[Bcma-l] Press Release: Canadian Forces Speaker at Okanagan Military Museum, March 13 2PM

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

*news release*

Okanagan Military Museum Society · 1424 Ellis Street · Kelowna, BC V1Y 2A5

(250) 763-9292 · omms@uniserve.com

 

 

_For Immediate Release_

March 7, 2008

 

 

*Canadian Forces Speaker at Okanagan Military Museum:*

*Lieutenant Commander Angus Topshee, Executive Officer of HMCS TORONTO *

*1424 Ellis Street** (Memorial Arena)*

*Thursday, March 13, 2008*

*2:00 pm*

 

 

Lieutenant Commander Angus Topshee, Executive Officer of the HMCS 
TORONTO, will give a public lecture at the Okanagan Military Museum 
during a visit to Kelowna next week. The lecture will take place on the 
Second Floor of the Okanagan Military Museum, located inside the 
Memorial Arena. Everyone is welcome to attend and admission is by 
donation. For more information please call 763-9292. 

 

The HMCS TORONTO returned in December from a five month maritime 
security deployment with NATO's Standing Maritime Group One. This voyage 
included the first ever circumnavigation of Africa by a NATO Task Group 
and featured interactions with warships from South Africa, Ghana, and 
Nigeria during the course of TORONTO's operations in the pirate-plagued 
African littorals. LCdr Topshee's multi-media presentation will feature 
first-hand accounts of this historic trip, and will impart the role of 
the Navy in protecting and promoting Canada's interests at home and 
abroad.  

 

**For more information on HMCS TORONTO visit the ship's website at: 
 **http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/toronto/home/index_e.asp

 

The Okanagan Military Museum Society is dedicated to collecting and 
preserving the military heritage of the Okanagan Valley and its 
residents. The Society works closely with all those who share these 
goals, including the Kelowna Museums Society, which operates the 
Okanagan Military Museum. For more information please visit 
www.okmilmuseum.ca <http://www.okmilmuseum.ca/>.

 

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Media Contact: Risti Nykiforuk

/Marketing & Special Events Coordinator/

Kelowna Museums

(250) 763-2417 ext 22

Events@KelownaMuseums.ca