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November 10, 2009
B.C. MANAGES OFF-ROAD VEHICLES
KAMLOOPS – Rules for off-road vehicle registration and licensing, helmet use, youth safety and environmental measures will be implemented over the next two years under a new off-road vehicle (ORV) management framework, announced Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger Nov. 10, 2009. The proposed framework is the result of extensive consultations over a number of years with a wide variety of interested organizations.

KAMLOOPS –  Rules for off-road vehicle registration and licensing, helmet use, youth safety and environmental measures will be implemented over the next two years under a new off-road vehicle (ORV) management framework, announced Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger Nov. 10, 2009. The proposed framework is the result of extensive consultations over a number of years with a wide variety of interested organizations.

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October 23, 2009
PROVINCE CONFIRMS NEW BC PLACE ROOF FOR 2011
As first announced in May 2008, a new retractable roof will be built after the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The project will be completed by the summer of 2011, in time for the 2011 Grey Cup. The total capital cost for the retractable roof project will be $458 million.

A fixed-priced contract for the construction of a new, retractable roof on BC Place has been signed between the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) and PCL Constructors Canada Inc, announced Kevin Krueger, Minister of Tourism Culture and the Arts and David Podmore, PavCo chair.

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August 25, 2009
CRAIGFLOWER MANOR RECEIVES $250,000 TO REPAIR FIRE DAMAGE
Some of the fire damage to Craigflower Manor could be clearly seen behind Minister Krueger who announced the provincial funding to repair the building.

VICTORIA – August 25, 2009 – Kevin Krueger, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts at Craigflower Manor to announce $250,000 in joint federal and provincial funding. The money will cover the cost of repairing the national historic site, which was damaged by a January fire.

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July 28, 2009
SUNDIAL LAUNCH - TELLING TIME WITH SHADOWS
Minister Kevin Krueger is joined by Minister of Healthy Living and Sport Ida Chong and two visitors to B.C.: Cydna Knebel from Seattle and her daughter Paget Knebel from New York City. Together with community partners, they unveiled a new beautification feature at Ogden Point: an interactive sundial - a BC150 Legacy project - near the breakwater entrance.

VICTORIA – July 28, 2009 – Minister Kevin Krueger is joined by Minister of Healthy Living and Sport Ida Chong and two visitors to B.C.: Cydna Knebel from Seattle and her daughter Paget Knebel from New York City. Together with community partners, they unveiled a new beautification feature at Ogden Point: an interactive sundial - a BC150 Legacy project - near the breakwater entrance.

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June 17, 2009
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE COHO FERRY
Minister Kevin Krueger is joined by Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin, 'Captain George' and Black Ball Ferry Lines CEO Ryan Burles to welcome the Coho and celebrate its 50 years of service.

Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger congratulates Black Ball Ferry Lines at a celebration at the Belleville Terminal in Victoria June 17, 2009.

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