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Grant cuts leave groups in lurch Ocean Discovery Centre hopes to fill gaps with more volunteers Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Volunteers will be asked to fill the void at Sidney’s award-winning aquarium this summer. The Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre was forced to cut some staff from its summer programming after losing out on federal grants. “The centre has been successful during the past two summers in obtaining a $22,000 employment grant from the federal government,” said Angus Matthews, executive director at Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre. The aquarium used that cash to subsidize employment of five extra staff – four in interpretive programming – usually post secondary marine biology students. “It was a big help to us and a great asset to us,” Matthews said. “Sadly this year with cutbacks, apparently this particular riding, this constituency, had exceeded the dollar value of grants that were available.” Lack of the grant means some cutting back and asking more of volunteers this summer. PLEASE SEE: Shoal Centre shut out from grants, page A3
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■ Brentwood Bay’s Todd Nowack crushes the gut-busting Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race. Page A7
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A chicken dance begins Broiler hens amass near a feeder at Kildonan Farm in North Saanich, owned by Murray Hull. Hull hopes to build an abattoir on his property, but faces opposition from neighbours. Read the story, page A2.
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