Monday, September 26, 2011

Sanctioned abuse of Bow River shocks officials on boat tour

Photo: Courtesy Christina Ryan, Calgary Herald 
Sanctioned abuse of Bow River shocks officials on boat tour

Event intended to highlight care of ‘precious’ resource

By Deborah Tetley,
Calgary Herald
September 24, 2011

A handful of civic, provincial and federal employees spent an exceptionally hot Friday afternoon in shorts and sandals enjoying a lazy float down the Bow River talking about rock snot and eating cookies and peaches.

Not a bad day at the office. Despite the optics, the group was hard at work learning about the impact of the city's industrial and residential development on the banks of the Bow River - from the "river's perspective."

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