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PREMIER CHAIRS THE FIRST PROVINCIAL CONGRESS MEETING


February 26, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell (back row) chairs the first Provincial Congress meeting on Feb. 26 in Vancouver.

Premier Gordon Campbell (back row) chairs the first Provincial Congress meeting on Feb. 26 in Vancouver.

February 2002 Photos
2002-02-26 - Premier Gordon Campbell (back row) chairs the first Provincial Congress meeting on Feb. 26 in Vancouver.
2002-02-21 - Premier Campbell (back row, second from right) tries a Games tuque on for size.
2002-02-21 - Premier Campbell chatting with a table of athletes - potentially the next generation to represent B.C. in the Canada or Olympic Games.
2002-02-21 - Premier Gordon Campbell poses with some of the young competitors at the 2002 Winter Games in Williams Lake on Thursday, Feb. 21. More than 1,500 athletes attended the Games, which ended Sunday, Feb. 24.
2002-02-21 - Premier Campbell joins a group of youth athletes fuelling up for their events at the 2002 Winter Games in Williams Lake. They participated in 23 sports including classic winter sports like biathlon, curling, figure skating and hockey, as well as indoor sports like badminton, ringette and squash that are played in winter in B.C.
2002-02-21 - Premier Campbell with two competitors in the 2002 Winter Games. The province's eight zones each sent teams to the Games. Most of the athletes at Williams Lake were under 16.
2002-02-17 - Premier Campbell shakes hands with members of the public during the Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown, ushering in the Year of the Horse. The parade tradition began in Vancouver in 1974.
2002-02-17 - Children waiting to receive "Lai See" packets from Premier Campbell during the Chinese New Year parade, a multicultural event attended by members of Vancouver's Brazilian, Irish, Hispanic and First Nations communities, who joined traditional dancing lions and dragons in the procession.
2002-02-17 - Premier Campbell hands out traditional "Lai See" - red packets that typically contain chocolates or other candy - to children attending the Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown.
2002-02-17 - Premier Gordon Campbell joins Chinese community leaders and the "God of Fortune" in Chinatown on February 17, 2002, during celebrations marking the Chinese New Year.
2002-02-08 - Premier Campbell cuts ribbon during a celebration of the Chinese New Year. From left, Health Services Minister Colin Hansen; Vancouver-Kingsway MP Sophia Leung; Vancouver-Quadra MP Stephen Owen, secretary of state for western economic diversification and Indian affairs and northern development; Sunbrite Business Association president Joseph Hui; the premier; Vancouver Coun. Sam Sullivan; Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations Greg Halsey-Brandt, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
2002-02-08 - Premier Campbell speaking at Chinese New Year celebration.
2002-02-08 - <p>Premier Gordon Campbell about to be presented with calligraphy brush to dot the eye of the lion during a celebration of the Chinese New Year at the PNE February 8, 2002. Far right, Joseph Hui, president of the Sunbrite Business Association, which organized the event.</p>