Shifting toward more local spending

Submitted by shift_admin on Wed, 2011-11-02 11:18

The Shift’s recent mini-tour through northern BC communities was covered by Valemount’s Valley Sentinel newspaper with a great article. If you’d like the Shift to come to your community, click here.

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