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 John Hart (premier) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Hart (March 31, 1879-April 7, 1957) was premier of British Columbia, Canada, from December 9, 1941 to December 29, 1947.
He became premier following after the 1941 election which failed to return the Liberals with a majority government.
The Liberals formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party in an attempt to block the rise of the socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hart_(premier)   (166 words)

  
 British Columbia's premier felled by casino-licensing scandal Right to intensify campaign against NDP regime
Dan Miller, a former millwright and trade union official, is to be sworn in today as Premier of British Columbia.
Glen Clark, the BC NDP leader and premier since early 1996, resigned last Saturday, less than 24 hours after the provincial attorney-general revealed that Clark is under criminal investigation over the granting of a provincial government casino-gambling license to a company that is co-owned by his neighbor and friend, Dimitrios Pilarinos
No premier should be driven from office by the existence of an investigation that remains incomplete and much of which has already been disproven.”
www.wsws.org /articles/1999/aug1999/bc-a25.shtml   (679 words)

  
 Province of British Columbia
In August 2001, Premier Gordon Campbell announced the formation of the Premier's Technology Council, which is comprised of 21 members from the private sector and academia.
Today, British Columbia is the most connected province in Canada, with more than 6 out of 10 of its citizens having access to the Internet.
The Premier's Technology Council believes that with strong cooperation between the provincial government and private enterprise, British Columbia will be one the world's top 10 technology centres.
www.gov.bc.ca /prem/popt/technology_council   (211 words)

  
 In the Northwest: B.C. premier's job not for the fainthearted
Premier Gordon Campbell was arrested for drunken and erratic driving when vacationing on Maui early in 2003.
Former Premier Dave Barrett, vocally protesting social spending cuts, was once dragged off the floor of the B.C. Legislature and dumped in the corridor.
During the drunken-driving imbroglio, the Sun spiked a news interview with the premier's Maui cellmate and killed a critical column written by a member of the newspaper's editorial board.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /connelly/213586_joel25.html   (951 words)

  
 1889 in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
August 1 - Alexander Davie, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office.
August 2 - John Robson becomes premier of British Columbia.
November - Neil McLeod becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Sir William Wilfred Sullivan.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1889_in_Canada   (177 words)

  
 With television cameras rolling Police raid home of British Columbia premier
Gibbons insisted the premier's only connections to Pilarinos are that they are neighbors whose children sometimes play together and that Pilarinos, who is a building contractor, did some renovations to the Clark family home.
First as a senior minister and then as premier, he has been a key figure in a right-wing social democratic government that has slashed social and public services, closed hospitals, and threatened to deprive welfare benefits to jobless persons who have come to BC from elsewhere in Canada.
This is the Premier of the province, and they've connected him with strip club operators and gamblers.
www.wsws.org /articles/1999/mar1999/can-m06.shtml   (899 words)

  
 British Columbia: Premier's Message   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To provide added economic stability, we are restoring sound fiscal management in British Columbia with the introduction of balanced budget legislation and measures to bring real openness and accountability to our budget process.
While British Columbia’s knowledge-based industries continue to bring added diversity to our economy, we are also acting to reinvigorate the province’s valuable resource sectors.
We are embarking on a whole new era in British Columbia and I invite you to come and share in our success.
www.investinbc.gov.bc.ca   (324 words)

  
 Letter to BC premier
British Columbia makes up less than 10 per cent of Canada's land mass but is
In recognition of the ecological importance of the rainforest of British
Columbia, and the fact that current management is ignoring and sacrificing a
archive.greenpeace.org /forests/canada/email.html   (310 words)

  
 British Columbia Singles & British Columbia Personals - Personal Ads, Matchmaking, Dating, Chat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The place to be if you're single in British Columbia!
We are British Columbia's premier place to make friends, find a new love, or just have fun!
Mingles.com is a premium quality dating site for British Columbia singles...
www.mingles.com /canada/britishcolumbia_personals.html   (97 words)

  
 Yahoo - British Columbia premier under criminal investigation
The British Columbia Supreme Court refused Clark's request to quash information contained in a search warrant used by police for the raid in March, which was carried out as part of an investigation of casino licensing and alleged influence peddling.
The premier's lawyer, David Gibbons, dismissed the information in the warrant application as "scurrilous gossip, echoing comments Clark's supporters have made since the raid occurred.
Clark, a former labor organizer who has been premier since 1996, was not available for comment on Friday, and his aides would not say where he was.
www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/greece/362/starnet/SNMM-Clark.html   (758 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This was also one of the terms on which British Columbia joined Canada in 1871.
It is your responsibility, as Premier of British Columbia, to protect the territory of your Province.
I believe that you will find them supporting British Columbia in the Reference, because their interests are entwined with yours.
www.humanrightsinstitute.com /Premier_Ujjal_Dosanjh.asp   (284 words)

