PLAZA FOR OLYMPIC CELEBRATIONS OPENS
Premier Gordon Campbell, VANOC CEO John Furlong and President & CEO of GE Canada Elyse Allan officially opened the newly renovated GE Plaza ice rink at Robson Square. [News release] [Video from event]
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B.C. TAKES FURTHER STEP TOWARDS CAP AND TRADE
VICTORIA – A new provincial regulation coming into effect Jan. 1, 2010, will require all facilities in British Columbia that emit over 10,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) annually to publically report their emissions, Environment Minister Barry Penner announced.
TOURISM BC LAUNCHES NEW FRENCH LANGUAGE WEBSITE
VANCOUVER – Tourism British Columbia has launched a new French-language website on HelloBC.com, announced Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger.
MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS REACH NEW HEIGHTS
VICTORIA – The value of major construction projects planned or underway across B.C. has risen to $189 billion, setting a record for the 20th time in a row, Iain Black, Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development, announced.
MINISTER’S COUNCIL ON TOURISM APPOINTED
VICTORIA – Thirteen representatives from the tourism industry will provide advice to the Province on how to market and expand B.C.’s growing tourism industry as members of the new Minister’s Council on Tourism, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger announced.
GE PLAZA OPENS TO COMMUNITY IN ADVANCE OF 2010
VANCOUVER – Skaters will take to the ice at the GE Plaza at Robson Square today – the first time the Robson Square ice rink has seen activity since 2000, thanks to a Vancouver 2010 Winter Games partnership between GE and the Province of British Columbia.
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