Media Advisory - Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Opposition Press Conference Update


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec. 4, 2013) -

Attention News Editors:

Due to a scheduling conflict with the release of the Final Report of the Special Federal Representative for "West Coast Energy Infrastructure," the Yinka Dene Alliance has moved back its press conference start time by 30 minutes from 10am PST to 10:30am PST, December 5, 2013.

This will give media time to travel from the Pan Pacific hotel to the Hyatt Regency in downtown Vancouver.

Media are invited to a press conference during which a new signatory to the Save the Fraser Declaration will be announced, as well as a new accord opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and oil tanker expansion in British Columbia's coastal waters.

Who:

First Nations leaders and members of the Yinka Dene Alliance

Leaders from Unifor and the BC Teachers' Federation

Jim DeHart, President, BC Wilderness Tourism Association

Rob MacDougall, Mayor, Fort St. James (by video)

Peter Robinson, CEO, David Suzuki Foundation

...and more.

When: Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 10:15 a.m. - press conference starts at 10:30 a.m. sharp.

Where: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Regency E/F, 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories.

Contact Information:

Yinka Dene Alliance
Geraldine Thomas-Flurer
250-570-1482