Prime Minister in Nova Scotia for one-day tour

Posted Aug 18, 2010 06:29:26 AM.

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The prime minister is in Nova Scotia for a one-day visit today.

Stephen Harper will visit Waterville, Lunenburg and New Ross for photo-ops and announcements.

He’ll visit the Michelin tire plant in Waterville at 10:30 and make an announcement with MP Greg Kerr.

From there, he heads to Lunenburg for an announcement at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.

He’ll be joined by Premier Darrell Dexter and MP Gerald Keddy.

Harper wraps up the visit with a visit to Keddy’s home community of New Ross, where he’ll attend a reception at the Forties Community Centre.

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