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Reverberations
In Sister Côté’s memory
On behalf of the Grey Nuns of Montréal, I wish to congratulate you and thank you
most sincerely for the article by Marian Scott ("The
Quiet Evolution," Sept/Oct
2006), who truly captured the essence of what we are living. She befriended Sister Georgette
Côté who, at the time, was volunteering at Nazareth House in Montréal.
I was able to visit Sister Côté after the story was published, show her the
magazine and assure her that it was well done. She died a few days later.
Your magazine is truly outstanding. You are a most professional group, verifying every detail
to assure accuracy. You are also able to address complex issues with a positive approach.
Sister Jacqueline St-Yves
Superior General, Grey Nuns
Montréal
The boring archipelago
In your article on the Gulf Islands ("Treasure
islands," Sept/Oct
2006), you didn’t talk much about the other islands or the schools. I am a student
at Pender Island Secondary School and I have lived on Pender my whole life. I don’t think
it’s very exciting. It’s so boring, and all the tourists get so annoying. More keep coming
every year. It’s terrible! And there’s not much to do except go over to Victoria, but the
ferry system is so bad. I mean, it’s always late. That’s what I think about Pender.
Silvey Mundy
Pender Island, B.C.
Bison bypass
About 15 years ago, I was driving through Elk Island National Park ("Explorer," Sept/Oct
2006) with my family when we saw this big bison coming toward us in the opposite lane.
I stopped to let it pass, but I wasn’t sure what its intentions were. A cyclist came up
from behind our car and asked us to go slowly, if we were to move, so that he would have
our car as protection from the bison.
For what seemed like an eternity, we and the bison stared at each other. Nobody made a move.
Finally, I starting driving as slowly as I could. To my relief, the bison also began walking
just as slowly. As soon as we passed each other, the cyclist took off. I never saw anyone
go so fast on a bicycle.
Frank Pau
Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
Pet moose
The article about moose in New Zealand ("Elusive
moose," July/Aug
2006) brought to mind stories of my family, the now deceased Lauders of Elphinstone,
Man. In 1905, Alexander Lauder and his wife Annie purchased the Riding Mountain fur-trading
post from the Hudson’s Bay Company. In the years preceding 1910, Annie and her daughters
raised four moose calves brought to her by local First Nations people. The calves became
pampered pets, tame enough to eat from the hands of Annie and her girls. As family history
tells it, the moose followed the girls around like puppies.
I have a photo from an old newspaper of Annie and one of her daughters with a moose calf
penned on the grounds of the trading post. The photo was taken just before it was to be shipped
to New Zealand. I assume the other three moose were also sent there, which would explain
why they were "as tame as pets" when they arrived in April 1910.
Marlene Lauder Antonio
Calgary
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