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June 22–25, 2023
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia,
REGION III – NORTHWEST REGIONAL MEETING
THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL MEETING CONVENED IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, ON JUNE 22–25, WITH NEAR PERFECT WEATHER, A HOST OF INTERESTING SPEAKERS AND EXCELLENT DINING.
In the College tradition, trial lawyers and their partners came together as friends, new and old, and created memories at the elegant Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in down- town Vancouver.
The hotel hosted a cocktail reception to kick off the proceedings, and a banquet din- ner to conclude. Between those bookmarks, College Fellows and guests heard from a range of speakers.
Broadcast journalist Tamara Taggart spoke in moving terms about how the two most important conversations in her life both involved health issues. One of those conver- sations was optimistic and reassuring, while the other was deeply worrying and down- beat. One involved the birth of her first child, a boy named Beckett, who has Down Syndrome. The other involved Tamara’s diagnosis with a serious form of cancer. But the upbeat and reassuring conversation was about the cancer, not her son.
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