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FRANCOPHONE DAY CELEBRATES SPORT, LANGUAGE CONNECTION
March 12, 2009

VICTORIA – Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations Joan McIntyre (left) honoured Francophone and Francophile athletes from British Columbia as part of the province’s annual Francophone Day celebration March 12. Minister McIntyre presented Carly Grigg of Victoria with a plaque honouring her achievements as a para alpine skier preparing for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Also honoured were Michelle Bartlemann, skeleton competitor, of Squamish and Erinne Winnock, road cyclist, of Victoria. McIntyre told about 100 guests at the legislature rotunda event for Francophone Day that the talents of Canada’s Francophone and Francophile athletes will serve to reinforce Canada’s linguistic duality.

VICTORIA – Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations Joan McIntyre (left) honoured Francophone and Francophile athletes from British Columbia as part of the province’s annual Francophone Day celebration March 12.

VICTORIA – Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations Joan McIntyre (left) honoured Francophone and Francophile athletes from British Columbia as part of the province’s annual Francophone Day celebration March 12. Minister McIntyre presented Carly Grigg of Victoria with a plaque honouring her achievements as a para alpine skier preparing for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Also honoured were Michelle Bartlemann, skeleton competitor, of Squamish and Erinne Winnock, road cyclist, of Victoria. McIntyre told about 100 guests at the legislature rotunda event for Francophone Day that the talents of Canada’s Francophone and Francophile athletes will serve to reinforce Canada’s linguistic duality.

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VICTORIA – The Minister responsible for francophone affairs in British Columbia, Joan McIntyre, joined with French immersion school children and Francophone community leaders at the Province’s annual celebration of Francophone Day.
VICTORIA – The Minister responsible for francophone affairs in British Columbia, Joan McIntyre, joined with French immersion school children and Francophone community leaders at the Province’s annual celebration of Francophone Day. During the event at the Legislature in Victoria, McIntyre told the audience the talents of Canada’s francophone athletes at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will serve to reinforce Canada’s linguistic duality and help profile the B.C. francophone community.