  
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Premier of British Columbia and the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
The Premier of British Columbia is prepared to enter into this Agreement on behalf of British Columbia; the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs has been authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of British Columbia by order in Council No. 623 approved and ordered April 23, 1992;
4.4 All nominees shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of British Columbia, the Governor in Council of Canada and the Summit.
www.solon.org /Aboriginal/Canada/bctca.html   (1560 words)

  
 Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia Trade Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The provincial capital of British Columbia, Victoria is at the southern end of Vancouver Island, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Washington State.
The Canadian system is much like the British system, where the members of the ruling party, including the Premier, sit on one side of the chamber, and the opposition parties sit on the other.
The Sergeant at Arms of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly holds the mace, symbol of power in the chamber.
gov.idaho.gov /Canada/Victoria.htm   (657 words)

  
 Arrival of Acclaimed International Fashion Photographer Kicks off Open Model Call for British Columbia Fashion Week ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An accomplished internationally known fashion and media photographer and director, Milicevic declared that he is eager to continue the work that he started with the photos he created launching the website of British Columbia Fashion Week (www.bcfashionweek.com).
Their selection as the first “faces” of British Columbia Fashion Week was deliberate in that their celebrity gave us the opportunity to springboard Canada and British Columbia into the global fashion arena.
“British Columbia Fashion Week is working with a committed group of sponsors who share our goals and whose image is very fashion oriented,” says Debra Walker, Executive Director BCFW.
www.prweb.com /releases/2005/1/prwebxml199408.php   (855 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Ujjal Dosanjh Likely To Fight To Be British Columbia Premier
As Glen Clark, the feisty premiere of British Columbia finally decided that the financial scandals involving his alleged connections to casinos, had plunged his popularity too low and stepped down on Saturday, many political observers were surprised that he was not succeeded by Attorney-General Ujjal Dosanjh.
Dosanjh, who is in his mid 50s, was sworn in about three years ago for his second term as attorney-general of British Columbia and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration.
Prior to completing university, Dosanjh was an assistant editor of a Punjabi newspaper in England and after coming to British Columbia worked in a mill and taught English as a Second Language to new Canadians at the Vancouver Community College.
inhome.rediff.com /news/1999/aug/23us.htm   (738 words)

  
 Women's History Month 2000  |  Status of Women Canada
Mary Ellen Smith of British Columbia is the first woman in the British Empire appointed Cabinet minister (BC's Legislative Assembly).
Nancy Hodges, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, becomes the first woman to be named Speaker of a provincial legislature in the British Empire.
Heather Erxelben of British Columbia is the first woman to become an infantry soldier (combat soldier) in the Canadian Armed Forces.
www.swc-cfc.gc.ca /dates/whm/2000/dates_e.html   (3081 words)

  
 80soft.com: Where gaming gets political!
British Columbia heads to the polls in an election called 3 years in advance.
Premier Forever is the most in-depth, intense Legislature-type election game ever made.
Premier Forever - British Columbia will also run on Virtual PC for Macs.
www.80soft.com /prforever/info/bc   (269 words)

  
 Where do you want to go birding in British Columbia today?
The Columbia Valley Wetlands - By Ellen Zimmerman.
Their long, north-south ridges are ideally situated to funnel alpine-migrating birds from Alaska, Yukon and northern British Columbia to the Pacific Northwest.
The temperate maritime climate and rich food resources of the North Puget Sound region of Washington and British Columbia make it an especially attractive winter home for the myriad birds of prey, diving birds, and waterfowl that return here each year.
www.camacdonald.com /birding/cabritishcolumbia.htm   (2692 words)

  
 British Columbia Premier Apologizes For Drunk Driving Charge in Hawaii
VICTORIA (CP) - B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell apologized Friday to his family, friends and "the people of British Columbia" after he was charged with drunk driving in Hawaii.
British Columbia MLA Tony Bhullar has been suspended from the Liberal caucus for more than a year awaiting the outcome of criminal charges following a disturbance at his mother's home.
NDP premier Glen Clark was forced to resign in 1999 after it was revealed he was under investigation over a provisional casino licence issued to a neighbour and friend.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/820662/posts   (1283 words)

  
 Roma. A representative of the Roma reports that Hungarians are disguising themselves as gypsies, or Roma, in order to ...
Defense lawyers argued against allowing TV cameras in the court room, arguing that the families of the seamen may be put in danger by Chinese snakeheads.
Ujjal Dosanjh, born in the Punjab, became Canada's first minority provincial premier in July 2000 when he was elected premier in British Columbia as leader of the New Democrats.
British Columbia has about 350,000 ethnic Chinese and 250,000 ethnic Indians.
www.migrationint.com.au /news/madrid/aug_2000-07mn.html   (822 words)

  
 mayor of houston british columbia and other british columbia related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
From 1897 to 1905 he was the mayor of Nelson, British Columbia, and in 1900 and 1903 he was also...
British Columbia British Virgin Islands Broadband Broadcasting Budapest...
Just ask the mayor of Houston, a town of 4,300 people in northern British Columbia, where people ski, hunt, and operate chain saws.
www.nethorde.com /british_columbia/mayor-of-houston-british-columbia.html   (324 words)

