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CONVENTION CENTRE EXPANSION MOVES FORWARD


December 16, 2003
Premier Campbell announces Tourism Vancouver's $90-million commitment to the $495-million Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project.

Premier Campbell announces Tourism Vancouver's $90-million commitment to the $495-million Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project.

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December 2003 Photos
2003-12-16 - Premier Campbell announces Tourism Vancouver's $90-million commitment to the $495-million Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project.
2003-12-16 - Premier Campbell and tourism industry representatives sign the agreement formalizing Tourism Vancouver's $90-million contribution to the $495-million expansion of the Vancouver Convention Centre. From left to right are: Competition, Science and Enterprise Minister Rick Thorpe; Expansion Task Force past-chair Peter Armstrong; Premier Campbell; and Expansion Task Force chair Terry Bubb.
2003-12-16 - Premier Campbell and the Expansion Task Force chair Terry Bubb sign the Tourism Industry Contribution Agreement, formalizing Tourism Vancouver's $90-million commitment to the $495-million Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion.
2003-12-15 - Premier Campbell meets with Duncan Davies, chair of the Forest Industrial Relations Ltd. (left) and Dave Haggard of the Industrial, Wood and Allies Workers of Canada to discuss appointing a mediator/facilitator to end the coastal forest strike.
2003-12-15 - Premier Gordon Campbell is joined by Dave Haggard of the Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada and Duncan Davies, chair of the Forest Industrial Relations Ltd. in announcing measures to end to the forestry strike.
2003-12-09 - Premier Gordon Campbell joins representatives from B.C.'s technology industries to announce the formation of Leading Edge British Columbia, a new partnership to promote B.C. technology innovation and investment. From left to right are: George Hunter, Leading Edge BC president; Premier Campbell; Paul Lee, co-chair of the Premier's Technology Council and director of Leading Edge BC; and Keith Spencer, Director of the B.C. Technology Industries Association and Leading Edge BC.
2003-12-09 - Premier Campbell is joined by George Hunter, President of Leading Edge BC and Paul Lee, Co-chair of the Premier's Technology Council and Executive Vice-President and Worldwide Studios Chief Operating Officer for Electronic Arts Inc to announce the formation of Leading Edge BC.
2003-12-09 - Premier Gordon Campbell announces the Province will invest more than $8.3 million over three years in Leading Edge BC, an industry-led initiative to promote B.C. technology investment.
2003-12-09 - Premier Campbell congratulates George Hunter of the B.C. Technology Industries Association on his appointment as president of Leading Edge BC.
2003-12-05 - Signing with Premier Campbell is Manitoba Premier Gary Doer. Standing From left to right are: Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert, Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns, Quebec Premier Jean Charest, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams, Northwest Territories Premier Stephen Kakfwi, Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie, and Alberta Premier Ralph Klein.
2003-12-05 - Premier Campbell and Manitoba Premier Gary Doer sign the Council of the Federation Founding Agreement in Charlottetown, PEI on Dec. 5, 2003
2003-12-05 - Premier Gordon Campbell signs the agreement establishing the new Council of the Federation to increase cooperation between the provinces and territories and advance provincial issues in Ottawa. Signing with Premier Campbell is Manitoba Premier Gary Doer. Standing From left to right are: Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert, Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns, Quebec Premier Jean Charest, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams, Northwest Territories Premier Stephen Kakfwi, Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie, and Alberta Premier Ralph Klein.
2003-12-05 - Premier Campbell and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty witness the signing of the Council of the Federation Founding Agreement by New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord and Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm.
2003-12-05 - Premier Campbell and Premier Doer celebrate the formation of the Council of the Federation accompanied by (left to right): Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns, Quebec Premier Jean Charest, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams.
2003-12-02 - Premier Campbell, Energy and Mines Minister Richard Neufeld, and Fort Nelson Chief Liz Logan tour the Fort Nelson First Nation's oil and gas drilling rig.
2003-12-02 - Premier Campbell witnesses the agreement between Ensign Drilling and the Fort Nelson First Nation to share the ownership of the $8-million drilling rig.
2003-12-02 - Premier Gordon Campbell celebrates the signing of an historic agreement that makes the Fort Nelson First Nation the first B.C. First Nation to own an drilling rig. From left to right are Energy and Mines Minister Richard Neufeld, Encana COO and Executive Vice President Randy Eresman, Chief Liz Logan of the Fort Nelson First Nation, Ensign Drilling COO Bob Geddes, and Premier Campbell.
2003-12-02 - Premier Campbell is greeted by Fort Nelson First Nation students as they celebrate a new partnership making their community the first B.C. First Nation to own a drilling rig.