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Hi, this is Elke Porter with Westcoast German News! My blog has focused on Austrian, German and Swiss people, places and products since 2007. What started as a newsletter and evolved to a magazine, changed to a digital platform in 2019.

My mission is to keep the German-Speaking Community in Vancouver alive and well. Here you can find my latest blog posts and other interesting stories relating to the German, Austrian and Swiss Community in Western Canada.

Latest News

- Honorary Consul Hubertus Liebrecht Receives an award
  April 10, 2022AwardsCalgary – March 29, 2022 – Hubertus Liebrecht, the Honorary Consul for Alberta and Northwest Territories, has enjoyed a long career as Founder/Owner of the Hubertus Liebrecht Lawfirm, former president of ProCanada Consulting (immunigration solutions) and former Vice-Dean for the Calgary Consular Corps. He is also a lawyer who is licensed in both Germany and Canada. On top of that he is a former President of the German Canadian Business Association in BC, a founder of the German Business Centre in North America and sits on the Board of the European-Canadian Centre for Innovation and Research in Edmonton, just to name a few. Because of his work in fostering positive relations between Canada and Germany, he was awarded with a Bundesverdienstkreuz, presented by Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser on March 29, 2022 in a ceremony at the University of Calgary. This award is commonly referred to as a “Knights Cross” and is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellectual fields and other outstanding areas of service. The announcement was made February 1, 2022 on the official page of “Bundespräsident” Frank-Walter Steinmeier with a headline reading “Bekanntgabe der Verleihungen des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland”. (Announcement of the awarding of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of German). This year is Liebrechts ten-year Anniversary since he became the Honorary Consul and began building up ties with the University of Calgary to in order to make the cooperation between Canada and Germany stronger. As Ambassador Sparwasser stated “He made it his mission to foster bilateral ties.” Liebrecht had a grandfather who also received the “Order of Merit” for his public service. Another new initiative is that recently the office of the German Honorary Consul in Calgary moved into a larger space along with collaborating companies, such as SNP Canada Ltd, ProCanada Consulting Inc, Continental Bridge North America Inc. and TAVINA Management Corporation who together are now the one-stop solution for all Canada-related questions concerning German law, immigration, real estate, investment, business consulting, and estate planning. Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser officially opened this “Multidisciplinary Service Hub” in Calgary recently....

Some of the services I offer:

Promote your business or service in the Business Directory
Find employment opportunities or staff
Purchase the book “75 German-Speaking Influential People in Western Canada”
Find German products and services on my “shop” page
Create Website-wide advertising or blog posts for you
Represent Saarland in Vancouver – “Die Welt ist ein Dorf”
Simple translation, preferably from German to English
Tours around Vancouver – walking or driving

Please Contact me at: 604 828 8788

Let me know if there is any way I can help you with marketing, sales, PR and communication for your business, your event, your product or service.

Along with this blog, I am also connected to the German, Austrian and Swiss Community as:

Secretary for the German Canadian Business Association
Helper of the German Canadian Heritage Plaza Committee
Communications for the Eurofest BC Society
Alumni of the Surrey German Language School
Former publisher of newsletters and magazines

Interests are in sharing communication relevant to German-Speakers in Western Canada.

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Westcoast German News Began when Elke realized there were no more German newspapers left in Vancouver. The Kanada Kourier closed down, the Pazifische Rundschau was sold and the Deutsche Presse stopped printing.

In 2007, Elke started the “German Voices Vancouver” Newsletter and the rest is history. After a year, the name was changed to “Westcoast German News” and it was transformed from a newsletter to a magazine to a blog and now it is an e-commerce website.

If there are any projects I can help you with, my goal is to support the German Community locally and Internationally. I do this from my home office and because of COVID19, I hold most of my meetings on Zoom. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you! My services can be found on the “Shop” page of this website.

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