32 — Wednesday, April 27, 1999 — North Shore News

NEWS photo Sknon Jeckson

WITHIN half an hour of arriving on Princess Royal Isiand, 16-year-old Simon
dackson took this photo of the rare white Kermode, or spirit bear.

student fights to

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WHO says you can’t change the

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in Yellowstone Park with his family, Jackson
learned about the rare Kermode, or spirit bear,
from an American couple who work with the
Great Bear Foundation.

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the black bear, and is found only on the north
That question is the provincial theme for this coast of B.C.
year’s Earth Day, taking place tomorrow, and Princess Royal Island, north of Bella Bella,
West Vancouver secondary student Simon _ has a relatively high concentration of the white

Jackson has the answer to it: It doesn’t matter bears. Although litte is known about them, SiUE-BAG-IT.

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