Background data provided
on 30 provincial resorts

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runs and chair-lifts, and pertinent
information on transportation ac-
-. cess routes and telephone
numbers of snow-hotlines and
hotels.
The informative writing style of
~ Doughty is peppered with a
light-handed sense of humor. At’
one point she states that it is a
good idea to stay within bounds at
’ Cypress Bow! as “‘it’s very easy to
get lost and find yourself the topic
“of the six-o’clock news.”
Doughty manages to make you
“smile when she describes the ap-
peal of a ski hill like the one at Mt.
Cain. Located 75 miles north of
Campbell River, the runs — 16 in
total — are operated by the Mt.
Cain Alpine Park Society and are

open only on weekends and
school holidays.

The fact that this hill is not de-
veloped for the tourist industry but
rather for the local ski community,
that the accommodations consist
of a hostel-style building and that a

- day-lodge kitchen is used — the

Chateau Whistler this ain’t — and
that chains are mandatory on the
final 10 kilometres of gravel road
leading to the base of the hill, does

’ not dissuade the reader from in-

dulging in dreaming about being
the first one on the list on a crystal
clear Saturday morning, five days

of unvanquished April snow sleep- -

ing below tingling skis. Hmm.

All fantasy aside, the most
valuable part of the book is the
Statistical information provided for
all 30 resorts: annual snowfall,

elevation, vertical feet, number of
runs, grading of terrain (beginner
to expert), operating times and
dates and lift ticket prices.

Addresses of companies
operating cat-skiing, heli-skiing,
and other mountain skiing adven-
tures in British Columbia round
out this tightly knit, well-presented
information book.

$ feel open-and-shut words like
“definitive” and ‘“‘consum-
mate” coming on so I'll just end
by saying that when I read Ski Brit-
ish Columbia. the only question
about skiing in B.C. that remained
unanswered was ‘Whose car are
we taking?”

— By A.P. McCredie, a freelance
writer and dreamer who lives in
Vancouver.

Telefilm-backed Black Robe used an
Australian director, Canadian actors .

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ferent countries, have become a

valuable addition to Canadian film
_ production.

They can also benefit from direct
Telefilm grants and tax incentives,
which are available only to the
Canadian producer.

. Telefilm funds the popular CBC
- television series Northwood,
. Which is going into its third

- season, Neon Rider, a CTV pro-

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