SCOTT SUTHERLAND
Canadian Press
August 31, 2007 at 6:33 PM EDT
VICTORIA – A trio of University of Victoria students has pulled off a minor public relations coup, convincing climate change crusader Al Gore to speak over the Empress Hotel’s famous high tea in late September.
It’s going to be a “green tea” of sorts, chuckled Justin Yorke, 20, who still can’t believe their good fortune in securing the former U.S. vice-president for the Sept. 29 event at Victoria’s conference centre.
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How Al Gore warmed to three B.C. students
Andrew Duffy, CanWest News Service; Victoria Times Colonist
Published: Saturday, September 01, 2007
VICTORIA — A little business savvy and the moxie of three University of Victoria students are being credited with landing an appearance by former U.S. vice president Al Gore at the end of September.
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