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Vol. 64, Issue 33
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COURTESY BRENDA TYSON
TM Roberts School has been fortunate to have a “really” big map of Canada for a few weeks. How big? How does 8m X 12 m sound? It’s part of the educational program provided by Canadian Geographic magazine. The map has been used in the gym; the only room big enough to accommodate it. Shoes are not permitted, so while actually walking across the map, students can really get a bird’s eye view of all of the features across this great big country we call home. Aside from basic mapping skills such as legend and scale use, this map has an emphasis on energy production. There are five themed maps in the entire collection and by the looks of it TM just may be ordering a different map to explore next school year. Who knew mapping could be such fun?
Animal Alliance targets tourism Campaign will try to discourage visitors to B.C. because of wolf cull C AROLYN GR ANT
An animal rights group based in Toronto is taking the province of British Columbia to task over the recent wolf cull. The cull was ordered this winter to protect the dwindling South Peace and South Selkirk Mountain Caribou herds from more loss due to predation. Animal Alliance of Canada spokesperson Liz White says a campaign will be launched, in
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conjunction with other British Columbia groups, and it will target tourism. The goal will be to convince potential visitors to the province, specifically in the U.S. states bordering B.C., that they may want to stay home. “The idea is that B.C.’s tourism industry is pretty important,” White said. “Visiting B.C. is especially enticing to Americans because of our dollar in relation to theirs; their money goes a lot
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further. There is increased interest in spending time in B.C. I think a number of people would be very interested in what the B.C. government is doing to wildlife. We hope to influence people not to come.” The campaign will involve print advertising and other media in the border states and possibly Alberta.
See CAMPAIGN, Page 4
Soup challenge heats up at Sally Ann kitchen Schiller advances with veggie soup creation TREVOR CRAWLEY
In the second day of head to head match ups on Tuesday, Chef Shelby Schiller of BJ’s Restaurant and Creekside Pub moved on to advance in the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge. Schiller’s vegetable bean soup was voted above Chef Barb Smythe of the Roadhouse Grill in Cranbrook who challenged with a culinary creation of
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Lauren & Darnell Rousson of Cranbrook, a girl Megan Perry & Gordon Frew of Cranbrook, a boy Tasha & Darren Thorburn of Kimberley, a girl Leah & Ian Bolzenius of Cranbrook, a girl Kimberly Weatherston & Timothy Bierhals of Kimberley, a boy Courtney Clark & Trevor Chanski of Cranbrook, a boy
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Nicole & Bradley Scriver of Cranbrook, a boy Amanda & Nathan Astrope of Invermere, a boy Julie & Robert Mogentale of Cranbrook, a girl Keira & Jason Meldrum of Elkford, a boy Danielle Lavigne & Patrick Murphy of Cranbrook, a boy
butternut squash and carrot. The soups were made in the Salvation Army soup kitchen and served to Salvation Army clientele, who then voted for their favourite between the two. Both chefs came into the competition without knowing exactly what ingredients were available and what kind of facilities they got to work with.
See CHEF, Page 4
Jason Wheeldon
Personal Real Estate Corporation
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