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July 2002

Steamworks Tour de Gastown
Bike racing returns to Gastown with the legendary Steamworks Tour de Gastown on July 17, 2002. Cheer on Canada's top men and women cyclists as they defend their home turf against North America's best. The superfast course is guaranteed to provide thrills, spills and plenty of heart-pounding racing action. Women's Race starts at 6:30 p.m., and Men's Race starts at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome and admission is free. View race route. (PDF/149kb)

Giuliani confirms July visit to Vancouver to speak at Red Cross event
Ian Pike, director of the Lower Mainland Region of the Red Cross, confirmed that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the keynote speaker for the second annual Red Cross Power of Humanity Awards dinner.

The awards event celebrates "ordinary people doing extraordinary things." The Power of Humanity Awards were established by Red Cross in 2001 to recognize individuals, groups and corporations in the Lower Mainland who demonstrate their humanity by responding to a local social need.

• July 16
• The Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina

Tickets for the Awards Dinner are $300. Ticket reservations can be made through: the Canadian Red Cross, Lower Mainland Region Office. For more information about tickets or award nominations, please call: 604-709-6621.

Pan Pacific Vancouver and Vancouver World Trade Centre Office Complex sold by Tokyu Canada Corporation
Ocean Pacific Hotels Ltd., an affiliate of Westmont Hospitality Group, has purchased the 504-room Pan Pacific Vancouver and adjoining 200,000-square-foot Vancouver World Trade Centre from Tokyu Canada Corporation. Read the release.

Congratulations to "The Centre"
The Vancouver Board of Trade congratulates the Law family on their newly opened Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts and the premiere of the musical, Of Heaven & Earth. Read the letter.

Steele Heart donates music CD proceeds to Vancouver Maritime Museum

Photo courtesy of  D. Laird Allan Photography.

A June 6 CD launch for the RCMP country band, Steele Heart, at the Vancouver Maritime Museum brought out Peter Legge, chair, Spirit of Vancouver campaign.

Members of Steele Heart include Cst. Pete Backus (drums), Sgt. Neil Duncan (bass), S/Sgt. GlenMcRae (keyboards), Sgt. Verle Shockey (guitar/vocals), Cpl. Neil McNairnay (guitar/vocals), Cst. Michelle Anderson (vocals).

Proceeds from the sale of Steele Heart’s new CD, Heart to Heart, will go to the Maritime Museum's St. Roch Preservation Fund.

Peter Legge and Bev Voice accept Volunteer Vancouver awards

Volunteer Vancouver’s Annual Volunteer Recognition Awards celebrate the spirit of volunteerism and showcase the voluntary efforts of countless individuals and groups. Recognizing specific individuals or organizations, these awards also focus public attention on the vast spectrum of voluntary service and community participation which sustains the vibrant and caring community in which we live.

Canada Wide Magazines & Communications received the Caring Companies Award, in the small companies category. Scotiabank also received the award but in the large companies category. Accepting were Peter Legge and Bev Voice for their respective companies. [more]

"We Can Compete!"
Jack Poole, Chairman and CEO of the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation, addresses the B.C. Association of Broadcasters in Penticton, B.C. Read the speech. (PDF/73kb)

Letter of thanks from Abreast In A Boat for SOV Award
May 6, 2002
On behalf of the close to 200 paddlers involved in Abreast In A Boat please accept my thanks for the great honour bestowed upon us at the recent luncheon. We are so pleased to be recognized in this way and will do our utmost to live up to the Community Organization Award.
Abreast In A Boat is dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer in our own community and around the world. We paddle in dragonboats to show that women who have been treated for breast cancer can lead full and active lives. Without the support of our community this goal would be unattainable. Your recognition of our work (and play) is indeed icing on the cake.
Many thanks, again.
Sincerely,
Carol Dale
President, Abreast In A Boat Society

Gateway to the Pacific
Vancouver has long been recognized as Canada's "Gateway to the Pacific." There are many links between Vancouver and Asia, ranging from the arrival of Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth century to help build the Canadian Pacific Railway; through to the emergence of the city as a major destination for tourists and English language students from Asia in the past decade. Vancouver can be seen not just as a North American gateway to the Pacific and Asia, but as part of the Asia Pacific community itself. However, emphasizing Vancouver's Asian credentials is not to deny the city's Canadian and North American reality. View an analysis of Vancouver's unique position within North America.

Spirit soars at first annual Spirit of Vancouver Awards
The Vancouver Board of Trade’s year old Spirit of Vancouver campaign recognizes 20 companies, organizations and individuals with the first Spirit of Vancouver Awards Celebration held at the Commodore Ballroom, at lunch time on April 23.

For complete coverage of the first Spirit of Vancouver Awards, view the latest issue of Newspirit (PDF/387kb). Read the list of winners.
 

The woman who said no to Walter Cronkite
Carole Taylor has always been open to different possibilities. Read the article.

Letter from Commanding Officer HMCS Ottawa
The people of Ottawa can be justifiably proud of their ship. HMCS Ottawa left Victoria on the 17th of February to participate in the Campaign Against Terrorism, and we are currently nearing the end of our mission in the Gulf of Oman. Read the letter.

HMCS Vancouver returns from Arabian Sea
HMCS Vancouver, part of Operation APOLLO, returned to Esquimalt, B.C. on May 28 from Southwest Asia after 221 days. The frigate was part of the U.S. Navy's John C. Stennis Carrier Battle Group, patrolling the Arabian Sea. During HMCS Vancouver's deployment, the frigate contacted over 600 merchant ships and inspected 21 vessels. The 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron launched the frigate's CH-124 Sea King helicopter for over 150 sorties during the deployment.

The ship, led by Commander Jim Heath, was greeted by an emotional and enthusiastic crowd of families and friends. Chief of the Defense Staff, General Raymond Heneault, the chief of maritme command, Vice-Admiral Ron Buck and Honorary Captain of Canadian Fleet Pacific and managing director of The Vancouver Board of Trade, Darcy Rezac, were on hand to welcome the crew home.

HMCS Vancouver sails to war: Thousands line shore to bid sailors goodbye
By Jim Beatty, Vancouver Sun, Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Stoic sailors saluted while families clutched red roses and wept quietly Monday as HMCS Vancouver slowly left the dock for a six-month deployment in the Arabian Gulf. Read the article.

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