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August 2002
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Convention centre named world's best
August 20, 2002 — An international convention centre organization has named the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre "World's Best Congress Centre" for 2002. The centre is the first North American facility to recieve the three-year-old Association Internationale des Palais de Congres award.
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Sarah McLachlan
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Top Canadian artists to play landmark concert
Five of Canada’s leading music artists — Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, Barenaked Ladies, Chantal Kreviazuk and Sarah McLachlan — will perform in a landmark concert this fall presented by the BC Cancer Foundation in support of the new BC Cancer Research Centre.
"Cancer affects all of us so deeply, so personally," said Sarah McLachlan. "No one has been untouched by this horrible disease. It cuts through gender and age, striking us wherever we live. I hope the community will support us in making the dream of building a leading-edge cancer research facility in Vancouver a reality. By supporting cancer research, we can come one step closer to stopping this devastating disease." Full Story
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North Shore Wine Festival
The Rotary Clubs of North and West Vancouver host an evening of fun, food and fine wines at the North Shore Wine Festival on October 19. More than 40 wineries and wine merchants will be present, offering unlimited tastings to over 2,000 guests, with plenty of food and music to round out the entertainment. Proceeds from ticket sales go to Rotary-sponsored youth and seniors projects on the North Shore.
- Capilano Mall
- October 19, 7:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Ian Rose, West Vancouver Sunrise Rotary Club at 604-926-9181.
Groundbreaking art exhibition with a political edge
Vancouver First Nations Creations Art Co-operative presents "Random Indian Acts," an exhibition of contemporary works created by artists Sabina Hill, Corrine Hunt, Peter Morin and Kevin McKenzie. An opening night reception will be held at First Nations Creations to celebrate the gallery's first-year anniversary and is open to the public beginning at 7 p.m.
- First Nations Creations, 20 Water Street in Gastown
- September 6
For more information, contact the First Nations Creations Co-operative Gallery at 604-602-9464, email info@firstnationscreations.net or visit www.firstnationscreations.net.
Cirque Eos extravaganza under the Big Top
Through feats of skill and strength as well as their unique combination of entertainment and eye-catching colour, Cirque Eos, in the purest of Quebec’s new circus tradition, marries the extravagance of the circus with the sophistication of athletic performance. This two-hour show launches Cirque Eos’s first 11-city North American Tour, featuring jugglers, acrobats, balancing artists, high-flyers and more.
For more information, call 1-800-361-4595 or book tickets online at www.admission.com.
Historical paintings exhibit meets Tall Ships Festival
A retrospective exhibit of marine artist John M. Horton’s historical paintings opened on July 31 at Steveston’s Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site. The retrospective, part of the “Salt and Sail” exhibit, coincides with the Richmond Tall Ships Festival in Steveston.
Horton is internationally renowned for his paintings portraying Canada’s marine history. His latest work “Days of Glory” will be available as a limited edition print in the Gulf of Georgia Cannery gift shop, with half the proceeds donated to the Tall Ships Festival. A special reproduction of the painting will also be permanently housed in the West Coast Communities Exhibit in the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
- July 31 to August 25
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site
For more information on the exhibit, e-mail Erin Folk at erinf@quaystrat.com or Patsy Worrall at patsyw@quaystrat.com. For information on the Richmond Tall Ships Festival, visit www.richmondtallships.ca.
Symphony, opera and Shakespeare presented by Bard on the Beach
Vancouver's 3Divas join Bard artistic director Christopher Gaze, conductor Clyde Mitchell and members of the Sinfonia orchestra for music, song and Shakespearean snippets. This event plays two nights only, August 19 and 26 at 8 p.m. in the Bard on the Beach mainstage tent in Vanier Park. For more information, call 604-739-0559 or find the schedule online at www.bardonthebeach.org.
