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Salmon get a boost from C

DO some good with your love for beautifully made food and local wine this fall. On Thursday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m., C Restaurant is throwing a dinner hosted by sustainability titan David Suzuki.

DO some good with your love for beautifully made food and local wine this fall.

On Thursday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m., C Restaurant is throwing a dinner hosted by sustainability titan David Suzuki. The evening is a fundraiser for the David Suzuki Foundation and C's burgeoning not-for-profit, the C Blue Foundation, a grassroots initiative by Harry Kambolis and Chef Robert Clark to raise essential funds to protect lakes, rivers, streams, beaches and oceans.

According to a recent release, the collaboration has netted an exceptional partner, the Lake Babine First Nation reserve fishery.

Back when Rome was a mere village, the Lake Babine people operated traditional salmon weirs on their lake and river, harvesting hundreds of thousands of sockeye a year. Their traditional fishery was extinguished in 1906 by the Canadian government to make room for an industrial coastal fishery. It devastated an entire way of life. This past summer, the nation recreated their fishery, in partnership with Skeena Wild Conservation Trust, Raincoast Trading of Vancouver, and RiverWild Seafoods of Terrace. It has become the second largest sustainable sockeye fishery in British Columbia. Chef Lee's menu will feature the nation's sockeye prominently.

In the release, Kambolis said the restaurant was honoured to serve the salmon caught with great care and pride by the Lake Babine Nation. "The rebirth of their fishery is monumental and their story and achievements are synergistic with the mandate and dreams of our new foundation."

Also a featured player at the dinner: Summerhill Pyramid Winery. Ezra Cipes of the Kelowna winery and C sommelier Kim Cyr will compose the wine pairings to complement Chef Lee's menu. About 80 per cent of the total grapes used in Summerhill's production are certified organic, and the rest are in a transitional organic status on their way to being certified.

Tickets are $250 per person, at 6046811164 or email info1@crestaurant.com with "Suzuki" in the subject line.