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Local woman looking to host Smithers Talks event

A local woman is looking to bring people together through an event that will allow participants to talk about their different perspectives.

Madeleine Ghatavi presented to Smithers Council last week about the Smithers Talks event and the possibility of the Town hosting the event.

She said that this is a partnership with My Country Talks which aims at getting people to connect through issues that divide them.

Councillor Casda Thomas said she is supportive of this project.

“I just want to say how glad I am that you came and spoke to us about this and I think you are absolutely right, we need more of this and I am happy to support you in whatever way that I can,” she said.

Ghatavi added the organization is from Germany and that no one in Canada has been approached by My Country Talks.

She also said she chose to bring this into Smithers because it’s her home community.

“I think it has a really unique brand of political patent because there’s a lot of energy in people here and more so than in other society’s so, I think it’s a good spot,” Ghatavi said.

She added that she came across this organization through a Ted Talk that she saw online.

Council will be discussing if they would like to provide a space for the event at next week’s council meeting.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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