One Week Until Big Rock Eddies Tickets on Sale

April 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

CALGARY, ALBERTA, Apr 14 (MARKET WIRE) —
Big Rock Brewery Income Trust (TSX: BR.UN) Tickets to the 17th Annual Big
Rock Eddies go on sale at 10:00am on April 21, 2010 and are available
through the EPCOR CENTRE Box Office. There are a few options – you can
call, go online or stop by the box office to purchase your tickets.

EPCOR CENTRE BOX OFFICE

Address: 205 – 8 Avenue SE

Phone: (403) 294-9494

Online: www.epcorcentre.org

“Every year tickets to this red carpet event sell out very quickly”, says
Tara Nychkalo, Communications Manager at Big Rock, “This year we will be
selling tickets through the EPCOR CENTRE Box Office, and not through
Ticketmaster. Avid beer drinkers, friends of Big Rock and fans of the
Eddies should pass along the good word to everyone that plans to buy
tickets. We don’t want anyone to be disappointed that they didn’t get
themselves a seat!”

This year the Eddies will be held Monday, June 7 at the Jack Singer
Concert Hall with a classic Hollywood glam post-event reception. Proceeds
from the event are donated to the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, One
Yellow Rabbit and EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts.

“Having helped produce the Eddies for many years, I’ve seen its
popularity continue to grow and grow, with tickets often selling out in a
matter of minutes or hours,” said Felicia Esposito, Cracked Pepper Event
Strategy, “From the red carpet entrance, to the Oscar-style approach, to
the ads themselves, the Eddies has become one of Calgary’s premier
events.”

About the Eddies:

Event Date: Monday, June 7, 2010

Location: EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts’ Jack Singer Concert Hall

Tickets on Sale: Wednesday, April 21, 2009 at 10:00am

Ticket Price: $100 (plus tax and service charges)

Tickets: Call the EPCOR CENTRE Box Office at (403) 294-9494 or visit
www.epcorcentre.org.

Event Attire: Classic Hollywood glamour – as glamorous or as funky as
your imagination will allow

Beneficiaries: Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, One Yellow Rabbit
Performance Theatre and EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts

About Big Rock Brewery:

Big Rock Brewery – headquartered in Calgary, Alberta – produces premium,
all-natural craft beers. As Canada’s leading craft brewer, Big Rock
boasts a family of eleven exceptional ales and lagers, Rock Creek dry
cider, as well as an ongoing selection of seasonal beers. Big Rock
products are sold in eight provinces and three territories in Canada, and
oddly enough, are also available in Korea.

For more information on Big Rock Brewery visit bigrockbeer.com.

Contacts:
Big Rock Brewery Ltd.
Tara Nychkalo
Communications Manager
(403) 203-3746
tnychkalo@bigrockbeer.com
bigrockbeer.com

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One Week Until Big Rock Eddies Tickets on Sale

April 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

CALGARY, ALBERTA, Apr 14 (MARKET WIRE) —
Big Rock Brewery Income Trust (TSX: BR.UN) Tickets to the 17th Annual Big
Rock Eddies go on sale at 10:00am on April 21, 2010 and are available
through the EPCOR CENTRE Box Office. There are a few options – you can
call, go online or stop by the box office to purchase your tickets.

EPCOR CENTRE BOX OFFICE

Address: 205 – 8 Avenue SE

Phone: (403) 294-9494

Online: www.epcorcentre.org

“Every year tickets to this red carpet event sell out very quickly”, says
Tara Nychkalo, Communications Manager at Big Rock, “This year we will be
selling tickets through the EPCOR CENTRE Box Office, and not through
Ticketmaster. Avid beer drinkers, friends of Big Rock and fans of the
Eddies should pass along the good word to everyone that plans to buy
tickets. We don’t want anyone to be disappointed that they didn’t get
themselves a seat!”

This year the Eddies will be held Monday, June 7 at the Jack Singer
Concert Hall with a classic Hollywood glam post-event reception. Proceeds
from the event are donated to the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, One
Yellow Rabbit and EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts.

“Having helped produce the Eddies for many years, I’ve seen its
popularity continue to grow and grow, with tickets often selling out in a
matter of minutes or hours,” said Felicia Esposito, Cracked Pepper Event
Strategy, “From the red carpet entrance, to the Oscar-style approach, to
the ads themselves, the Eddies has become one of Calgary’s premier
events.”

