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 HEADLINES PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY August 1- 20, 2017 11955 8th Avenue, Delta, BC www.lamezagrill.com 604 501 604 0963 501 0963 11955 88th Avenue, Delta, BC • 604 501 0963 • www.lamezagrill.com • lamezagrill Hector Bremner seeks NPA nomination for Vancouver council by election Hector Bremner is putting his name forward for the nomination of the Non- Partisan Association civic party in Vancouver. Vancouver will have a byelection for a seat in city council in October this year. Born in Edmonton Alberta, Hector’s family moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan not long after, where he spent the bulk of his childhood. Hector’s father, Hector Bremner Sr., had emigrated from Scotland in 1961 seeking to escape the poverty he grew up in, instilling a focused appreciation in his son for hard work and straight shooting. Hector’s military based raised Mother, Shelley Kehler’s family had settled in Manitoba after escaping religious persecution, and the family took up roots quickly in their adopted land, leaving all of the family with a strong sense of community spirit. In 1996, Hector came to BC’s Lower Mainland to make his life on the coast. Today, along with his beautiful wife Virginia and two sons, Carlo and Gianluca, they call amazing downtown Vancouver home. After a successful career in business development and operations management with some of Canada’s largest brands, Hector founded TOUCH Marketing in 2007, whose innovative marketing, communications and project “BASURA NYO, HAHAKUTIN KO” WWW.PHILIPPINEASIANNEWSTODAY.COM management strategies earned him a strong reputation for delivering results. This drew the attention of leading businesses and non- profit organizations looking for winning strategies to communicate their messages and achieve their goals, and ultimately brought him into the uniquely challenging world of provincial politics. After representing the BC Liberals in 2013 for MLA CONT PAGE 8