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NEWS RELEASE (CNS777) -->> ECONOMIC RENEWAL--CAPE BRETON TOWNS AND VILLAGES GO NATION WIDE ECONOMIC RENEWAL--CAPE BRETON TOWNS AND VILLAGES GO NATION WIDE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Television viewers across Canada will get the inside track on tourism and business opportunities in some of Cape Breton's towns and villages next year. The Arichat multi-media company, Telile, is producing 10 half-hour television programs, called Towns and Villages of Canada: The Cape Breton Series. The series helps promote the region as a tourist destination and a place to locate for business. Economic Renewal Minister Richie Mann announced the $150,000 project today, saying it will be an important marketing tool for the region. "Cape Breton's communities have a lot to be proud of and a lot of attractive qualities for incoming businesses. This is a chance to show the rest of the nation just what we can do, and to promote ourselves as a tourism destination as well as a good place to do business," Mr. Mann said. The project also maintains five full-time jobs and four summer jobs at Telile, a non-profit society providing communication and information services to the bilingual community of Isle Madame. The company also produces training videos, and work safety programs and is managed by a community-based board of directors. To distribute the programs, Telile will partner with Seaside Cable, which is a member of the Canadian Cable Association Network. Copies of the tapes will also be sold through retail tourist businesses to generate additional revenue. The planning process for the programs has involved dozens of people in 10 different communities. "We had great support from all communities," said Paulette LeBlanc, editor and producer of community programming for Telile. She said the tapes would also be shown in each of the featured communities before the end of the year. The communities highlighted in the series are Sydney, Glace Bay, Eskasoni, Port Hawkesbury, Isle Madame, St. Peter's, Cheticamp, Port Hood, Baddeck and Ingonish. The project is funded by the Economic Renewal Agency's Community Opportunities Fund ($27,000), the Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation ($75,000), Parks Canada ($3,000), the Strait Highlands Regional Development Agency ($7,500), Telile ($27,000) and corporate sponsors from the communities ($10,500). -30- Contact: Economic Renewal Minister Richie Mann 902-424-5790 trp Nov. 08, 1996 - 11:35 a.m.