Richard Olivier attends Bard on the Beach
On August 8, Richard Olivier, son of Lord Laurence Olivier, presents his internationally acclaimed Leadership Workshop, "Lessons from Henry V." In the evening, he will host a special gala fund-raising dinner followed by a performance of Henry V where he will share his insights into the play both pre-show and following the play. For tickets and information, call Bard on the Beach at 604-739-0559.
Culture crawling in New Westminster
The Cultural Crawl is a four-day celebration of arts and culture in B.C., hosted by participants of the Art Guide to British Columbia and held over the B.C. Day long weekend from August 2 to 5.
A full listing of Cultural Crawl participating communities are available on the Art Guide’s web site at www.art-bc.com. For more information, contact Trudy Van Dop, Van Dop & Associates, at 604-521-6288, or e-mail tvandop@telus.net.
Celebration at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden during Chinatown Festival
Check out the Chinatown Festival on August 3 and 4 and experience a variety of activities at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Explore Chinese textile exhibits, try your hand at Mah Jong, or listen to author Wayson Choy read from his novel The Jade Peony. For more information, contact the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden at 604-662-3207.
FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship
The FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship is being held in Vancouver from August 17 to 24. Coming off the just-completed and hugely popular men’s World Cup in Japan and Korea, the city of Vancouver, along with Edmonton and Victoria, will be hosting this inaugural event.
Vancouver will play host at Swangard Stadium to four of the 12 countries participating in the Championship – Brazil, France, Germany and Mexico – as well as hosting a warm-up game on July 31 between Team Canada and Chinese Taipei. The event promises to be a great international soccer competition as well as a cultural and musical celebration of each of the participating countries – you won’t want to miss the energy of the Brazilian samba drums.
This is a rare and prestigious event for Vancouver and its success will raise Vancouver’s profile in hosting future international soccer and sporting events.
We urge Vancouver Board of Trade members to support this event and the Tickets For Kids Program – for a relatively small amount, you can provide a great experience to some of the over 1,100 youth involved in MoreSports, a sports development initiative for inner-city kids. View ticket information. (PDF/115kb)
Vancouver to host first International Aboriginal, Indigenous, Tribal, Native, Indian Festival
The festival will be a celebration and sharing of the ancient wisdom, cultural, philosophic and spiritual traditions of Indigenous cultures from around the world.
Some of the highlights of the festival include a grand parade of all nations dressed in traditional regalia, tribute to Native veterans and elders, film festival, traditional healers and herbalists, arts, crafts, workshops and demonstrations.
Visit the festival web site at www.iafs.info, call 604-251-5805 or e-mail hulalono@hotmail.com for more information.
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Helijet lowers the Bid
clock. Photo by Dave Roels.
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Vancouver 2010 Bid begins countdown to IOC decision
“If you want to get the world’s attention, you have to go big…or you have to go home,” said Peter Legge, chairman of The Vancouver Board of Trade and Spirit of Vancouver, at a recent Board of Trade event celebrating Vancouver’s bid for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
The event, sponsored by British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, City of Vancouver, Helijet, Lafarge Canada Inc., Lanyon Phillips Communications Inc., The Province, The Vancouver Sun, TELUS and Vancouver International Airport Authority, took place on July 2, 2002, exactly one year before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selects the 2010 Olympic host city. Full Story
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Pacific Passage arrivals area at YVR
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YVR again rated one of the world’s top 10 airports
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has been rated one of the top 10 airports in the world for the fourth straight year by passengers surveyed for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual global survey. Overall, YVR ranked 2nd in North America and 10th in the world and is the only Canadian airport to make the global top ten list. YVR was also picked as the number one airport in North America among airports with 15 to 25 million passengers. Read the press release.
The HSBC Power Smart Celebration of Light
This year, HSBC Bank Canada and BC Hydro sponsor the annual fireworks competition at English Bay. The HSBC Power Smart Celebration of Light will now begin at 10 p.m., allowing families to be home earlier and the West End streets to be cleared sooner. The competitors and dates are:
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Italy - Wednesday, July 31
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Canada - Saturday, August 3
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Spain - Wednesday, August 7
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Finale - Saturday, August 10
For information on the fireworks competion, check the Celebration of Light web site at www.celebration-of-light.com; or find out more about BC Hydro's Power Smart program.
