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MARCH 29, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 38
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Official Tournament Mark This manual provides you with tools and guidelines to ensure the tournament logo type (tournament mark) for the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship appears in a consistent manner that is appropriate to IIHF standards in all communications. These standards should be followed as closely as possible, however it is understood that requirements for unspecified applications may arise.
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The official tournament mark will appear prominently on all official communications and marketing materials pertaining to the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship.
As in years past, region again focus of film shoots The tournament mark has bilingual (English/French, horizontal only), English (horizontal and vertical), and French (horizontal and vertical) versions. The bilingual version of the official tournament mark should be used in cases where both English and French are being used in the communication.
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Powrie got bang for his campaign buck
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2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Logo Guide
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THE WORLD FACES OFF IN KAMLOOPS
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Meghan Agosta of Team Canada beats Swedish goaltender Sara Grahn in the final tune-up exhibition game Saturday at Sandman Centre before the Women’s World Hockey Championship began yesterday in Kamloops. Canada scored often in a 9-0 victory. The eight-team tournament proper began yesterday with four games on McArthur Island and at Sandman Centre. Details and results from last night’s feature contest between Canada and the U.S. can be found online at kamloopsthisweek.com. The tournament continues today with four more games, including Canada vs. Russia at Sandman Centre at 7:30 p.m. For much more on the world championship, turn to Sports beginning on page A12 and pick up a copy of KTW’s special daily publication on the tournament, available at multiple locations downtown.
Minimum wage to get a boost
B.C.’s minimum wage will get an extra bump in September because of improved economic growth, according to Jobs Minister Shirley Bond. Bond said the new rate will be announced this spring and it will go beyond the current annual increase based on the federal Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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“The scheduled increase, based on this year’s B.C. CPI, does not reflect the economic circumstances of the province,” Bond said. The formula added 20 cents to the hourly minimum wage last September, bringing it to $10.45 an hour. The rate for restaurant and pub servers, discounted due to
tip income, went up from $9 to $9.20. The B.C. Federation of Labour, which led a “10 bucks sucks” campaign to promote an increase that took effect in 2010, is now calling for a $15 minimum wage. Using the CPI formula, it might take until 2034 for to reach $15, according to the federation.
Liberal Steve Powrie not only competed strongly in October’s federal election, he did it on a modest budget compared to winning incumbent Cathy McLeod and the second-place New Democrat. All candidates in the October election have now filed paperwork with Elections Canada. The most recent statement shows the Grit spent a quarter of McLeod’s and New Democrat Bill Sundhu’s individual totals. Powrie, an elementary school teacher and instructor at Thompson Rivers University, spent $38,000 on his campaign. While he placed third, Powrie (21,213 votes) came within 250 votes of the NDP’s Sundhu (21,466) and ran in second place for much of the evening before the final tally. It was the best total by a Liberal in Kamloops in two decades. STEVE POWRIE McLeod (24,595 votes) spent $171,000 in the run-up to the October election, one of the longest in Canadian history. Second in campaign expenditures was Sundhu, who spent $159,000. Green Matt Greenwood spent just $1,700. Under legislation brought in by the former Conservative government, campaign finance rules favour individual donors who give small amounts. Large donations from corporations and unions are not allowed. The bulk of campaign spending for all candidates was dedicated to advertising. Despite historically high totals by the frontrunners, candidates spent far below the $271,000 cap.
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