By Ina Pace, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Squamish Chief Squamish Nation members and community support services brought youth together to take part in the 5th annual canoe pull at Alice Lake. A day of reconciliation means working in unison, quite literally. Foundry Sea to Sky collaborated with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and the RCMP to share first-hand knowledge of teamwork and community spirit with young people, in co-ordinating a group canoe pull at Alice Lake Provincial Park. The canoe pull this year marked the event’s fifth anniversary at Alice Lake. RCMP Const. Kelly Dean, of the Integrated First Nations Policing Unit, described to participants and onlookers how the pull was literally a transfer of energy from the paddle to the water, and that a successful canoe pull relied on…
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