JUNE 2015 BCBusiness 61 PAUL DUCHART
This year's event was
sold out, with more than
700 guests raising over
$250,000 for salmon
conservation in B.C.
and the Yukon.
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(Left to right) Bob Gayton, Western
Copper and Gold board member and
Pacific Salmon Foundation director
emeritus; Fin Donnelly, MP for New
Westminster, Coquitlam and Port
Moody; and Cory Matheson, Pacific
Salmon Foundation business develop-
ment officer
2 Brad Popovich, Genome BC chief
scientific officer, presents a cheque to
support the Strategic Salmon Health
Initiative to Tim Sucic, Pacific Salmon
Foundation VP operations. Funds
were awarded following a scientific
peer-reviewed process
3 Tonya Ball; Susie Jeannes; and Chuck Jeannes,
Goldcorp president & CEO and Pacific
Salmon Foundation honourary chair
4 Ross Gilmour, kiewit Infrastructure area
manager; and Bob Minnes, Sunshine
Coast Streamkeepers Society
president
5 Denis Brouard, Innergex senior director
development; and Robert Lagasse,
Sts'ailes Development Corporation
COO
6 Vicki Gabereau, broadcaster and VG
Shoes owner at Marilyn's of West
Vancouver; and Chloë Angus, Chloë
Angus Design owner
23rd Annual Paci•c Salmon
Foundation Gala Dinner & Auction
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Vancouver Convention Centre April 16, 2015
Our unscienti‹c poll of random partygoers at the bash above
Who Are You?
Chinook
30%
Chum
5%
Coho
25%
Sockeye
30%
Pink
10%
Yes
60%
No
40%
What is your favourite type of
Pacific salmon?
Raw
15%
Candied
10%
Smoked
30%
Barbecued
45%
How do you like your salmon served? Do you fish?
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S o c i e t y
