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Bateman delivers the art of war

Canadian artist Robert Bateman addresses full house at Rest Haven Lodge Foundation fundraiser.
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Artist Robert Bateman was the featured speaker at the Rest Haven Foundation fundraiser Feb. 26 at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney.

SIDNEY — Canadian wildlife artist and Saltspring Island resident Robert Bateman spoke to a full house at the Mary Winspear Centre on Feb. 26. It was a fundraiser for the Rest Haven Foundation.

Bateman, outspoken on the need for nature in people’s lives, also addressed terrorism, the use of fear as a control mechanism and war and their impact on the psyche of young people at home and abroad.