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Otago Daily Times
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- Otago Daily Times
Big Careers Expo fan
Photo: Peter McIntosh Bayfield High School student George Abbott, 16, holds a 3-D printed Trent 900 axial flow, high bypass turbofan with three coaxial shafts of the Rolls-Royce Trent family at the New Zealand Careers Expo at the Edgar Centre yesterday. Admission to the expo was free and open to everyone and was for young people to make their first steps in the world of work. Hundreds of students attended the event.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former BC Liberal MLA Abbott named to province's First Nations treaty commission
VICTORIA — A former longtime British Columbia legislator has been appointed to the province's independent facilitating body for treaty negotiations on First Nations rights and title. George Abbott, who represented the Shuswap riding for 17 years, has been named as a new commissioner at the BC Treaty Commission. Abbott was first elected in 1996 and held several cabinet positions under former BC Liberal premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark, including as minister of Aboriginal relations and reconciliation from 2009 to 2010. Current B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Christine Boyle says in a statement that the appointment reflects Abbott's track record as a "seasoned diplomat who has significant experience of working with First Nations" as well as other local stakeholders. Abbott, who will serve a two-year term, is replacing commissioner Angela Wesley, who is serving her third term on the commission after initially being appointed in December 2018. The former provincial legislator also served as chair for the non-profit Institute for Health System Transformation and Sustainability until December and sits as board chair at regulatory body Technical Safety BC. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 19, 2025. The Canadian Press
