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‘I have found my calling’ Kwantlen Park Secondary student amazed by the shores of Antarctica
by Evan Seal
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or Kwantlen Park Secondary student Shakti Ramkumar, being environmentally active in Surrey was the impetus to wanting to see environmental stewardship firsthand throughout the world. Having participated in numerous local and national school science fairs, Ramkumar had heard about an organization called Students on Ice, but it wasn’t until she saw
poster in her school counselor’s office about a polar expedition to Antarctica that she took a keen interest. Based in Ottawa, Students on Ice offers high school and university students from around the world unique education expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic to give them a new understanding and respect for the planet.
Grade 12 Surrey student Shakti Ramkumar recently travelled to Antarctica.
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Honouring Janice Shore Native elders to hold ceremony for woman fatally beaten in Whalley last year by Kevin Diakiw STILL STREWN with spent hypo-
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First Nations elders are planning a public ceremony and four-day fast out of respect for murder victim Janice Shore.
dermic needles, condoms, snack bags and detritus from people who have used the city lot for everything from getting high to sleeping, this spot is sacred, native elders say.
The vacant lot at 106 Avenue and 135A Street is where 45-year-old Janice Shore was beaten beyond recognition just over a year ago, an attack that eventually ended her life. The wanton act of violence deeply affected many in the community. Among them are
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