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April 30, 2003
Pop singer Jewel meets with Premier Gordon Campbell April 30, 2003. They met to discuss plans by a consortium, of which Jewel is a partner, to establish a new power generation facility in Gold River on Vancouver Island.
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April 29, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell announces a $2.6-million investment by the government to accelerate the development of a vaccine against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Vancouver on April 29, 2003. The funding will allow B.C. to take a leadership role in the development of a vaccine through the B.C. SARS Vaccine Science Initiative. [news release]
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April 28, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell, joined by Attorney General Geoff Plant, outlines the terms of reference for the proposed citizens' assembly on electoral reform on April 28, 2003. The 159-member assembly will hold public hearings across B.C. to look at all possible models for electing MLAs and report back to the government by December 2004.
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April 26, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell speaks about the government's transportation strategy with members of the new regional transportation advisory committees in Vancouver on April 26, 2003. The eight committees will give communities throughout B.C. a stronger voice in local transportation planning and advise the government on regional transportation needs. [news release]
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April 26, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell tells the international selection committee for the 2009 World Police and Fire Games why British Columbia should host the event. The selection committee was in the Lower Mainland Saturday, April 26, 2003, and did eventually award the 2009 games to Burnaby. Up to 12,000 athletes from 70 countries are expected to attend.
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April 25, 2003
Premier Campbell at the Brilliant Dam announcement.
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April 25, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell announces the province's plan to invest $204 million to expand the Brilliant Dam near Castlegar on April 25, 2003. The expansion will build a second power plant at the dam that will generate an additional 125 megawatts of power — enough to supply 38,000 homes. Accompanying Campbell is West Kootenay-Boundary MLA Sandy Santori. [news release]
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April 25, 2003
Premier Campbell studies plans for the Brilliant Dam expansion.
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April 25, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell, West Kootenay-Boundary MLA Sandy Santori (middle) and Josh Smienk, chair of the Columbia Basin Trust (left), announce plans to invest $204 million to expand the Brilliant Dam near Castlegar.
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April 19, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell, Port Moody-Westwood MLA Christy Clark and Surrey-Panorama Ridge MLA Gulzar Cheema listen to a traditional band at the Surrey Vaisakhi celebration on April 19 at Strawberry Hill Elementary School.
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April 19, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell addresses members of Surrey’s Sikh community during Vaisakhi Day celebrations April 19, as other attendees look on.
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April 19, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell greets a young celebrant outside the Ross Street Temple in Vancouver during Vaisakhi Day celebrations held on April 19.
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April 19, 2003
Premier Campbell joined many MLAs and members of Vancouver and Surrey’s Sikh communities for Vaisakhi Day celebrations April 19. Pictured outside Vancouver’s Ross Street Temple are, from left to right, Surrey-Panorama Ridge MLA Gulzar Cheema, Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Rob Nijjar, Surrey-Tynehead MLA Dave Hayer, Premier and Vancouver-Point Grey MLA Gordon Campbell, Khalsa Diwan Society president Jarnail Singh Bhandal, Port Moody-Westwood MLA Christy Clark and Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Ken Johnston.
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April 19, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell joined many MLAs to mark Vaisakhi Day with members of Vancouver and Surrey’s Sikh communities. Pictured outside the Ross Street Temple in Vancouver are, from left to right, Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Ken Johnston, Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Rob Nijjar, Jassa Grewal, Burnaby-Willingdon MLA John Nuraney, Surrey-Tynehead MLA Dave Hayer, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong, Premier and Vancouver-Point Grey MLA Gordon Campbell, Richmond East MLA Linda Reid and daughter Olivia, Vancouver-Langara MLA Val Anderson, Surrey-Panorama Ridge MLA Gulzar Cheema, Port Moody-Westwood MLA Christy Clark, Vancouver-Kensington MLA Patrick Wong and Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain MLA Karn Manhas.
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April 17, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell unveils a five-year marketing plan to promote B.C.'s wood products in China. Servicing China's booming housing market could bring new opportunities to B.C.'s forest industry. [news release]
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April 16, 2003
Her Excellency Shashi Uban Tripathi, High Commissioner for India visits with Premier Gordon Campbell. This was the first visit to British Columbia for the newly-appointed High Commissioner.
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April 16, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell welcomes Indian Consul General Jaishanker and Her Excellency Shashi Uban Tripathi, India's new High Commissioner to Canada. The April 16, 2003 meeting in Vancouver was the first visit to British Columbian for Her Excellency.
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April 15, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell along with four Youth Bid Ambassadors to the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games proudly display a Team Canada hockey jersey. The jersey was presented as a gift to the premier on April 15th 2003 in Vancouver, at the unveiling of a study looking at ways to enhance youth involvement in all aspects of the 2010 Games. Pictured with the premier (from left to right) are Youth Ambassadors Morgan Perrin, Jennica Rawstron, Karson Wong and Kelly Esau.
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April 11, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell announces $22.5 million in improvements for roadways north of Vernon.The premier is joined by Shuswap MLA George Abbott (left) and Okanagan-Vernon MLA Tom Christensen for the April 11 announcement. The funding comes from the $609 million the government is investing in transportation infrastructure as part of its Heartlands Economic Strategy. [news release]
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April 4, 2003
Premier Campbell details the two highway improvement projects, including: $3.75 million to realign and improve safety on 1.6 kilometres of Highway 5 at Preacher Hill between Barriere and Little Fort; and $12.96 million to four-lane 4.2 kilometres of Highway 1 between Broderick Creek and Ford Road. To date, the province and the federal government have committed $219 million to upgrade the Highway 1 corridor through B.C. From left to right are: Transportation Minister Judith Reid, Shuswap MLA George Abbott, Senator Ross Fitzpatrick, Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger, and the premier.
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April 4, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell officially opens the Tertiary Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centre in Kamloops. Joining the premier, from left to right, are Interior Health Authority Chair Alan Dolman, mental health consumer representative Charlie Sinclair, Minister of State for Mental Health Dr. Gulzar Cheema, and North Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger.
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April 4, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell speaks at the grand opening of a new mental health centre in Kamloops, April 4th, 2003. The two-20 bed residential rehabilitation facilities will improve access and care for patients in B.C.'s interior living with mental illness.[news release] [speech]
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April 4, 2003
Premier Gordon Campbell announces $16.71 million in federal and provincial funding for two highway improvement projects in Kamloops April 4, 2003. The funding supports the government's commitment to invest $609 million to maintain and improve roads in B.C. heartlands. From left to right are: Shuswap MLA George Abbott, Senator Ross Fitzpatrick, Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger, and the premier. [news release]
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April 4, 2003
Commemorative bricks are set outside the brand new Tertiary Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centre in Kamloops. Participating in the ceremony along with Premier Gordon Campbell are Dr. Gulzar Cheema, Minister of State for Mental Health (front left), Interior Health Authority Chair Alan Dolman (back left), North Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger (back right) and mental health consumer representative Charlie Sinclair (front right). The centre provides more appropriate care for patients from the interior currently living at Riverview Hospital.
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