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CAMPBELL AND MIKE DE JONG HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE CANADIAN CONSULATE


September 30, 2002
Premier Gordon Campbell, right, and Mike de Jong, Minister of Forests, hold a news conference at the Canadian Consulate in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2002, after meetings to press the Americans on the damaging softwood tariffs imposed earlier this year. The Premier said U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney agrees the problem must be solved.

Premier Gordon Campbell, right, and Mike de Jong, Minister of Forests, hold a news conference at the Canadian Consulate in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2002, after meetings to press the Americans on the damaging softwood tariffs imposed earlier this year. The Premier said U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney agrees the problem must be solved.

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September 2002 Photos
2002-09-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell, right, and Mike de Jong, Minister of Forests, hold a news conference at the Canadian Consulate in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2002, after meetings to press the Americans on the damaging softwood tariffs imposed earlier this year. The Premier said U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney agrees the problem must be solved.
2002-09-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell meets with U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney in Washington on Monday, Sept. 30, to discuss softwood lumber and other issues important to British Columbia.
2002-09-26 - Premier Campbell displays two Olympic gold medals at the 2002 UBCM conference in Whistler, B.C.
2002-09-26 - Premier Gordon Campbell speaks to more than 1,000 delegates at the annual conference of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities in Whistler on Sept. 26, 2002.
2002-09-26 - Premier Campbell speaks to the Association of Washington Business about the importance of B.C.'s economic relationship with Washington state, which is the destination for one fifth of B.C.'s total international exports.
2002-09-26 - Premier Gordon Campbell speaks at the Association of Washington Business's policy summit in Semiahmoo on building a stronger economy. The association, Washington State's oldest and largest business organization, invited the Premier to talk about the provincial government's actions to revitalize B.C.'s economy by building a more competitive business climate.
2002-09-26 - Premier Campbell receives a standing ovation from delegates at the annual conference of the Unions of B.C. Municipalities in Whistler.
2002-09-22 - Premier Gordon Campbell speaks to participants in the 17th annual AIDS Walk before joining the record-setting 7,000 people who gathered in Vancouver's Stanley Park on Sept. 22, 2002, for the walk, which raised a total of $404,000. This year, the province is providing over $10 million to HIV/AIDS groups and $30 million to the drug program at the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. It is also funding the new Dr. Peter Centre and has put a monthly nutritional supplement in place, responding to HIV/AIDS advocacy groups.
2002-09-22 - Premier Campbell with Vancouver-Burrard MLA Lorne Mayencourt, who also took part in the 17th annual AIDS Walk.
2002-09-22 - Glen Hillsons, chair of the B.C. Persons With AIDS Society, cuts the traditional ribbon to start the AIDS Walk in Stanley Park as Premier Gordon Campbell helps to hold the ribbon up.
2002-09-20 - Premier Gordon Campbell addresses a crowd of 200 celebrating the start of construction of the Dr. Peter Centre on Sept. 20, 2002, in Vancouver. The centre will combine a 900-square-metre day centre with 22 supportive living units for people with HIV/AIDS. Combining supportive housing with an HIV/AIDS dayprogram is a first in Canada. The provincial government will provide $4.3 million for operating subsidies to the Dr. Peter Centre over 35 years as part of the provincial housing program.
2002-09-20 - An artist's rendition of the new Dr. Peter Centre, to open in summer of 2003, is unveiled at the groundbreaking on Sept. 20, 2002, in Vancouver. Left to right are: Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen; Vancouver Centre MP Hedy Fry; Andrew Hiscox, chair of the Dr. Peter Building Committee; Premier Gordon Campbell; Mark Virgin, chair of the Dr. Peter building committee; Elder Audrey Rivers of the Burrard band; Tom McAulay, Dr. Peter board member; and Maxine Davis, executive director of the Dr. Peter Centre.
2002-09-20 - Premier Gordon Campbell and Minister of Health Services Colin Hansen flip open a chart showing contributions to the Dr. Peter Centre. The provincial government through BC Housing will provide $4.3 million for operating subsidies over 35 years as part of the provincial housing program; and through the Ministry of Heath Services and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority provided $3.6 million for capital costs and will provide annual operating subsidies of $1.5 million.
2002-09-17 - Premier Gordon Campbell flips a pink pancake at the launch of the 11th CIBC Run for the Cure, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation's largest annual fundraiser for breast cancer research, education, diagnosis and treatment. The premier's pancake topped off a giant edible ribbon made of pink pancakes that organizers hope will be entered in the Guinness Book of Records. The Sept. 17, 2002, launch at B.C. Place Stadium kicked off the campaign leading up to the run, scheduled for Oct. 6 across most of Canada. Victoria is the one exception: the run will take place there on Oct. 20 because of the Queen's Golden Jubilee visit.
2002-09-17 - Premier Campbell with the stack of pink pancakes used to create an edible ribbon at the launch for the 11th CIBC Run for the Cure. Last year more than 21,000 people took part in the run in B.C., and this year's goal in the province is to raise $1.6 million through the run. The pancakes, part of an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records, were all donated to local shelters.
2002-09-13 - Premier Gordon Campbell joins in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 13, 2002, at Nikkei Home, a 59-unit supportive living development for seniors in Burnaby. More than 400 people celebrated the home's opening, including (l-r) Burnaby-Willingdon MLA John Nuraney; George Oikawa, vice-president of the Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society; Minister of State for Intermediate, Long Term and Home Care Katherine Whittred; the Premier; Senator Mobina Jaffer; and George Abbott, minister responsible for housing.
2002-09-13 - Premier Gordon Campbell, Senator Mobina Jaffer and George Abbott, minister responsible for housing, present George Oikawa, vice-president of the Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society, with a plaque to celebrate the opening of Nikkei Home in Burnaby. The supportive living development combines housing and services to help seniors with low to moderate incomes keep their independence, bridging the gap between home care and residential care.
2002-09-09 - Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo speaking at the ceremony opening Simon Fraser University's new Surrey campus, which incorporates the best of programs offered at the former TechBC.
2002-09-09 - A ceremony to open Simon Fraser University's new Surrey campus begins Sept. 9, 2002, with the skirl of bagpipes. Attending from the university were SFU president Michael Stevenson and student David Brokenshire, along with other academics (left). Premier Gordon Campbell and Advanced Education Minister Shirley Bond, represented the province (right).
2002-09-09 - Premier Gordon Campbell and Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo smile and applaud as the sign for SFU's new Surrey campus is unveiled. The campus is a part of government's commitment to double the annual number of graduates in computer science and electrical and computer engineering.