Reminder: Funeral for RCMP Chief Superintendent Douglas Coates

Media Advisory

OTTAWA, January 26, 2010 - A funeral for RCMP Chief Superintendent (C/Supt.) Douglas Coates will be held at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow at the Notre Dame Basilica, 385 Sussex Drive, in Ottawa.

At the wishes of the family, no special accommodation will be made inside Notre Dame Basilica for media. Media can make arrangements to set up outside the church and link into live audio and video feeds of the service. Media are also able to watch the funeral from within one of the overflow locations. Details will be provided on-site.

Funeral Procession:

A funeral procession made up of RCMP members and police officers from partner agencies, will begin at 12:00 p.m. at the Cartier Square Drill Hall, located at 2 Queen Elizabeth Drive in Ottawa, and will continue to the Notre Dame Basilica. The route is as follows: Queen Elizabeth Drive onto Laurier Avenue, right on Elgin Street, right on Wellington Street, left onto Mackenzie Avenue, right onto Murray Street, and left on Sussex Drive to the Notre Dame Basilica.

Visitation:

Visitation will take place today from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Hall of Colours at Beechwood National Memorial Centre, located at 280 Beechwood Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario. At the request for privacy by the Coates family, media are asked not to attend the visitation.

Updated information for broadcast:

• High Definition Service
  Galaxy 17/K13 Slots CD (18 MHz)
  U/L: 14269.0 V
  D/L: 11969.0 H
  Symbol rate: 15.0
  FEC: 7/8
  Data rate: 25.018 MB/sec
  Video standard: 1080i/60 MPEG 2 4:2:0
  Modulation: DVB-S QPSK
• Standard Definition Service
  Galaxy 17/K13 Slot B (9MHz)
  U/L: 14255.5 V
  D/L: 11955.5 H
  Symbol rate: 7.50
  FEC: 7/8
  Data rate: 12.059 MB/sec
  Video standard: NTSC centre cut MPEG 2 4:2:0
  Modulation: DVB-S QPSK

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Media interested in linking to live feed must contact:

Jim Shepherd,
AVW-TELAV
Cell: (613) 277-8585
shepherd@avwtelav.com

For other media enquiries, please contact:

RCMP Media Relations
(613) 993-2999