Thousands of Canadians to Participate in Canada’s First Bottled Water Free Day on March 11th

MEDIA ADVISORY

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Thousands of Canadians to Participate in Canada’s First Bottled Water Free Day on March 11th

OTTAWA – On Thursday March 11, Canadians from coast to coast will be participating in Canada’s first Bottled Water Free Day.

Highlights of Bottled Water Free Day include:

Announcements by Ryerson University regarding the sale of bottled water; events on more than 60 college and university campuses; the release of data on spending by the CBC on bottled water obtained through an Access to Information Request.

More than 70 organisations, institutions and municipalities including the Sierra Club of Canada, Canadian Labour Congress, City of Sudbury, and Durham Catholic District School Board have endorsed Bottled Water Free Day to date.

Bottled Water Free Day is organised by the Canadian Federation of Students, Sierra Youth Coalition and the Polaris Institute.

For a full list of events and endorsing organisations visit: www.bottledwaterfreeday.ca

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For more information, please contact:

Noah Stewart, Canadian Federation of Students, (613) 232-7394 dchair@cfs-fcee.ca

Elly Adeland, Polaris Institute (613) 237-1717 x104 elly@polarisinstitute.org