Honourable Colin Hansen
2005 Archived Photo Gallery
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COURTENAY - Colin Hansen, Minister of Economic Development and Minister Stan Hagen, MLA for Comox Valley and Minister of Children and Family Development announced the Olympic Paralympic Live Sites funding for Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Society, December 16, 2005. The society will receive $330,000 to help with the first phase of establishing a regional centre of excellence for mountain sports at Mount Washington. This project will include construction of an additional three kilometers of competition trails, expansion of the Nordic Stadium, creation of a trailhead and boardwalk and the completion of a biathlon range.
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VANCOUVER - Simon Fraser University (SFU)students Meaghan Cumpston and Carolyn Bell, from the university's National Champion Softball Team, guide Minister Colin Hansen around the proposed site for the university's new Sports facility, December 2, 2005. In April, 2005, the Province announced an investment of $20 million to help SFU continue its tradition of athletic excellence with the construction of a new athletic centre and stadium.
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VANCOUVER - First Nations artwork will greet visitors to BC Canada Place at the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy with the carved doors created by Squamish artist tawx'sin yexwulla, Aaron Nelson-Moody and unveiled by Premier Gordon Campbell, November 29, 2005. Minister for Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Tom Christensen, and Economic Development Minister, Colin Hansen join Aaron Nelson-Moody at the unveiling ceremony.
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PRINCE RUPERT - Minister Colin Hansen toured communities in Northern British Columbia and Vancouver Island, November 7 - 10, 2005, speaking about the 2010 Olympic opportunities and the benefits of the Asia Pacific Initiative.
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VANCOUVER - Minister Colin Hansen spoke at the official opening of the Nat Bailey Stadium Park October 28, 2005. In 2002, the Federal and Provincial governments announced that the Millennium Sport Facility Society would receive $1.7 million from the Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Program (CBCIP), to build the 44,000 square-foot facility that would house a community multi-purpose room, new gymnastic training centre for both Olympic and recreational athletes as well as an international standard indoor lawn bowling facility. In March 2005, $400,000 for the second phase of the project was provided from the Province's Community Development Initiative.
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VICTORIA - The 2010 Legacies Now Connecting Communities Tour, presented by Bell Western Canada stopped in Victoria October 26, 2005. Bell CEO, Steve Lake, is featured with Minister Colin Hansen in front of the information and interactive exhibit that is traveling to communities across British Columbia to capture and inspire citizens to learn more about developing legacies up to and beyond the 2010 Olympics.
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VANCOUVER - Minister Colin Hansen, delivered a speech that focused on building stronger trade relations at the annual gathering of the Canadian-Japan Economic Relations Forum that took place at the Westen Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver, October 17, 2005.
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VANCOUVER - The Hon. Colin Hansen, Minister of Economic Development, and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the 2010 Olympics addressed the Vancouver Board of Trade October 7, 2005. The Minister outlined B.C.'s unique opportunity to showcase B.C. with the 2010 Olympics to the rest of the world, and the emergence of the Asia-Pacific region as a key to prosperity.
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RCITO Launch
VANCOUVER – Minister Colin Hansen announced $2.2 million in new funding October 7, 2005, to reduce waitlists for industry training courses throughout British Columbia, helping more trainees advance to their next level of apprenticeship.
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COWICHAN - Minister Colin Hansen officially opened the Cowichan Sportsplex's new artifical field at the John Ferreira Memorial Field Hockey Tournament September 24, 2005. The project was funded under the Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Program to build the all-weather artificial field hockey pitch and lacross box, and will be the only field of its kind in all of Canada.
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SAANICH - Minister Colin Hansen tries out the new Kinesis wall system during the September 19, 2005, official opening of the Saanich Commonwealth Place Recreation Complex expansion. The system, only the second of its kind in Western Canada, is ideal for strength training and rehabilitation. The equipment is part of an expanded fitness centre and teen activity lounge, funded under the Canada/B.C. Infrastructure Program.
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VANCOUVER - His Excellency Hu Jintao is greeted by Premier Gordon Campbell and Minister Colin Hansen on the occasion of the President's first formal visit to Canada, September 17, 2005. Through development of the Asia-Pacific Initiative, the B.C. government is helping to lead Canada in maximizing opportunities on both sides of the Pacific.
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