About the Eddies:

Event Date: Monday, June 7, 2010

Location: EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts’ Jack Singer Concert Hall

Tickets on Sale: Wednesday, April 21, 2009 at 10:00am

Ticket Price: $100 (plus tax and service charges)

Tickets: Call the EPCOR CENTRE Box Office at (403) 294-9494 or visit
www.epcorcentre.org.

Event Attire: Classic Hollywood glamour – as glamorous or as funky as
your imagination will allow

Beneficiaries: Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, One Yellow Rabbit
Performance Theatre and EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts

About Big Rock Brewery:

Big Rock Brewery – headquartered in Calgary, Alberta – produces premium,
all-natural craft beers. As Canada’s leading craft brewer, Big Rock
boasts a family of eleven exceptional ales and lagers, Rock Creek dry
cider, as well as an ongoing selection of seasonal beers. Big Rock
products are sold in eight provinces and three territories in Canada, and
oddly enough, are also available in Korea.

For more information on Big Rock Brewery visit bigrockbeer.com.

Contacts:
Big Rock Brewery Ltd.
Tara Nychkalo
Communications Manager
(403) 203-3746
tnychkalo@bigrockbeer.com
bigrockbeer.com

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Canada says that it will expand aid to Pakistan

August 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Ottawa (Canada), Aug.13 (ANI): Canada will expand aid to Pakistan, notably to bolster the weak public school system that has left a void to be filled by fundamentalist madrassas, as it increasingly views Pakistan’s stability as the key to success in Afghanistan, the Globe and Mail reports.

In Pakistan on Wednesday, Canada’s International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda pledged 25 million dollars for food, water and emergency shelter for refugees who had fled a Pakistani military offensive against Taliban insurgents four months ago.

Many of the more than two million people who left their homes in the Swat Valley in April are returning. But the huge numbers of refugees have placed a strain on local resources, and reconstruction efforts will be costly.

“They’re rebuilding police stations, judiciary, making sure that power is available, water is available, gas is available,” said Oda, who visited the Jalozai Internally Displaced Persons camp Tuesday.

In addition to the 25 million dollars in emergency aid, Canada will expand its longer-term development assistance to Pakistan, Oda said, as it joins other countries in linking success against the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan – the largest single recipient of Canadian aid – with stability in Pakistan.

“Afghanistan is Canada’s biggest mission,” she said. “We do share with the United States and other countries working in Afghanistan [a recognition] of the importance of Pakistan to achieve the objectives we want to achieve in Afghanistan.

“There will be enhanced engagement,” she said.

Canadian aid to Pakistan – 43-million dollars in 2007-08 – already funds a teacher-training program in Karachi and primary-school education in some rural areas.

Pakistan’s under-funded and patchy public education system is seen as one reason for the growing influence of madrassas, religious schools run by Muslim clerics.

Those schools offer free or low-cost education in poor areas where public schools are rundown or non-existent, and enroll an estimated 5 per cent of the country’s pupils.

Some madrassas are viewed as training grounds for Taliban insurgents, although experts note that only a small minority of the 15,000 or more madrassas in Pakistan preach violence or serve as Taliban recruiting grounds.

Canada’s move follows a trend among Western allies – led by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama – of linking Pakistan and Afghanistan as a regional security issue. (ANI)

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More than 7,600 aid workers receive expulsion orders from Sudan

March 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Geneva – A total of 7,610 aid workers have now been ordered to leave northern Sudan in response to the international arrest warrant issued against the country’s president last week, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Around 1.5 million people in war-torn Darfur depend on aid workers for health services which now face disruption, whilst 1.1 million people would no longer receive vital food aid and over 1.15 million people may lose access to safe drinking water.

Of particular concern is a meningitis outbreak in a refugee camp, which the French section of Doctors Without Borders was treating.

That group was among the 13 foreign organizations expelled and three local Sudanese agencies that were also shut down, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

Also affected would be emergency shelter programmes, which, if not reinstated, would also have negative health implications for hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people.

Last week, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity, relating to the counterinsurgency in Darfur, in the western part of the largest African country.

The 16 groups affected accounted for 40 per cent of all aid work in Darfur, or 6,500 humanitarian staff.

The UN and the government in Khartoum have agreed to carry out assessments to gauge the humanitarian needs in the conflict affected region. (dpa)

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