Artists find beauty in what remains after Parksville fire

The Artward Bound plein air painting group each created their own artistic interpretation of what remains of several local business locations after a fire at the Parksville Heritage Centre last November. (Pat Palmer painting)
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Women sit holding pictures of victims and posters reading “We have a funeral. Our hearts bleed. Urumqi (capital of China’s Xinjiang region) is burning”, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. MPs will vote this afternoon on whether to start a refugee program to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China. THE CANADIAN PRESS- AP-Khalil Hamra

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