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ermode bear animated

‘movie project advancing

FINAL : : NEGOT! [ATIONS-
are now underway to select

. "-the’ film. studio ‘that will lead
the. “animation. of a. planned

“he Kermode bear movie:

~Afound. 25° studios’ sub-
7 mitted’ ‘bids’to animate: The =i
"~ Spirit: Bear, says young envi- ”

~ ronmentalist-Simom: Jackson,” -

~ whose Spirit Bear Youth Co.”
> -alition has ted a drive to pre-:-
“serve part of BC’s: ‘ental

coast for. the white béars: :

~ “The ‘bidding forthe .ac-
’~ tual animation has been quite .
~ remarkable,” he said. “We're “
Still Sorting. through that, eet
~ ting the best bids, ‘and we're |
es hoping | to start tlie full anime’
«tion process at: the: beginning 7
‘ of the new year.”

- The. initial bids: have been

, arrowed to'10'and-that's be-.
> ing. further reduced ‘to: three:
~- before’a, finial choice’ 18: mad, 7

~~ ‘Jackson said.

.. . He said’ the. Sudios vying
= for the work have been offer-
oc ing nat only to cut their prices’
,-; ‘but add-in attractive no-cost. .
"extras = like a video game,
oe - “Phere are’ very: -strong oo
Bon: scomparies, ‘in: the Tun”

From front

Tax to help train docs. panned
municipalities of Hudson’ s Hope, Taylor and.

...° Fort St.John j joining with nearby: rural areas to 0.
. Pledge ‘$547,680 ina ceremony Oct, 22... °°”

2 Skeena ‘Liberal’ MLA’ Roger- Haris i isn’t.
” convinced a tax:to raise the money isa good,
= idea, particularly in the northwest:
vw do. Suppont the idea of the ‘trust, but not wt

‘vestments’: is also

the film to promote the cause .
of a sanctuary for the bears.
‘centred on -Princess Royal:
‘Island, while using the movie .
to raise money to help: offset.
“the économic impacts of halt-*:
ing logging for affected com:
“snunities.. ne

Financing . through bonds
and: small and inid-sized ‘i
derway,

he sald.*:

“Jackson. won 1 ‘specily the i
budget’ of the’ movie,: saying. 2
he doesn’t-want 16 expose. the’
project to criticism::that’ the ~~
amount is either too big ortoc
’small, ‘But he confirms it- will a
~ be in'excess of $10 million,

“ST will say. it will be. the

highest : “budget: independent
- animated movie on record,” |
he:sald. “But it will be con”
siderably less than the Find: -
: ing ‘Neémos.of the world.”
‘He.’ said - the, financing
“is “well: over" half’ ivay: to. .
‘what's required. ;
a We're hoping: to have it
all ‘signed, ‘sealed and deliv-
me ered in-the ext few months.” -
* The*niovie-is ‘being pro-.-
duced: -by ‘Melwood Pictures .'
- in’ partnership. With: Jackson: -
es and-others. -
“He says work’on the: sci.
a characters is Pomplete.

‘noted: biologist: . -Dr.
“Goodall ‘came’ to B.C, last’ -
cMmorith’ and cutged: Vancouver
> ‘Olympic organizers to-make .
«the: Kermode: a symbol of the: “9
‘2010 games. a i
*. “Jane. ihrew her. hati in the en,
“Ting: for. the spirit: bear. to bes
the’ miascot,” ‘he Said“Cer-
tainly. we ‘keep. laying“on the -

~ Support for-it,”. Oe EA,
“T’ye" heard “rumours. the
“ decision’ could: ‘be. ‘made’ in

“The next’stage is the big’.
Stage, it’s actually bringing it -
all together,”-he said...

“Meanwhile; Jackson said

2005 instead of 2006," -:.

Alsoimeeting with Goodall:
-was premier Gordon Camp-
“bell, -who Jackson said reaf-' ~~
* firmed his commitment. this =

“Summer to.preserve'a sizable
area of the ‘Centra! coast for .
* the bears in-line with land-use
planning iécomimendations. .- -
The’ premier’ said all the
“right, things; -and reinforced. -
- his support fora large enough:

_ area for the Kermode bear to
“protect the gene pool,” Jack-
son. said, “Jarie_ and myself:

‘are’ both behind: him t 10 per

cent,” he: added: °

: ima tax: Ws ‘another level of: taxation we don’ ion
need right now,” he gaid last. week,” ee
~. He noted Kitimat has.not endarséd the trust: -
‘dea and: Prince Rupert is ir economic trouble, .
“Rupen's struggling. Is another tax’ the so-
“fution? I don’t think so. They don’ tneed to cre- .
ate another f problem,” said Harris, = -

“He said. the proposed area, ;
“AWhich is much smaller: than
_ the vast so-called: Gréat Bear -’

Rainforest proposal advanced

by some other environmental

"groups, strikes a balance bé- :.
Aween. ecology and economy.
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