/EINPresswire.com/ -- THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 08/03/16 --

WHAT:     A press conference formally recognizing two additional First
          Nations communities joining the Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission
          Project and photo opportunity.

          Less than a week after the Ontario Government's decision to
          prioritize and designate Wataynikaneyap Power (WP) to connect
          remote First Nation communities that currently rely on diesel
          power to the province's electricity grid, Wataynikaneyap Power
          will formally approve two additional First Nations as equal owners
          in the First Nations-led power project.

WHERE:    Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre (Embassy Ballroom)
          555 West Arthur Street
          Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 5R5

WHEN:     Thursday, August 4th, 2016 from 1:30PM-2:30PM (formal approval and
          photo opportunity at approx. 1:30 and press conference to follow
          at 2pm)

WHO:      Margaret Kenequanash, Chair of Wataynikaneyap Power

          Eliezar Mckay, Chair of First Nation Limited Partnership

          Scott Hawkes, President of Wataynikaneyap Power

          Plus 2 First Nation Chiefs joining WP

About Wataynikaneyap Power:

Wataynikaneyap Power is owned by 20 First Nations communities, FortisOntario, and RES. The partnership will develop new transmission facilities to connect remote First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario, currently powered by diesel generation, which has become financially unsustainable, environmentally risky, and inadequate to meet community needs. More information about Wataynikaneyap Power can be found at www.wataypower.ca.

Contacts:
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Wataynikaneyap Power
John Cutfeet
Communications Officer
807-738-0935
cutfeetj@hotmail.com

Sussex Strategy Group
Jeff Silverstein
416-879-4353
jsilverstein@sussex-strategy.com

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