PETIT-DE-GRAT, NS – The federal government has thrown its support behind a French-language minority community radio station called Cooperative Radio Richmond, located in Petit-de-Grat, Nova Scotia, population 454.
The $223,734 in funding was announced Thursday by Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore, and Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway Peter MacKay, under the Community Life component of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Development of Official-Language Communities Program. This program aims to foster projects that improve the environment for official-language minority communities.
"The Cooperative Radio Richmond truly appreciates this funding from the Government of Canada and would like to express its gratitude," said Billy Joyce, president of Cooperative Radio Richmond, in a statement. "Community radio helps our official-language minority community live in its own language, take part in Canadian society, ensure its long-term development, and make dreams come true."
The Cooperative said the funding will allow it to finalize the purchase and installation of equipment that will allow the radio station to begin broadcasting a variety of local content.
