An email conversation with Jae Águstine Cameron Jae bicycled throughout Iceland last summer, two of those weeks with her father Jim Cameron, and also ran in the half-marathon (without training) - because she was there and it was happening.

She is a former Icelandic Canadian Club of BC princess, comes from Smithers, BC, and is in her 4th year at Concordia University, Montreal.

 

She was asked by another student what was an ‘economical’ way to travel around Reykjavík (Rvík) and Iceland and the following is her reply.  As of mid-October 2009 100 krónur is approx. $0.86 CAD 1000 krónur is approx. $8.60 CAD $1 CAD is approx. 116 krónur $100 CAD is approx. 11,607 krónur

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OLYMPIC GOLD

The Olympics are here. At least they’re in Vancouver and that’s pretty close. There are a lot of different events but for many the ultimate sports are speed skating, figure skating and hockey.

 

I don’t ever remember anyone speed skating in Gimli. There was figure skating. There was one boy who figure skated. Sissy stuff. None of us were bright enough to look at the odds. All those girls and one guy.

 

It was hockey that mattered. First, it was played on the outdoor rink. The rink had short wooden walls around it with snow piled up along the sides. We used to stand on these snow banks to watch the players stick handle down the ice.

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Miss S. Stefansson, A Life of Service

 

Following is an excerpt from a biography being written about Miss Sigurbjorg Stefansson, the remarkable teacher who taught school in Gimli from 1923 to 1962.

The writer, Audrhea Lande, has gained access to Miss Stefansson’s personal letters, essays, and documents and has interviewed former students, neighbours, three family members who reside in Canada, and the executor of her estate, Valdi Arnason.

She paints a portrait of an articulate intelligent woman who is fondly remembered for her inspired teaching, as well as for her community philanthropy, political views, and activism.

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To read a sample of the paper click on the link below:

Annual Christmas Issue 2009 - Issue 23

Annual Festival Issue August 2009 - Issue 15

 

 

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