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Barking up the right tree: B.C. treeplanting life focus of new dog-umentary

Block Dog picked up by CBC Gem because of its intrinsically Canadian story
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Filmmaker Everett Bumstead rolled cameras in Lhtako and Nazko territory around Quesnel for his latest documentary Block Dog that examines treeplanting through the experiences of the dogs in silviculture camps. (Photo from Here Boy Films)

Olive is small and a little grumpy.

She’s kind of a matriarch figure to the people in her little community outside of Quesnel. Those feelings deepened when word got around that she saved her best friend from a bear attack. She wanders where she likes, is adored openly by all she meets, and shows everyone around what it means to form meaningful bonds.

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Frank Peebles

About the Author: Frank Peebles

I started my career with Black Press Media fresh out of BCIT in 1994, as part of the startup of the Prince George Free Press, then editor of the Lakes District News.
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