From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Revision as of 10:47, 9 September 2020 by BotMultichill
This past week, I came across a Global News topic regarding a reality television show, I have never heard of, based here in British Columbia. It is called “Jade Fever,” which is about a family operated jade mining business running for decades in Jade City, British Columbia. This show debuted in 2015, and is currently in its 7th season. It is about a German family, the Bunce’s, who have become the major excavators of a jade quarry. They have taken advantage of the region’s rich, emerald green, mineral deposits to mine for the precious jade in Northern B.C.’s Cassiar Mountains. This reality television series follows the family’s operation, and the employees, who are mostly made up of the town’s residents. Their main goals are to turn their various claims into elusive million-dollar jackpots. In addition to highlighting dangerous mining adventures, with adventurous storylines and the relationships among the employees and family members, there is another controversial side to this reality show. Getting the perspective of the Indigenous peoples of that region is not portrayed in this show, but their perspectives were shared briefly on Global News several days ago. Here, you can see a B.C. First Nation opposes jade mining, and how he and others want the reality television show ‘Jade Fever’ taken off the air.
Click here to watch the Global News video:
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Wikimedia Commons. (2020, September 9). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 06:17, May 22, 2021 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Jade_001.jpg&oldid=453141753
Wikipedia contributors. (2021, April 29). Jade Fever. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 05:59, May 22, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jade_Fever&oldid=1020420944