Mr. David Baines Lecture

Mr. David Baines
Reporter/Columnist
The Vancouver Sun

will be addressing the Vancouver Institute on January 31 at 8:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall No. 2 in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, University of British Columbia.

LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER:
THE VSE AND THE EXPLOITATION OF SPECULATION

A graduate of Queen's and the University of Western Ontario, Mr. Baines has spent much of his life in the world of journalism, first with the Winnipeg Tribune, and subsequently with The Province and Vancouver Sun. His astute understanding of the business world has led to numerous awards for his reporting, including the National Newspaper Award, the B.C. Newspaper Award, the Jack Webster Award and National Magazine Award. Mr. Baines' numerous investigative pieces about the Vancouver Stock Exchange have drawn national attention and acclaim.

Background Information

(Compiled by Ted Powell)

• David Baines Vancouver Sun Marketwatch Columns
  This database contains a selection (169) of the 'Marketwatch' columns by David Baines, a Vancouver Sun journalist who writes about the Vancouver Stock Exchange. If you are just interested in browsing this database, simply click on its "Submit Query" button without touching anything else on its page.
• Baines column on the collapse of Bre-X
• Bre-X before the collapse
  An article by Davis Sheremata in Alberta Report.
• Vancouver man killed self over Bre-X decline
  Column by David Baines, after the collapse.
• Baines column on Urban Resource Technologies Ltd.
• B.C. Newspaper Awards: Best Business Story, 1966
  "...But how could a couple of reporters get inside the tight circle of Griffiths friends and family that ran the empire?"
• LS Stockman Forum article
  "George Chelekis is a defendant in a libel suit..."
  "...we need more people like Baines and du Plessis."
• Adrian du Plessis
  His web site.
• More on the Chelekis libel suit.

Spring Program 1998
Jan 31, Feb 7, Feb 14, Feb 28, Mar 7, Mar 14, Mar 21, Mar 28, Apr 4.

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