February 2, 2004 For Immediate Release

Scotiabank will be making a significant contribution to the enhancement of the Northern Health Sciences Centre on Tuesday, February 3.

The Bank's $150,000 investment will help fund the acquisition of state-of-the-art telecommunication equipment that will support the distributed delivery of the medical curriculum.

Scotiabank District Vice-Presidents Skip Bates and Andrew Sui will join UNBC President Charles Jago and David Snadden of the Northern Medical Program. Media are asked to meet at the Tim Horton's on campus (north end of the Library building, ground floor) at 12:15pm before proceeding outside to the construction site for photos, interviews, etc.