Media Advisory - Invitation - News conference - 2009 Operation Red Nose teams up with Insurance Bureau of Canada to combat impaired driving this holiday season

FREDERICTON, NB, Nov. 6 /CNW/ - Operation Red Nose, is joining forces with its provincial sponsor, Insurance Bureau of Canada, to help keep New Brunswick roads safer during the holiday season.

Operation Red Nose is a free designated driver service that is run by hundreds of volunteers who provide a safe ride home to holiday revellers in their own vehicles.

At a news conference to be held on Tuesday, November 10 at 9:30 am, Terry Brown of the Fredericton Lions Club, David Kelly, City Councillor for Ward 12, Marie Dumont, RCMP Corporal and Bill Adams, IBC Vice-President, Atlantic, will announce details of the 2009 program.

    The news conference will take place at:

             Willy O'Ree Place
             (Formerly the North Side Sports and Leisure Complex)
             605 Cliffe Street
             Fredericton, NB

For further information: to confirm your attendance, or to schedule an advance interview for November 10, please contact: Insurance Bureau of Canada: Ellen Woodger, Insurance Bureau of Canada, ellen.woodger@sympatico.ca, (416) 483-2358; Operation Red Nose: Aurélie Levy, Director of Marketing and Communications, Operation Red Nose, alevy@operationnezrouge.com, (418) 653-1492 or 1-800-463-7222