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March 26, 2004
4,000 NEW SPACES INCREASE ACCESS ON ISLAND
PARKSVILLE — Five post-secondary institutions on Vancouver Island will receive funding for 4,000 new student spaces by 2010, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today during a speech to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities.
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March 25, 2004
$2 MILLION FOR COMOX AIRPORT TO CREATE JOBS, TOURISM
COMOX — The province is investing $2 million to support an expansion of the Comox Valley Airport that will create new jobs, tourism growth and new economic opportunities for the entire Island, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.
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March 24, 2004
FINAL DEAL REACHED TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE BURNS BOG
VICTORIA — Burns Bog will be preserved and protected forever, having been acquired by the Province, together with the Government of Canada, the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) and the Corporation of Delta, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today on behalf of the government partners.
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March 22, 2004
MORE PEOPLE MOVING TO B.C. FOR FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS
VANCOUVER — B.C. finished 2003 with a net inflow of nearly 2,100 people from other provinces, the first time in six years that more people are moving to B.C. from other provinces than are leaving, Premier Gordon Campbell said today.
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March 22, 2004
NEW STANDARDS, GUIDEBOOK AND WEB TOOLS
BURNABY — Premier Gordon Campbell today announced new provincial standards to guide B.C. schools in developing codes of conduct to improve student safety, along with a comprehensive new guidebook and expanded Web resources for parents, teachers and students.
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March 19, 2004
NEW UNIVERSITY TO INCREASE STUDENT SPACES AND PROGRAMS
KAMLOOPS — The University College of the Cariboo will assume responsibility for the Open University and Open College to form a new special purpose university that will increase student spaces in the region by 3,000 and expand a variety of applied learning programs, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.
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March 17, 2004
NEW UBC OKANAGAN TO HELP ADD 5,500 STUDENT SPACES
KELOWNA — Government will add 5,500 new spaces for post-secondary students in the Okanagan by 2010 by establishing two new institutions in the region: a new University of British Columbia, Okanagan, and a bigger, better Okanagan College that will expand university transfer, trades and other applied training options.
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March 8, 2004
THREE DEPUTY MINISTERS APPOINTED
VICTORIA — The government today announced three deputy minister appointments.
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March 6, 2004
$20 MILLION TO REDUCE WAITLISTS, IMPROVE PATIENT CARE
VICTORIA — The province is investing an additional $20 million to provide access to more surgeries, medical procedures and services and help reduce waitlists, Premier Gordon Campbell and Health Services Minister Colin Hansen announced today.
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March 5, 2004
$70 MILLION SURREY CAMPUS HELPS ADD 3,000 SEATS AT SFU
SURREY — The government is investing $70 million in a new Simon Fraser University campus in Surrey and will add 3,000 seats to the university by 2010 to increase access for students throughout the Fraser Valley, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.
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March 4, 2004
SUMAS 2 DECISION A VICTORY FOR FRASER VALLEY
VANCOUVER — Today's decision by the National Energy Board denying an application by Sumas Energy 2 to construct a power line through Abbotsford is a major victory for residents of the Fraser Valley that will help protect air quality, said Premier Gordon Campbell.
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March 1, 2004
DEPUTY MINISTER APPOINTED
VICTORIA — Effective today, Annette Antoniak is appointed Deputy Minister, B.C. Olympic Games Secretariat, Ministry of Small Business and Economic Development.
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March 1, 2004
PREMIER'S STATEMENT ON TONI ONLEY
VANCOUVER — Premier Gordon Campbell today paid tribute to internationally renowned B.C. painter and Order of Canada recipient Toni Onley, who died yesterday in a plane crash.
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