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B.C. AND CALIFORNIA SIGN HISTORIC CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT


May 31, 2007
Premier Gordon Campbell and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an agreement that will result in unprecedented levels of co-operation between B.C. and California on reducing green house gases, protecting the Pacific Ocean and strengthening economic ties.

Premier Gordon Campbell and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an agreement that will result in unprecedented levels of co-operation between B.C. and California on reducing green house gases, protecting the Pacific Ocean and strengthening economic ties.

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May 2007 Photos
2007-05-31 - Premier Gordon Campbell and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an agreement that will result in unprecedented levels of co-operation between B.C. and California on reducing green house gases, protecting the Pacific Ocean and strengthening economic ties.
2007-05-29 - Premier Gordon Campbell proclaimed May 29, 2007 ActNow BC Day.
2007-05-29 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined in the fun during celebrations of ActNow BC Day May 29, 2007.
2007-05-29 - Premier Gordon Campbell participated in a food preparation demonstration at the B.C. legislature on ActNow BC Day, May 29, 2007. Left to right: Premier Campbell, Minister of State for ActNow BC Gordon Hogg and Chef John Bishop.
2007-05-27 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined Vancouver Canuck Trevor Linden (right) and Stan Smyl, Canucks Director of Player Development, to help support the Vancouver Giants run to the 2007 Memorial Cup Hockey Championship. The Giants went on to win the Memorial Cup in an exciting 3 to 1 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Sunday.
2007-05-26 - Premier Gordon Campbell celebrated the opening of the $23-million Tournament Capital Centre, part of a $48-million sports facility expansion project in Kamloops.
2007-05-26 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced that Kamloops has been selected as the host city for the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games. The Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts will provide $1.75 million to help host the games, with matching funds to come from the host community.
2007-05-26 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined Kamloops athletes, Claude Richmond, MLA for Kamloops and Minister of Employment and Income Assistance, and Kevin Krueger, MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson and Minister of State for Mining at the official opening of the new Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops.
2007-05-26 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined Claude Richmond, MLA for Kamloops and Minister of Employment and Income Assistance, Kevin Krueger, MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson and Minister of State for Mining to congratulate Kamloops for its selection as host of the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games.
2007-05-23 - Premier Gordon Campbell views an interactive onscreen report on environmental sustainability prepared by students from high schools in the Lower Mainland.
2007-05-23 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined students from high schools in the Lower Mainland for a dialogue on the environment during 30 Days of Sustainability, part of a month long series of activities to encourage individual and collective action to create a more sustainable world.
2007-05-22 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced $110 million in federal/provincial funding to support the operating and capital maintenance costs of three "legacy facilities" in Richmond (the Richmond Oval) and in the Whistler area (the Whistler Sliding Centre and the Whistler Nordic Centre).
2007-05-22 - Premier Gordon Campbell and David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics celebrate with young athletes the announcement of $110 million in federal/provincial funding for three 2010 Winter Games legacy sites. Left to right: Michelle McKay, speed skating, 14 years old; Minister Emerson; Nam Nguyen, figure skating, Grade 3 Student; Premier Campbell; Nick Spurling, cross country skiing, Grade 11 Student; VANOC Chairman, John Furlong.
2007-05-22 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Province is partnering with the Canadian Red Cross to operate a toll-free flood information line to provide the public with up-to-date information on the flood situation throughout British Columbia.
2007-05-17 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced $7.5 million in funding to expand faculty and increase student spaces at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at UBC.
2007-05-14 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced a Provincial grant of $500,000 to Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach - An Arts Umbrella Project, providing music instruction to youth in Vancouver's inner city.
2007-05-14 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined noted Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan at a news conference announcing $500,000 to Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach — An Arts Umbrella Project, providing music instruction to youth in Vancouver's inner city.
2007-05-11 - B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway, announced $491.7 million in funding for the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative. The funding will help expand major components of the Lower Mainland's transportation infrastructure. From left to right: Minister Emerson, Port Moody-Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam MP James Moore, Premier Campbell and B.C. transportation minister Kevin Falcon.
2007-05-09 - Premier Gordon Campbell accepted the Gift to the Earth Award from World Wildlife Fund Director General James Leape on behalf of the Government of British Columbia.
2007-05-09 - Premier Gordon Campbell thanked the World Wildlife Fund for its presentation to the Government of British Columbia of the Gift to the Earth Award. The award is presented to governments, businesses, NGOS and individuals who demonstrate environmental leadership and make a globally significant contribution to the protecting the environment, including wilderness areas, plant life and wildlife habitat species.