British Columbia

•Associations/Societies Sarah Marsh has been appointed to the board of the Pacific Parklands Foundation. Marsh is a senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s Vancouver assurance practice. She worked in the U.K.

Value of B.C. exports dropped by a quarter in 2009 “There was a 24.3% decline in the value of British Columbia-origin exports in 2009 compared with 2008. With the exception of Mainland China (28.7%), exports to every other major destination fell.

•Blu-Ray on the desktop. A year ago, Blu-Ray won the battle for next-generation high- capacity, high-definition video storage device, beating out the competing HD DVD format.

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