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Consulate Hosts Trilateral Green Energy Exchange Program
Tours of the University of British Columbia’s newest sustainable green buildings and a downtown utility plant which converts sewer waste into heat and hot water for an entire Vancouver neighborhood were among the highlights of the American Council for Young Political Leaders (ACYPL)’ Trilateral Green Energy Exchange
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Cascadia opens at Reach Gallery Museum
Close cross-border cultural ties between the United States and Canada is the focus of an upcoming exhibit, Cascadia, which is opening January 24, 2013 at The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford. The U.S. Consulate in Vancouver is proud to sponsor the exhibition
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First Nations Chef Learns "Culinary Empowerment"
Vancouver Chef Andrew George recently returned from a 3-week State Department-sponsored International Visitors Leadership Program, "Culinary Diplomacy: Promoting Cultural Understanding through Food," where he learned "culinary empowerment" in Washington, DC, New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco.
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Space Centre Dishes Up New Food
The 62,000 members of the public and 33,000 school children who visit Vancouver’s HR MacMillan Space Centre each year will now have the chance to see a new shipment of space food, which Consulate staff delivered November 21.
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Native American Heritage Month in Vancouver
Consulate General Vancouver marked Native American Heritage Month by sponsoring the visit of Hopi filmmaker Victor Masayesva to Vancouver, where he presented his rarely-shown film, Ritual Clowns
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Consulate Hosts Trilateral Green Energy Exchange Program
The Vancouver program included meetings with the City of Vancouver on the “Greenest City Action Plan,” the BC Government’s Climate Action Secretariat, the Vancouver Economic Commission and Sustainable Development Technology Canada on Green Economy, discussions on clean energy and sustainability at UBC and Simon Fraser University, and a tour of Vancouver’s Convention Centre
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Cascadia opens at Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford
Close cross-border cultural ties between the United States and Canada is the focus of an upcoming exhibit, Cascadia, which is opening January 24, 2013 at The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford. The U.S. Consulate in Vancouver is proud to sponsor the exhibition.
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New Port of Entry Opens at Boundary, Washington
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened a new land border port of entry at Boundary, Washington, that will enhance border security and better facilitate the flow of legal travel and international trade across the border.