CBC Urged to Maintain Service to the North

    WHITEHORSE, March 25 /CNW/ - Premier Dennis Fentie is urging the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation to continue the current level of support for northern
radio and television services as they consider their financial constraints.
    The Government of Yukon presented a motion in the legislative assembly
today urging the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to keep its northern
broadcasting system intact. The North makes up 40 per cent of Canada's land
mass and this broadcasting service is vitally important to link northern,
remote communities.
    "Northerners and Canadians have relied on CBC for generations," Fentie
said. "Here in the North, CBC radio and television provide essential
communications to our communities, our sister territories and our nation."

For further information: Emily Younker, Cabinet Communications, (867)
633-7961, [e-mail]