– The National Defence account, valued at $1 million, has gone to a partnership of Bowen & Binstock, of Toronto, and Communications bleu blanc rouge, of Montreal.

– The Department of Canadian Heritage review has been won by McKim Communications, of Winnipeg.

– The National Gallery of Canada has named three-month-old Ottawa firm Acme Advertising as agency of record, a job previously with The Bytown Group.

– Genicom Canada, Mississauga, Ont. maker of high-volume computer printers, has named Access Advertising of Toronto its agency of record.

– The Royal Botanical Gardens, a 2,700-acre sanctuary and conservation area near Hamilton, has hired Scott Thornley & Co. of Toronto as its agency to promote it as a tourist destination both locally and around the world.