuUssiniun Youth Centre in Sheshatshiu. Premier Ball will be joined by Grand Chief Gregory Rich, leaders of the Innu Nation, and the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development.
• Premier Ball will make an announcement related to search and rescue at the Happy Valley-Goose Bay Town Hall, 212 Hamilton River Road, at 2:30 p.m. He will be joined by Minister Dempster, Yvonne Jones, MP for Labrador, Perry Trimper, MHA for Lake Melville, and Wally Andersen, Mayor of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
• Premier Ball will make an infrastructure funding announcement in Happy Valley-Goose Bay at the Labrador Friendship Centre, 49 Grenfell Street, at 4:00 p.m. The Premier will be joined by Minister Dempster, MP Jones (on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities), MHA Trimper and Mayor Andersen.
• A tour of the Labrador Wellness Centre presently under construction on Hamilton River Road will take place at 5:00 p.m.

Physical distancing measures will be in effect during these events.

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Media contacts
Jeremy Reynolds
Office of the Premier
709-729-3558
jeremyreynolds@gov.nl.ca

Allan Bock
Intergovernmental and Indigenous Affairs
709-896-4449, 896-6446
allanbock@gov.nl.ca