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The Kootenay Rockies host award winning outdoor Canadian television program The Dimestore Fishermen.
10/15/2007
Featuring Kootenay's on international broadcast outdoor program The Dimestore Fishermen is a priority for Kootenay Rockies Tourism and partners.
Calgary, Alberta - October 15, 2007 - Recently a group of partners lead by the Creston Economic Development Authority gave the go ahead to an initiative to host the critically acclaimed award winning Canadian outdoor television program The Dimestore Fishermen in order to feature 3 communities all located in the Kootenay Rockies for domestic and international broadcast. The group of partners included Kootenay Rockies Tourism, Columbia Basin Trust and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games Secretariat to name a few.
Host and producer of The Dimestore Fishermen Mr. Jim Hoey commented on the commitment made by the partners to feature the region.
"This is one of the most vibrant regions of Canada. The people here have a lot of energy and vision. The Kootenay's have long been associated with outdoor eco adventures. To have our 2010 group involved is exciting. To know that we are contributing positively to the Olympic games hosted in our great country is an honor. In addition to our digital platform we are also filming this region in HD in order for the footage to be used by the 2010 group for a variety of applications. It is a privilege to be able to work with people like Chris Andrews of Kootenay Rockies Tourism. This project was filming and featuring three municipalities within the Kootenays. Chris worked to ensure we had a great itinerary and also worked late on more than one occasion to assist our cause. Anytime you work with people as committed as that you are going to be successful and I think it is fair to say we really did well in acquiring the key footage we wanted while attending."
The Dimestore Fishermen attended the three communities over a period of 10 days and fished a number of water systems both rivers and lake. The program attended a number of locations in the Kootenays during their stay and the community spirit really made an impact on Hoey, who has over 135 attendances, including every province, in 10 years of traveling Canada.
"We have the very special ability to travel and see areas of Canada that some may never see. It is a dream job. The people we have met in every community were very supportive and positive. We have a lot of fans out there. We call them Dimestore Nation. When you drive down the street and see people shouting and waving when they recognize the show it is really a great feeling. We are trying to expose our country not only with a domestic broadcast but also with an international one... it is very exciting."
The episodes filmed on location in the Kootenay Rockies are projected to be on air in May of 2008 in all of The Dimestore Fishermen's markets of broadcast.
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