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GROUNDBREAKING UNIVERSITY EXPANSION


November 28, 2008
Premier Gordon Campbell joins dignitaries in Kamloops to break ground on the new Thompson Rivers University library and House of Learning.

Premier Gordon Campbell joins dignitaries in Kamloops to break ground on the new Thompson Rivers University library and House of Learning.

News release from this event
November 2008 Photos
2008-11-28 - Premier Gordon Campbell joins dignitaries in Kamloops to break ground on the new Thompson Rivers University library and House of Learning.
2008-11-25 - Premier Gordon Campbell hosted His Highness the Aga Khan for a meeting and luncheon with community, education and business leaders during the Aga Khan's visit to British Columbia as part of his Golden Jubilee celebration. The Aga Khan is the Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.
2008-11-21 - Premier Gordon Campbell was joined by representatives of VANOC and the Government of Canada today to unveil the route for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, which will begin and end here in British Columbia.
2008-11-20 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined Chief Robert Hope to sign a milestone agreement marking the end of treaty negotiations between the Province and Yale First Nation. This agreement brings B.C. a step closer to having final agreements under the B.C. treaty process with seven First Nations
2008-11-19 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined revellers at Fort Langley to celebrate B.C.'s birthday. 150 years ago, on Nov. 19, 1858 in Fort Langley, Sir James Douglas read out the proclamation creating the Crown Colony of British Columbia.
2008-11-18 - Premier Gordon Campbell and 'Man in Motion' Rick Hansen celebrate the opening of the $45-million Blusson Pavilion in Vancouver - the world's newest and most advanced facility for spinal cord injury research and patient care.
2008-11-14 - Premier Campbell joins local kids and Vancouver Canucks left-winger Alex Burrows to launch the Spirit of 2010 Hockey Tournament. The province-wide events are taking place during spring break 2009.
2008-11-14 - Premier Campbell holds one of the insulin pumps now available to B.C. children with diabetes. The pumps are being funded by the Province, improving the lives of kids living with type 1 diabetes.
2008-11-14 - Premier Campbell and Health Minister George Abbott joined kids for the 'blue-la' hoop challenge as part of World Diabetes Day. The Premier announced funding for insulin pumps for kids with diabetes in B.C. at the event.
2008-11-13 - Premier Gordon Campbell and Hawiih Siyacim, Chief Alexander Frank Jr. shake hands after the signing of an unprecedented incremental treaty agreement between the Province and the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations.
2008-11-12 - Premier Gordon Campbell was among the first people to ride the new Canada Line rapid transit line which will connect downtown Vancouver to Richmond and the Vancouver Airport. The line will start operation in 2009 and carry about 100,000 passengers every day by 2010.
2008-11-12 - Premier Gordon Campell and Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon take the first ever trip on the Canada Line, from Bridgeport Station to the Vancouver International Airport.
2008-11-10 - Premier Gordon Campbell addresses media while attending a meeting of Canada's premiers and the Prime Minister in Ottawa to discuss the challenges facing the nation as a result of global economic turmoil.
2008-11-07 - VANCOUVER – Emily Carr University of Art and Design celebrated the installation of their first chancellor – John ‘Jake’ Kerr.
2008-11-06 - Premier Gordon Campbell and Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Bill Bennett plant some of the final vegetation on the Vancouver Convention Centre's 'green' living roof - the largest of its kind in Canada.
2008-11-06 - Premier Gordon Campbell marked a milestone in the building of the new Vancouver Convention Centre as the last plants were planted on the facility's 'green' living roof. The new centre will be one of the greenest in North America, and prominently features B.C. wood in the interior construction.