First annual HSBC Power Smart Celebration of Light Barbeque
This year, make a night of it. Watch the fireworks in style from the comfort of the Bathhouse private seating area, and enjoy a delicious buffet barbeque. View ticket information. (PDF/640kb)
All aboard for Richmond Tall Ships 2002 Festival
 As many as 20 of the world's most magnificent tall ships will gather along the Steveston waterfront for the Richmond Tall Ships 2002 festival which will run from August 8 to12. The festival will include a variety of outdoor entertainment, an artist's market, street performers, ship tours and much more. Richmond is the only Canadian port-of-call in the inaugural Pacific Tall Ships Challenge race, the first tall ship race down the West Coast of North America. The ships that will be at the festival include the U.S.; Ukraine; New Zealand; Canada; Netherlands; Japan; and the Grand Cayman Islands. For more information on the festival, visit www.richmondtallships.ca.
Fun is good year-round business
For some, the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) means annual summer fair, an end-of-summer ritual highlighted by mini-doughnuts, gadget hawkers and Superdogs. For others, PNE means the dizzying rides and sticky cotton candy of Playland. Old-timers may remember Jimmy Durante opening the fair or Roger Banister shocking the world with his sub four-minute mile. Many of today’s teens would associate the PNE with skateboarding or rock concerts. Although the definition of what the PNE represents is as varied as the three million guests who visit the site each year, there is no doubt the PNE is a fixture of Vancouver life, a place where Vancouverites have made memories for generations. Full Story
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PNE at the Vancouver Art Gallery
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A Fair way to spend the day
The Pacific National Exhibition wowed Vancouver's business crowd on July 24 when it took its show on the road, staging a mini-Fair on the Vancouver Art Gallery lawn. Showing its Vancouver spirit and signaling the coming of the 87th annual Fair (August 17 to September 2), the PNE hosted free Ferris Wheel rides and entertainment and sold cotton candy, popcorn and midway games for $1 — with net proceeds going to charity. Several thousand Vancouverites and tourists took in the unusual event, which stopped cars and tour buses along Georgia Street. The event received kudos from the Vancouver Art Gallery, participants and passers-by.
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History and wine make for great dinner partners
When the Swedish schooner Jönköping was sunk by a German submarine in 1916, its precious cargo of 3,000 bottles of Heidsieck & Co. Monopole 1907 "Goût Américain" sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea, where it remained in total darkness for 82 years. When the wreck was discovered in 1997, a diver rose to the surface with the first bottle in hand. Since that time, 2,000 bottles of the treasured vintage have been salvaged. Full Story
Annual run keeps hotelier’s promise for more than 20 years
On September 2, 1980, Isadore Sharpe, founder and president of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, sent a telegram to Terry Fox while he was in the hospital following his Marathon of Hope, with a commitment to organize a fund-raising run that would be held every year in Fox’s name. In that telegram, he wrote, "You started it. We will not rest until your dream to find a cure for cancer is realized."
More than 22 years later, it is a commitment that Sharpe and the employees of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts around the world are still dedicated to honouring. Full Story
Fund-raising for the Royal Hudson switches tracks
The scenic summer train excursion to Save the Royal Hudson has been cancelled due to prohibitive insurance premiums. Instead of taking the train to Squamish, visitors and residents are encouraged to make their own way to the West Coast Railway Heritage Park in Squamish and take in the Royal Hudson special exhibit. Read the story.
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Jean Chrétien and other speakers at the
Millennium Gate ceremony.
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Prime minister opens Chinatown Millennium Gate
Calling it "a cornerstone of the Canadian identity," Prime Minister Jean Chrétien officially opened the Chinatown Millennium Gate on Thursday morning with a crowd of about 600 people in attendance. Full Story
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