Today, the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Minister of Environment and Climate Change, is participating in an annual event to commemorate the anniversary of the wreck of the HMS Raleigh. The event will also acknowledge the 50th anniversary of the Labrador flag.

The event will take place today (Thursday, August 8) from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Point Amour Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site in Southern Labrador.

The general public is invited to attend the event.

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