{"id":784201,"date":"2026-07-06T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784201\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:31:13","slug":"media-advisory-secretary-of-state-van-koeverden-to-attend-historic-match-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784201\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory &#8211; Secretary of State van Koeverden to attend historic match in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The Secretary of State will attend the Switzerland vs. Colombia match to highlight Canada&#8217;s role as a host country for the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 and the importance of the tournament for Canadians.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">VANCOUVER, BC, July 6, 2026 \/CNW\/ &#8211; The Honourable Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State (Sport) and Canada&#8217;s FIFA Sherpa, will be in Vancouver on Tuesday, July 7 to attend the match between Switzerland and Colombia at BC Place Vancouver as part of the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122, highlighting Canada&#8217;s role as a host country and showcasing Canada on the world stage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Please note that all details are subject to change. All times are local.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Media representatives interested in booking an interview with the Secretary of State are asked to send their full name and the name of their media outlet to <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/mailto:media@pch.gc.ca\" data-ylk=\"slk:media%40pch.gc.ca;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;media@pch.gc.ca&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">media@pch.gc.ca<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/3273362724588EDF3E1FC54E253347FB63003AAE67426B824DEB7C1E2C67E67D\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fcnw.ca%2F2c3a7ceb14abaa91b2665729c777c80e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Cision\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/><\/a> Cision           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"> View original content: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/en\/releases\/archive\/July2026\/06\/c0485.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newswire.ca%2Fen%2Freleases%2Farchive%2FJuly2026%2F06%2Fc0485.html;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/en\/releases\/archive\/July2026\/06\/c0485.html&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/en\/releases\/archive\/July2026\/06\/c0485.html<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Secretary of State will attend the Switzerland vs. Colombia match to highlight Canada&#8217;s role as a host&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[277429,49,48,145650,195901,834,55],"class_list":["post-784201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-adam-van-koeverden","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-host-country","tag-secretary-of-state","tag-switzerland","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}