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Sled Dog Races a Mushing Success

Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Dave Quinn.

A beautiful Kootenay weekend brought out more than 2,500 onlookers to take in the action at this year’s Bootleg Gap Sled Dog Races in Kimberley.

“We had three less competitors than last year,” explains a grinning event volunteer John Boucher, “but at least two of those were in Whistler doing Olympic duties, so we can’t complain.”

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Top 5 B.C. Golf Trends This Summer

Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Jim Sutherland.

Sustainability hasn’t exactly been a buzzword in the golf industry, and indeed there are more than a few golfers who like the idea that their footprint is bigger than yours. But change is in the air. Especially in the U.S., there’s a new mantra, currently being promoted by USGA president Jim Hyler: “Brown is the new green.”

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Saving the Island’s Courtenay Estuary Through Informed Recreation

Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Andrew Findlay.

The Courtenay River estuary is an ecosystem under siege – hence the formation of the Estuary Working Group back in 2008 to bring together environmental groups, individuals and government to safeguard this biologically diverse heart of the Comox Valley.

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HIVE 3

Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Rob Howatson.

HIVE has got to be one of the strangest, most invigorating, chaotic experiments in the history of Vancouver’s live theatre scene. And beginning March 11, the HIVE will buzz again with 12 site-inspired, installation-based performance pieces from Vancouver’s coolest theatre companies.

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