Chapters Appoints Carole Taylor to its Board Of Directors.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1998--Chapters Inc.(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan .) Chapters Inc. today announced the appointment of Carole Taylor Carole Taylor, MLA, OC (born 1945) is a Canadian journalist and politician. She is currently British Columbia's Minister of Finance. She was chair of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from July 16, 2001, until March 14, 2005, when she resigned in order to seek the to the company's Board of Directors. "Ms. Taylor brings to Chapters a wealth of valuable experience in public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. , arts and culture, and the media. We are very pleased to welcome her to our Board," stated Larry Stevenson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chapters Inc. Ms. Taylor is a long time resident of Vancouver and currently serves as Chair of Canada Ports Corporation and Vancouver Ports Corporation and is a Director on the Vancouver Board of Trade The Vancouver Board of Trade was established in 1887. It is a not-for-profit with the goal of developing Vancouver as a Pacific centre for trade, commerce and travel. It also provides input to both federal and provincial budgets. . In addition, she is a Director on the Council for the Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University, main campus at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1963, opened 1965. The Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver opened in 1989. at Harbour Centre, and an Honorary Campaign Cabinet Member for The Victoria Campaign for the Dedicated Mind, Victoria University, Toronto. From 1986 to 1990, Ms. Taylor served as an independent alderman for the City of Vancouver. She has also served as Chair of the Vancouver Public Library. Ms. Taylor started in television during her teens with a nationally syndicated show called After Four, moving on to become the first host of CTV's morning show, Canada AM. As the first woman host of W5, Ms. Taylor reported on many of the events that have become milestones in world history. Chapters operates five superstores in British Columbia and has announced plans to open three more superstores this summer including two in Vancouver. Chapters Inc., is the largest book retailer in Canada, operating bookstores in all provinces. The Company sells books and book-related products, such as newspapers, magazines, audio books, and educational and entertainment-oriented software on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Currently, the Company operates a total of 340 book stores under the names Chapters, Coles, SmithBooks/LibrairieSmith, Classic Bookstores, The Book Company, the World's Biggest Bookstore, and has a division that manages campus bookstores. Starting this fall, Chapters will offer on-line purchasing through www.chaptersglobe.com, a joint Web site with The Globe and Mail.
CONTACT: Chapters Inc.
Helena Aalto, 416/243-3138, ext. 271
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Chapters Inc.
Larry Stevenson, 416/243-3138, ext. 245
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