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WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE WIC

IN THE MEDIA

  • Winter 2005, BCAA's Westworld Magazine, "Zooma to Conuma"

  • August 25th, 2004, North Island Gazette, "Sea Fest Sizzles and Drizzles"

  • June 9th, 2004, North Island Gazette, "Spot Reserved for Arnie's Bones" (regarding gray whale skeleton)

  • May 29th, 2004, North Island Weekender, "Gray whale dies off Campbell River pier"

  • August 23rd, 2003, North Island Weekender, "Whale of a Find"

  • August 21st, 2003, Vancouver Sun, "Dead whale excites scientists"

  • August 21st, 2003, Times Colonist, "Remains of suspected rare pygmy whale found"

  • August 21st, 2003, Globe and Mail, "Mysterious Whale Carcass Found"

  • August 19th, 2003, Aquanews, Possible New Whale in BC

  • August 2003, AVRO television, part of filming of segment "Dier en Natuur", aired August 16th, 2003

  • July/August 2003, Boating and Watersport Express, "The Bones Collector"

  • July 2003, German Film Crew, Volvox Tours

  • Bi-weekly report through the Marine Science Centre's AquaNews from the Whale Interpretive Centre as of June 29th, 2003

  • July 9th, 2003, North Island Gazette, mention of donation to WIC

  • July 3rd, 2003, Aquanews, Fin whale update

  • July 2nd, 2003, CBC radio interview "On the Island"

  • July 2003, Business Examiner, "Whale Interpretive Center attracting visitors"

  • July 2003, Attention of CHTV, BCTV, Times Columnist, North Island Gazette as result of the return of Springer, A73

  • June 25th, 2002, North Island Gazette, "They don't come much bigger than this" and "Fin whale sighting 'remarkable' reminder"

  • June 22nd, 2003 Times Colonist, "Bones tell tales", full page

  • June 19,2003, "The New VI" tv, interview with Mary Borrowman

  • Summer, 2003, British Columbia Magazine, "Borrowman's Bones", 4 pages of wonderful exposure and comedy by Bruce Obee

  • June 17,2003, CBC radio coverage of Whale Interpretive Centre in reference to announcing Van Isle 360 coming into Telegraph Cove

  • October 9th, 2002, North Island Gazette, "Bones Project educates and entertains"

  • October 2002, Malaspina University-College newspaper, "Biology . . . what about 'dem bones?'"

  • September 2002, Japanese national education station, NHK, in their filming of "Super Teacher - Dr. John Ford" (the Centre served as the site for 6 local students to be educated about marine mammal biology by Dr. Ford)

  • August 14th, 2002, North Island Gazette, "Killer Whale Interpretive Centre"

  • August 2002, Port McNeill Town Log, "Looking for a bone-a-fide good time"

  • July 10, 2002, North Island Gazette, front page picture and "Bones Project new attraction for Telegraph Cove"

  • July 2002, setting for interviews during the relocation of the orphaned killer whale, A73