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November 27, 2002
Royal Inland Hospital chief of radiology Dr. James Bilbey (left) and Premier Gordon Campbell stand before a demonstration of digital X-rays images sent over secure, fibre-optic links at the official launch of the Interior Health Tele-Imaging System in Kamloops, Nov. 27, 2002.
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November 27, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell, centre, performs the official ribbon-cutting ceremony to kick off the launch of the Interior Health Tele-Imaging System at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops Nov. 27, 2002. The state-of-the-art system allows medical images like X-rays, MRIs and CT scans to be sent digitally from remote community clinics to radiologists at the Kamloops hospital. The process reduces turnaround times for diagnosis and saves patients from travelling while ill or injured. The system will initially serve 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, Lillooet, Merritt, Clearwater and Chase, plus Whitehorse in the Yukon. Joining Premier Campbell at the launch are (left to right) Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger; Thompson Cariboo Shuswap health service area of interior health chief operating officer Martin McMahon; Minister of Health Planning Sindi Hawkins; Royal Inland Hospital chief of radiology Dr. James Bilbey; Health Canada senior policy analyst Jeannine Parent; and Interior Health Authority chair Alan Dolman. [news release]
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November 21, 2002
Premier Campbell and Advanced Education Minister Shirley Bond reveal plans for UNBC's health sciences building, to be finished in 2004. From left: Prince George North MLA Pat Bell; Alice Downing, UNBC board chair; Bond; Dr. Charles Jago, president of UNBC; Campbell.
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November 21, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell speaks at a news conference at the University of Northern B.C. campus in Prince George on Nov. 21, 2002, held to unveil plans for a $12-million health sciences centre at UNBC. The building will be used for a new program that will increase the supply of doctors and improve northern health care by training medical students in the North for the first time. With the Premier onstage, from left, are Shirley Bond, Minister of Advanced Education; Colin Kinsley, mayor of Prince George, and John Cairns, dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of B.C. The medical program at UNBC will be offered in partnership with UBC. [premier's speech] [news release]
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November 15, 2002
Premier Campbell speaks to an audience of researchers, faculty and business executives at Stanford University on November 15, 2002, during the Leading Edge Marketing Mission to promote innovative B.C. technology companies to Silicon Valley investors.
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November 14, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell speaks to California technology investors at the Bankers Club in San Francisco on November 14, 2002, during the government’s Leading Edge Marketing Mission to promote B.C. technology and investment. The Premier was joined by executives from more than 30 B.C. high-tech companies to promote their expertise and B.C.’s competitive advantages in Silicon Valley. [news release] [speech]
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November 8, 2002
Premier Campbell shakes hands with June Gill, representing the Richmond school district, at the B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils' leadership conference in Penticton.
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November 8, 2002
Ceremonial shovels go into the ground in Penticton, where a new "campus of care" will provide everything from supportive living for older people who want to live independently, to care for seniors with dementia. Taking part in the groundbreaking Nov. 8, 2002, for the Good Samaritan Society’s development are, from left: Penticton-Okanagan Valley MLA Bill Barisoff; Penticton Mayor Mike Pearce; Premier Gordon Campbell; Interior Health Authority board chair Alan Dolman; Good Samaritan Society board chair Dr. Archie Marzolf; Okanagan-Westside MLA Rick Thorpe; and Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services Minister George Abbott. The project is to open in October 2003 and is part of the government's commitment to work with non-profit societies to build and operate 5,000 new intermediate and long-term care beds by 2006.
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November 8, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell meets with parents at the B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils' leadership conference at the Penticton Lakeside Resort on Nov. 8, 2002. The Premier, seen here shaking hands with Terri Watson, first vice-president of the confederation, discussed the increasing role of parents in the school system as members of advisory councils and as volunteers.
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November 7, 2002
PeopleSoft President and CEO Craig Conway announced the opening of a North American support and development centre in Vancouver at a Nov. 7 ceremony at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell and other government and civic officials attended the event.
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November 4, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell announces the province's $65-million investment in research projects at B.C. universities and colleges, including $46 million for 38 projects through the University of B.C. The Nov. 4 announcement at UBC's Robson Square Campus highlighted the largest of these projects — a $12.9-million investment in a new spinal cord research facility to be built at Vancouver General Hospital. [news release]
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November 4, 2002
An artist's rendering depicts the planned $46-million centre for International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries — known as ICORD — which will receive $12.9 million in provincial funding. The ICORD centre will bring together up to 300 Canadian and international scientists to develop better treatments and eventually a cure for spinal cord injury. Joining the Premier for the announcement are (left to right): Rick Hansen, president and CEO of the Rick Hansen Institute and the Man in Motion Foundation; ICORD director Dr. John Steeves; Advanced Education Minister Shirley Bond; Premier Gordon Campbell; Ida Goodreau, president and CEO of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority; and Bernie Bressler, vice-president of research, Vancouver General Hospital.
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November 4, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell addresses the international symposium on removing barriers to risk capital in Vancouver on Nov. 7, 2002. The symposium was organized by the Canadian Foundation for Investor Education and the University of B.C.'s faculty of commerce to explore opportunities for improving access to capital for Canadian companies.
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November 1, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell addresses the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Awareness Day lunch at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver on Nov. 1, 2002. The lunch is held each year to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and to honour groups and individuals who are leading the effort to increase people's understanding and knowledge of the disease. One in 10 women in British Columbia will develop breast cancer, but the number of patients who survive is increasing.
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November 1, 2002
Steve Podborski, an Olympic medallist in downhill skiing, helps Premier Campbell unfurl a banner of support for B.C.'s bid to host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Podborski, a member of the Vancouver 2010 Team, was part of a summit held by the premier for community leaders across B.C. to discuss the provincewide benefits of hosting the Winter Olympics.
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November 1, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell addresses a regional summit on the Vancouver 2010 Bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, held in Vancouver on Nov. 1, 2002. Close to 100 communities leaders from across the province gathered at the Pan Pacific Hotel to learn about the opportunities that hosting the Olympics could bring to every region of B.C.
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