News Releases - 2009
April 6, 2009
ENHANCED DRIVER'S LICENCE FOR U.S. BORDER GOES PUBLIC
VANCOUVER – British Columbians can start applying for B.C.’s Enhanced Driver’s Licence (EDL)– a driver’s licence that also allows the cardholder to cross into the United States at land or water ports of entry between Canada and the United States with a single piece of identification. B.C. is also offering an Enhanced Identification Card (EIC) for persons who do not drive and for young adults over the age of 12 years.
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March 13, 2009
WESTERN PROVINCES TO WORK ON NEW ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP, INNOVATION, PENSIONS, AND CRIME REDUCTION
VANCOUVER – Expanding trade, investment and job creation across the West, consideration of a new regional pension plan option and further co-operation on tackling gang violence highlighted the inaugural Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan joint cabinet meeting today.
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March 12, 2009
FRANCOPHONE DAY CELEBRATES SPORT, LANGUAGE CONNECTION
VICTORIA – The talents of Canada’s francophone athletes at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will serve to reinforce Canada’s linguistic duality and help profile the B.C. francophone community, Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations Joan McIntyre said today as she hosted B.C.’s annual Francophone Day celebration.
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January 28, 2009
MINISTER BACKS HERITAGE BUILDING AS BILINGUAL MUSEUM
VANCOUVER – A proposal to make the Roedde House heritage building in Vancouver’s west end a bilingual museum has received support from Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations Joan McIntyre.
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January 16, 2009
FRANCOPHONE YOUTH SPARK CITIZENSHIP DIALOGUE
VICTORIA – B.C.’s francophone youth participated in a provincial dialogue on active citizenship, fulfilling a commitment under the Canada-wide Youth Intervention Strategy.
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January 12, 2009
CALL FOR ORDER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA NOMINATIONS
VICTORIA – Nominations for the Order of British Columbia, the Province’s highest recognition of excellence and lifetime achievement, are now being accepted by the Honours and Awards Secretariat.
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