Meet The 2015 Canada Winter Games Host Society

By 250 News

Prince George, B.C. -  Premier Gordon Campbell encouraged Prince George to 'Go Bold' as it prepares to host the country in four years time for the 2015 Canada Winter Games...

The premier was on-hand at a ceremony in the main concourse of the Civic Centre this afternoon, for the 'next step' in the city's preparation to host the Games.  Campbell was joined by local MLAs, Shirley Bond and Pat Bell, the original Bid Committee Co-Chairs, Mayor Dan Rogers and Les Waldie, and a small, but enthusiastic crowd for the official introduction the founding members of the 2015 Canada Winter Games Host Society.

When the city was announced as the winning bid back on September 17th, the Premier said at that time, 'History will be made in Prince George', now he's saying we need to dream big to make that the case...

Today, Campbell told those gathered, "Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it -- show Canada the magic of Prince George in 2015,"

"Now, here, in 2015 in Prince George, you have the opportunity to remind Canada of what an exciting place Prince George is - how the north is really an incredibly important part of our future," says Campbell.  "And the young people of the north, in fact, are going to be magnets with their ideas and their energy to bring other people here to the north, not just to Prince George, but to across our Northern region in British Columbia."

The founding members of the Host Society are:

• Chair - Anthony Everett, CEO of Northern Tourism B.C.
• Derek Bates, City Manager of Prince George
• Tracy Calogheros, Executive Director of The Exploration Place
• Jim Martin, CAO of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
• Blair Mayes, Chair of the Northern Forest Products Association Board
• Bryan Mix, Secretary Treasurer of School District 57
• Jane Newman, Associate Partner with Deloitte & Touche
• Geoff Paynton, Director of Community Services for the City of Williams Lake
• Brett Robinson, VP of Operations for Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership
• Josh Seymour, front line worker in the Ketso Yoh facility, member of Lheidli T'enneh Nation
• Finlay Sinclair, Director of Business Development of Northern Health

The 2015 Canada Winter Games will be the largest national multi-sporting event ever held in Northern B.C., with 3600 athletes, 4- to 6-000, volunteers, 13-hundred officials, media, medical professionals, and thousands of visitors expected to attend.  The anticipated economic impact of the Games to the region is pegged at between $70- to $90-million dollars.

Email | Print | Facebook | Twitter | Digg | Del.icio.us