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COPAFLIGHT EDITOR Russ Niles [email protected] CONTENTS 250.546.6743 GRAPHIC DESIGN Shannon Swanson PRODUCTION Gordon Fidler, Arran Yates COpy EDITOR Scott Simmons ADVERTISING SALES Katherine Kjaer 250.592.5331 [email protected] CIRCULATION Diana Topping accOUNTING Anthea Williams ASSISTANT ADMIN Rajei Gill COPA BOARD Bernard Gervais, President and CEO Trekker Armstrong, Chair of COPA, Alberta & NWT Director Brian Chappell, Secretary, Maritimes Director Earl Kickley, Western Vice-Chair, Saskatchewan Director Jean Messier, Eastern Vice-Chair, Directeur pour le Quebec Jerry Roehr, Feature Departments Treasurer, Manitoba & Nunavut Director Jonathan Beauchesne, 36 COPA SPOKESMAN 5 President’s CORNER Directeur pour le Quebec New Look, New Era Chris Hadfield and his family have Al Blakely, been active in COPA since before Alberta & NWT Director 8 NEWSLINE Hadfield can remember and he’s Fort McMurray, Award Deadlines Tim Cole, pleased to help the organization as BC & Yukon Director 16 ONTARIO MEMBER NEWS its spokesman. 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