Meet the Peace Trainers: Norma Emerson and Brenda Riley in the Alberni Valley News

 

Two Parksville/Qualicum Beach residents are on their way to Ottawa aboard the Peace Train as part of a national effort to encourage the government to take on a peacekeeping role in global affairs. From the Alberni Valley News.

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