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Photograph of Pierre Pettigrew speaking to the press at an event organized by the Vancouver Board of Trade, held at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, B.C.

The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew is a politician, businessman, and author. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Papineau in 1996 and remained in office until 2006. He served in various positions, including as Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Human Resources Development, Minister for International Trade, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy Advisor to Pierre Trudeau.

Opened in 1987, the Vancouver Convention Centre is located on Vancouver's waterfront. It is known as British Columbia's flagship convention centre that hosts more than 500 events with hundreds of thousands attendees each year.
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Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals protesting outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.
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Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals protesting outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.
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Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals protesting outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.
Description
Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals protesting outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.
Description
Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals protesting outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.
Description
Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals protesting outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.
Description
Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals protesting outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.
Description
Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals protesting outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.
Description
Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals outside the Vancouver Sun office, located at Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Individuals had gathered outside The Vancouver Sun office to protest against Kim Bolan.

Kim Bolan, a Canadian journalist, started working for The Vancouver Sun in 1984, since her journalism career began. Bolan has reported on minority, women's, education, social service issues, Sikh extremism, and the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. The work at The Vancouver Sun has taken her to wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Bolan has been a contributor to CBC radio and an occasional writer for various magazines and periodicals. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing at University of Victoria and completed her Master's Degree in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London, Toronto. Bolan is a recipient of numerous awards including the Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation in 1999.

The Sun, Vancouver's largest daily newspaper, first appeared as The Vancouver Sun on February 12, 1912. With its 1917 purchase of the Daily News-Advertiser (est 1886), it claimed to be the city's oldest newspaper; with its 1924 acquisition of The Evening World (est 1888), it became undisputedly the city's second most important newspaper. Not until its chief rival, The Vancouver Daily Province, suffered a prolonged labour dispute (1946-49) did the Sun emerge as the leading journal of the province.