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JEWEL MEETS WITH PREMIER TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR A NEW POWER GENERATION FACILITY


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.

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.

April 2003 Photos
2003-04-30 - 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.
2003-04-29 - 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.
2003-04-28 - 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.
2003-04-26 - 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.
2003-04-26 - 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.
2003-04-25 - Premier Campbell at the Brilliant Dam announcement.
2003-04-25 - 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.
2003-04-25 - Premier Campbell studies plans for the Brilliant Dam expansion.
2003-04-25 - 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.
2003-04-19 - 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.
2003-04-19 - Premier Gordon Campbell addresses members of Surrey's Sikh community during Vaisakhi Day celebrations April 19, as other attendees look on.
2003-04-19 - Premier Gordon Campbell greets a young celebrant outside the Ross Street Temple in Vancouver during Vaisakhi Day celebrations held on April 19.
2003-04-19 - 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.
2003-04-17 - 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.
2003-04-16 - 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.
2003-04-16 - 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.
2003-04-15 - 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.
2003-04-11 - 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.
2003-04-04 - 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.
2003-04-04 - 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.