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Media Advisory - The RONA MS Bike Tour: Pedal towards a future without MS!

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

MONTREAL, Aug. 24 /CNW Telbec/ - On August 27 and 28, 2005, close to 1,200 cyclists will converge on the region west of Montreal (Vaudreuil- Soulanges and Cornwall) for the sixteenth edition of the RONA MS Bike Tour, benefiting the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (Quebec Division). Last year's 980 participants raised $670,000 to fund research and services for people with disease and their families.

Here is the schedule, including the places where you will be able to interview Patricia Paquin, TV host and spokesperson for the RONA MS Bike Tour, Louis Adam, Executive Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (Quebec Division), and the various participants with MS, including a native of Cornwall, Richard Lemire.

    Saturday, August 28:

    TIME:             PLACE:                      ACTIVITIES:

    8:30 - 9:00 a.m.  Ecole secondaire Soulanges  - meeting with Louis Adam
                      137 Ste-Catherine Street      and participants with MS,
                      St-Polycarpe, Quebec          including Richard Lemire
                                                  - official start

    11:30 a.m. -      Iona Academy                - lunch
     12:30 p.m.       20019 Kings Road
                      Williamstown, Ontario

    5:00 - 6:30 p.m.  Civic Centre                - cocktail party
                      100 Water Street East       - meeting with Patricia
                      Cornwall, Ontario             Paquin, Louis Adam and
                                                    participants with MS,
                                                    including Richard Lemire

    6:30 - 8:30 p.m.  Civic Centre                - banquet and dance
                      100 Water Street East       - disclosure of results
                      Cornwall, Ontario


    Sunday, August 29:

    TIME:             PLACE:                      ACTIVITIES:
    8:30 - 9:00 a.m.  Nav Canada (near the        - meeting with Louis Adam
                      Civic Centre)                 and participants with MS,
                      Cornwall, Ontario             including Richard Lemire
                                                  - participants start when
                                                    ready

    11:30 a.m. -      Community Centre            - lunch
     12:30 p.m.       829 Principale Street
                      St-Raphaels, Ontario

    2:00 - 4:30 p.m.  Ecole secondaire Soulanges  - participants' arrival
                      137 Ste-Catherine Street
                      St-Polycarpe, Quebec

For further information: on Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28, contact Diane Rivard or Isabelle Laplante at (514) 830-1227 or (514) 984-6591 (cellphones); before then, call (514) 849-7591 or 1-800-268-7582 (toll-free). E-mail: diane.rivard@mssociety.ca or isabelle.laplante@mssociety.ca

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