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New ‘Apes’ movie to film here Dawn of the Planet of the Apes begins shooting in April KRISTEN DOUGLAS/THE MIRROR
Brett Gudbranson (left) and Ken Ross, North Island College students at the Campbell River campus, do a welding demonstration during the Skills Canada North Island regionals competition on Friday.
High school students get a taste of the trades KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
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ore than 350 high school students stepped out of their comfort zones on Friday and got a taste of the trades. In an effort to showcase opportunities for young adults, North Island College’s (NIC) Campbell River campus invited students
and the community to try their hand at a trade as part of hosting the Skills Canada Vancouver Island North regionals – an Olympic-style trades and technology competition. Susan Auchterlonie, director of community relations for NIC, said the event was a chance to open the students’ eyes to the options they have with post-secondary education.
“Instructors were commenting that they had a number of students who were very engaged coming through and who expressed interest in having a career in the trades,” Auchterlonie said. “Which is great because there will be such a demand for those types of jobs in the next few years.” She said instructors are aware of the need to get students to think “beyond the Continued on A3
“Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! – Charlton Heston as George Taylor, Planet of the Apes
PAUL RUDAN CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
Sorry Chuck, but that was so-oo-o 1968. In 2013, local film buffs will consider themselves lucky to shake the hand of a primate from the “Apes” franchise. That’s because filming of “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” begins in Campbell River next month. “They’ll be here in April. That’s all I can say right now,” says Joan Continued on A3
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