  
 Beth bilson resignation
British Columbia premier announces his resignation ebcause of Geoffrey Bilson Award : Joan Clark, The Dream Carvers; Pat Lowther Award : Beth Goobie, Scars of
November 15 - British Columbia premier announces his resignation ebcause of the Geoffrey Bilson Award: Joan Pat Lowther Award: Beth Goobie, Scars of Light.
British Columbia premier announces his resignation because of Geoffrey Bilson Award: Joan Clark, The Dream Bonnie Burnard; Pat Lowther Award: Beth Goobie, Scars
finditeasily.com /q/beth-bilson-resignation.html   (600 words)

  
 British Columbia Top 100 Resources with Cities on the Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Travel British Columbia Accommodations Canada British Columbia Welcome to Travel British Columbia Touring, is the ideal way to travel British Columbia's natural beauty.Visit the majestic...
British Columbia teachers will find out Thursday what price they will pay for staging an illegal strike that has shut the province's schools for almost a week.
British Columbia's public school teachers will find out today if their illegal strike - heading into its fourth day -- will cost their union.
www.columbia-top100.com /british-columbia.html   (498 words)

  
 40-oz Warriors - DNN - Premier Of British Columbia Caught For DUI In Hawaii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Premier of British Columbia caught for DUI in Hawaii
VICTORIA -- Premier Gordon Campbell apologized to his family and to British Columbians Friday after he was arrested for drunk driving on the Hawaiian island of Maui and spent about eight hours in a jail cell.
In a brief statement late Friday, Campbell admitted his indiscretion and said he will not contest the charge, which is not likely to involve jail time but could result in him being fined and ordered to attend an alcohol abuse rehabilitation program.
www.40oz-warriors.com /news?news_id=658   (370 words)

  
 Province of British Columbia: Office of the Premier
B.C. VICTORIA - British Columbia will immediately contribute $500,000 toward relief efforts in South Asia in response to this weekend’s devastating earthquake, Premier Gordon Campbell said.
VICTORIA - Premier Gordon Campbell held his first meeting with the 18 members appointed to the new Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors' Issues, which will recommend how B.C. can best meet the needs of its growing seniors' population.
VANCOUVER – In his address to the 100th annual Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention, Premier Gordon Campbell today announced a number of initiatives to fight crystal meth, expand citizen-centered services, and support local governments and the UBCM.
www.gov.bc.ca /bvprd/bc/home.do?action=premier&navId=NAV_ID_province   (221 words)

  
 Premier of British Columbia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Premier of British Columbia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
They are the province's (Click link for more info and facts about head of government) head of government and de facto chief executive.
The current Premier of British Columbia is (Click link for more info and facts about Gordon Campbell) Gordon Campbell.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pr/Premier_of_British_Columbia.htm   (98 words)

  
 NYSE > Events >Premier of British Columbia Visits the NYSE
The Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia visits the NYSE and rings The Closing Bell
Gordon Campbell is British Columbia’s 34th premier, sworn into office on June 5, 2001 with the largest majority in B.C. history.  In February, his government introduced its second consecutive balanced budget that included a near-record surplus, additional tax relief for individuals and business, and the largest debt pay-down in B.C. history.
In 2004, Premier Campbell was recognized as Man of the Year by the B.C. and Yukon Hotels Association for his commitment to fiscal responsibility and revitalizing the B.C. economy.
www.nyse.com /events/1110282627144.html   (106 words)

  
 Canada - British Columbia - premier - Worldpress.org
Although Ujjal Dosanjh, who was elected premier of British Columbia in March, is the only person of color to hold higher office in Canada, he does not consider his Sikh heritage to be a defining factor in his political career.
Finally, he has promised to cool down the province’s heated politics and introduce “a friendly government”—a kinder, gentler Vancouver courtesy of a tough leader, described by his son as a person without “one iota of cowardice.”
British Government Asked to Reconsider Its Position on Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers
www.worldpress.org /Americas/1371.cfm   (337 words)

  
 Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I understand that although grizzly bears in British Columbia are listed as a 'species ot special concern' under Canada's endangered specias legislation, the Species at Risk Act, the provincial government continues to allow trophy hunting of this "at risk" species.
Please listen to the majority of British Columbians and Canadians who are opposed to the sport killing of grizzlies and re-institute the moratorium on the grizzly bear hunt in British Columbia immediately.
Please continue with the sport hunting of grizzly bears in British Columbia.
www.wildernesscommittee.org /campaigns/species/forest/grizzly_bear/form/campbell   (241 words)

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