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NEW ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL


July 30, 2008
Premier Gordon Campbell and MLAs Ida Chong and Murray Coell examine a scale model of the new $350-million, 500-bed Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria after a groundbreaking to mark the start of construction of the new hospital.

Premier Gordon Campbell and MLAs Ida Chong and Murray Coell examine a scale model of the new $350-million, 500-bed Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria after a groundbreaking to mark the start of construction of the new hospital.

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July 2008 Photos
2008-07-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell and MLAs Ida Chong and Murray Coell examine a scale model of the new $350-million, 500-bed Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria after a groundbreaking to mark the start of construction of the new hospital.
2008-07-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell is joined by MLAs Murray Coell and Ida Chong, and representatives of the Vancouver Island Health Authority and Capital Regional Hospital District in breaking ground on the new $350-million, 500-bed Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, expected to open in 2011.
2008-07-24 - Premier Gordon Campbell lit the torch to kick off the 2008 BC Summer Games, welcoming over 3,000 athletes, coaches and officials to the competition.
2008-07-21 - Premier Gordon Campbell gives a keynote address at the 18th annual summit of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, which brings together about 800 delegates from the US and Canada.
2008-07-10 - Premier Gordon Campbell tests out a wooden jungle gym in Whistler that demonstrates the versatility of wood as a building material. Wood products also help combat climate change by sequestering carbon, and by requiring less carbon to shape than concrete or steel.
2008-07-08 - Premier Gordon Campbell and members of the RCMP honour B.C. philanthropist, entrepreneur and medical professional Dr. Donald Rix who recently donated $1-million to the Justice Institute of B.C.
2008-07-08 - Premier Gordon Campbell, with the help of a firefighter, unveils the newly renamed Dr. Donald B. Rix Public Safety Simulation Building, JIBC's state-of-the-art training centre, which offers training for police, firefighters, paramedics, emergency management providers, emergency social services providers, and search and rescue organizations.
2008-07-07 - Premier Gordon Campbell plants a tree at an event to launch an industry awareness campaign promoting the role B.C.'s forests and wood products can play in fighting climate change.
2008-07-07 - Premier Gordon Campbell is joined by kids, athletes, officials and mascots to celebrate completion of the first indoor venue for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and announce a new program that will see Aboriginal artwork showcased in the 15 Olympic and Paralympic venues.
2008-07-07 - Premier Gordon Campbell and two minor hockey players celebrate the completion of the new UBC Thunderbird Arena - the first completed indoor venue for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games - and a new program to showcase Aboriginal art at the Olympic and Paralympic venues.
2008-07-03 - Premier Gordon Campbell announces that newborn babies in British Columbia will now be screened for more than three times as many disorders at birth that can be treated to avoid lifelong health issues.