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PED Telephone Town Hall

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PED Telephone Town Hall

Time: November 27, 2013 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: Telephone Town Hall
City/Town: Onatrio
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: OntAG Admin
Latest Activity: Nov 20, 2013

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PED Telephone Town Hall For Industry on November 27th

Ontario Pork is hosting a Telephone Town Hall on Wednesday, November 27th between 12:00 and 1:00PM EST for the provincial pork industry. We will be automatically dialing out to our producers and others in the pork industry who have registered for the event and have provided us with their phone number.

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