At 11:13 a.m. today the office of Ontario Commissioner of Emergency Management Julian Fantino issued a press release that the commish would be briefing the media on the evacuation of the Kashechewan Reserve precisely 17 minutes later.
Alas, the news of the 11:30 a.m. news conference several blocks from Queen's Park did not reach reporters until 10 minutes after it was supposed to start -- thanks only to quick-thinking press gallery steward Gerald Christopher who raced to media outlets' bureaus in the Legislature to alert them.
At 12:11 a.m., an official Canada Newswire advisory was issued about the news conference that started 41 minutes earlier.
Adding insult to injury, officials in Premier Dalton McGuinty's office were also left unaware of the press briefing.
Hopefully, things work more smoothly on the evacuation of the reserve...
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