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Honourable Ida Chong
Minister of Community Services
and Minister Responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues

PREMIER'S AWARDS RECOGNIZE INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE

VANCOUVER - Jan. 15, 2008 - B.C.'s Minister Responsible for the Public Service Agency Ida Chong (left) and Jessica McDonald, Deputy Minister to the Premier, congratulate a Lower Mainland silver award recipient, Liz Bicknell, at the first regional Premier's Awards for Innovation and Excellence. Bicknell is a member of the Sea-to-Sky Working Group — an inter-agency team that won the silver award in the cross-government integration category for its work to ensure that operational decisions and activities along the Sea-to-Sky Corridor are balanced regarding land use, shared legacies and establishment of venues for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The working group is made up of representatives from the province's Integrated Land Management Bureau, the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, the Ministry of Forests and Range, the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, the Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts, the Ministry of Community Services, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Transportation. The annual awards represent the BC Public Service's pinnacle recognition event to highlight and acknowledge achievements in the categories of cross-government integration, innovation, leadership, legacy, organizational excellence, partnership and service excellence. A series of award presentations are scheduled between January and March to recognize regional and provincial winners. The dates and locations are: The Lower Mainland regional awards Jan. 15 in Vancouver, the Northern regional awards Jan. 31 in Prince George, the Interior regional awards Feb. 6 in Kamloops, the Vancouver Island regional awards Feb. 25 and the Provincial Awards to take place in Victoria on March 10. The BC Public Service is the province’s largest corporate employer and was recently selected as one of B.C.’s Top 40 Employers. Read the Jan. 16 news release and backgrounders. Visit the BC Public Service Agency website.