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2010 News Updates & Information

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Kevin Falcon
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Health minister: Innovation crucial before health eats half province’s budget  
Innovation and productivity will be the province’s focus going forward in health care as British Columbia faces an “unsustainable situation,” according to health minster Kevin Falcon in his speech to The Vancouver Board of Trade. Read more...

Business After Business
The Spirit of Vancouver House presented its latest Business After Business trade show at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. Read more...

Buy America clause lifted on projects 
Today, Friday, Feb. 5, the Canadian and US governments have announced an agreement on Canadian access to U.S. projects previously restricted under the Buy America clause, an issue The Vancouver Board of Trade has been working on.  See media release (PDF)

WLC: What makes successful women leaders?
Why aren’t there more women leaders and what do the ones who have made it have in common? Read more...

Mary McNeil
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We’re not building white elephants,’ Olympics minister says of Games’ legacy 
“You gotta be here!” Mary McNeil, Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow BC, Province of British Columbia, told the audience just two weeks before the 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremony at the Spirit of Vancouver House at The Bay. Read more...

Security screening in effect at YVR’s South Airport and float plane facilities 
As of last Friday, January 29, 2010, passengers flying out of YVR's South Airport, corporate aviation operators and float plane facilities are subject to screening by Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) for at least the duration of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Plan ahead and confirm times and procedures with your carrier. For the latest information, visit www.yvr.ca or follow Twitter @yvrairport.

Stephen Jagger and Shane GibsonGet ‘sociable’ online to grow your brand
The ‘polished’ marketing of old is going by the wayside, and according to social media enthusiasts Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger, getting ‘sociable’ online is crucial to long-term organizational success. Read more...

Chief Shaw A-in-chut Atleo
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National Chief Atleo receives standing ovations
National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, Assembly of First Nations, received standing ovations from a crowd of 350 both at the beginning and end of his speech on “the renaissance of reconnection.” Read more...

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

 

See Vancouver Board of Trade's National Debt Clock relaunched Feb 3, 2009

 
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February 10, 2010
Members' Reception at Tapestry at The O'Keefe - Arbutus Walk
February 12, 2010
RALLY IN RED for the Torch Relay after breakfast!
Bruce MacMillan,President and CEO, Meeting Professionals International; Former Executive Director, Vancouver Whistler 2010 Bid Society
SPIRIT OF VANCOUVER HOUSE
February 19, 2010
SPIRIT OF VANCOUVER HOUSE
February 26, 2010
SPIRIT OF VANCOUVER HOUSE

Future Events
March 3, 2010
Members' Reception at Endorphin Junkies
March 9, 2010
Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer, Air Canada
AIR CANADA AND VANCOUVER: Partners in economic renewal
March 9, 2010
CYP Development Night: Media Relations Night with CBC
March 10, 2010
Members' Orientation
March 17, 2010
Networking Roundtable
March 18, 2010
Gayle Hallgren-Rezac, Chief Engagement Officer and Judy Thomson, Chief Operating Officer, Shepa Learning Company, and co-authors, Work the Pond!
ALL ACCESS Networking Event
March 23, 2010
ICABC CA Speaker Series
April 7, 2010
JUST ANNOUNCED!
The Vancouver Board of Trade Governors’ Banquet and Rix Center Awards 2010
“A Salute to Community Health and Well-Being”
April 12, 2010
Members' Orientation
April 15, 2010
Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Bankers Association


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Sustainable Transportation Tips HOTSHEET

Letter to Minister Colin Hansern RE: 2010-2011 Pre-Budget Submission

Letter to Mayor Robertson and Council RE: Canada Line Stations and the Cambie Corridor Planning Program 

Sustainability Policy (As approved by the Board of Directors on February 11, 2009)

Letter to Minister of Finance James Flaherty RE: 2010/2011 Pre-Budget Submission

Letter to Colin Hansen, Minister of Finance, Re: HST

   
 

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CHAIR'S 2010 UPDATE: BACKSTAGE PASS #12

Sue Paish
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Know before you go! Going to an Olympic event? There's more to it than you think! For the latest tips on being prepared—from security checks to the size of your bag alowing you to use express lanes—check out chair Sue Paish's latest Chair's 2010 Update: Backstage Pass #12

Prepare now! See: Game Plan 2010 Nov/Dec; register at the 2010 Commerce Centre; latest intelligence at VANOC; more 2010 News Updates and Online Resources

Chair's Message: Time to put ‘Game Plan 2010’ into action

MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

Darcy Rezac
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Be engaged! Register your business with the 2010 Commerce Centre
We’re just TWO weeks away! The Vancouver Board of Trade encourages members to post your company profile and register for free with the 2010 Commerce Centre. See Message from the Managing Director

Darcy Rezac's POSITIVE NETWORKING TIP OF THE WEEK
 

Today's business headlines from THE VANCOUVER SUN

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Bank rethinks charging businesses for online payment
Scotiabank is rethinking a fee it planned to charge businesses that wanted to let customers, who were Scotiabank clients, pay their bills...  Read More
 
Street vendor puts on the dog for popular Japanese figure skater
Every day, Misa Tamura hand-punches gold and red-coloured maple leaves out of yuba -- membrane-like dried tofu skin -- to sprinkle on...  Read More
 
Australia's PM losing ground over climate change as election nears
It's election year in Australia and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is facing grief over his central policy of a cap-and-trade program to try to...  Read More
 
Finance oficials fired as unrest over economic crisis grows
If Kim Jong-il put half the energy, imagination and skill into running his country as he does into his criminal enterprises, North Korea...  Read More
 
Air New Zealand swaps 'cougars' for 'Cuddle Class'
3 After last week's news that Air New Zealand is pulling TV ads aimed at "cougars" -- older women who prey on younger men --the carrier is...  Read More
 


 


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Conjure Solutions Inc.

We are a new Vancouver web development company offering a full range of Internet and Dynamics Ax services.

Having created several successful brands and client solutions we have learned the business of IT. We will help you increase your passive income, give you more available time and help you grow your business faster by leveraging IT.

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