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Football Coaches To Train In Toronto
Bermuda’s Brazilian Football School coaches will attend a Coerver Basic Diploma course in Toronto this weekend. Calvin Blankendal said “We see this as continuing our skills development and technical coaching training”. The names of those traveling are Jermaine Smith, Jenay Bailey Edness, Jaylen Symonds Bean and Cal Blankendal. “One... Read more of this article
Premier Attends RIMS Sessions on Risks
The Premier and Minister of Finance Paula Cox participated in a series of morning sessions conducted among Bermudian industry professionals at the Risk Insurance Management Society [RIMS] yesterday [May 4] in Vancouver, British Columbia. An early morning panel discussion titled, “The Maturing of the Chief Risk Officer Role,” included a number of... Read more of this article
RIMS Convention Underway: Premier Attending
The 47th Annual Risk and Insurance Management Society [RIMS] Convention & Exhibition began in earnest yesterday [May 3] in Vancouver, and Premier Paula Cox began the day conducting a series of meetings with industry partners. Premier Cox said, “In talking with the industry leaders, they spoke about the importance of innovation and quality. Our... Read more of this article
Premier Attends RIMS Conference in Vancouver
The Premier and Minister of Finance Paula Cox is currently attending the 47th Annual Risk and Insurance Management Society [RIMS] Conference & Exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia. Several thousand delegates are expected at this year’s event, scheduled for May 1 to May 5. The traditional Bermuda representation will be in attendance: Ministry... Read more of this article
Bermuda Rugby U16 Tour of Ontario
[Written by Ian Henderson] The Bermuda Rugby Football Union (BRFU) has selected a representative team for a National Under 14 Tour of Ontario against a number of the top Ontario rugby schools, including Trinity College School, in the middle of April. This comes at the end of another successful season of rugby for this age-group, which was only started... Read more of this article
Green Tourism Conference Adds To Roster
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation announced today [Feb. 24] the addition of Canadian travel expert Jacqueline Kuehnel to its roster of speakers at the 12th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-12), taking place in Bermuda from April 3-6. Ms Kuehnel, known for her work in responsible travel and tourism, will address... Read more of this article
Cable & Wireless Sells Bermuda Operation
Nova Scotia’s Bragg Group, parent of Canadian cable company EastLink, announced today [Feb.23] its expansion into the global telecommunications market with the purchase of Cable and Wireless (Bermuda) Holdings Ltd. for $70 million. CWBH, a 121-year old Bermuda telecommunications operation with both residential and business customers, was owned... Read more of this article
Auditions for Chewstick Tour to Toronto
On Sunday, February 27th, The Chewstick Foundation will be hosting auditions to find Bermuda’s most promising musicians, poets, singers and performers to join them on The Chewstick Foundation’s CHEWronto tour, the second annual international performance tour. The tour is set to take place in Toronto, Canada on April 20th to the 24th and will feature... Read more of this article
Canadian Swimmers to Visit Bermuda
Over the past two years Bermuda has experienced a Canadian invasion of visiting Mount Allison University Soccer “Mounties” from Sackville, New Brunswick — thanks to the efforts of several Bermudians. This year for spring break the Canadian university from Atlantic Canada will be sending its men’s and women’s swim teams to enjoy... Read more of this article
Everest Announces Canadian Expansion
Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. announced on Friday [Feb. 11] that its subsidiary, Everest Reinsurance Company has acquired Premiere Underwriting Services, a managing general agent headquartered in Toronto, Canada, specialising in entertainment, sports and leisure related risks. Premiere will operate as an affiliate of Everest Insurance Company... Read more of this article
‘Like Newfoundland With Palm Trees’
A Bermuda Police Inspector says she has found more similarities than differences between the island and her native Canadian province — saying her adopted home is “Newfoundland with palm trees.” Insp. Tracey Burgess, who hails from Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, has lived in Bermuda for 17 years and joined the Police Service after... Read more of this article
Bermuda Adventurer On Top of the World
Bermudian photographer and adventurer John Harries is on top of the world — almost literally — as he continues to explore Arctic waters aboard his aluminum cutter “Morgan’s Cloud”, named after the daytime cloud which forms over Bermuda. Mr. Harries, 60, who ran computer businesses in Hamilton before embarking on... Read more of this article
