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PREMIER ANNOUNCES $25-MILLION B.C. ARTS FUND


February 28, 2005
Premier Gordon Campbell announced the Province's plan to provide a $25-million grant to the Vancouver Foundation to create a new B.C. Arts Renaissance Endowment Fund to support arts and cultural programs across the province. With the Premier were Michael Audain, who will serve as the founding chair of the fund's advisor board, and Vancouver Foundation chair Gerald McGavin.

Premier Gordon Campbell announced the Province's plan to provide a $25-million grant to the Vancouver Foundation to create a new B.C. Arts Renaissance Endowment Fund to support arts and cultural programs across the province. With the Premier were Michael Audain, who will serve as the founding chair of the fund's advisor board, and Vancouver Foundation chair Gerald McGavin.

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2005-02-28 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced the Province's plan to provide a $25-million grant to the Vancouver Foundation to create a new B.C. Arts Renaissance Endowment Fund to support arts and cultural programs across the province. With the Premier were Michael Audain, who will serve as the founding chair of the fund's advisor board, and Vancouver Foundation chair Gerald McGavin.
2005-02-25 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced a $14-million in tourism marketing and promotion at the B.C. Tourism Industry Conference, and unveiled the new Gateway Sign Program that will see new signs erected at B.C. ports, airports and border crossings to welcome visitors to "The Best Place on Earth."
2005-02-21 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced the Province will seek legislative approval for $10 million to support mental health research at the University of B.C. The funding would match a $10-million gift to UBC from an anonymous donor and help establish three new research chairs and a new UBC Mental Health Institute.
2005-02-18 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced the Province will invest $15.4 million to expand the Cranbrook campus of the College of the Rockies, including new trades training and academic space.
2005-02-17 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced the Province will invest a total of $31.8 million in the University of Northern B.C. to renovate the university's library and build a new Teaching and Learning Centre to accommodate additional student spaces.
2005-02-12 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined representatives from B.C.'s conservation community to announce $6.5 million in funding for the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund, including funding to secure the protection of the Hofert Hoodoos property in the Kootenays. From left to right are: Premier Campbell; Don Krogseth, chair of the Nature Trust of B.C.; George Reifel (back), past president and director of Ducks Unlimited Canada; Heather Lemieux, chair of the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund; and Bill Barisoff, Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection.
2005-02-11 - Premier Gordon Campbell, Canucks Coach Marc Crawford and Neil Hartley of the BC Amateur Hockey Association stand among the 40,000 pucks being used in 150 Spirit of 2010 Hockey Tournaments. Joining them are Melissa Sanderson, Nathan Hardy (front left) and Nathan Elliott, three of the 40,000 youngsters playing in the Spirit of 2010 Hockey Tournaments.
2005-02-08 - Premier Gordon Campbell greets The Honourable Iona Campagnolo, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, upon her arrival at the legislative buildings to deliver the Speech from the Throne.
2005-02-05 - Premier Gordon Campbell helped celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Rooster during the Chinese New Year parade in Vancouver.