Poet Barry McKinnon, who brought printing press and Margaret Atwood to pulp mill boom town, mourned

The Prince George poet is being remembered as a teacher and friend, who helped create a northern B.C. literary scene that brought internationally acclaimed poets to town, and who mentored generations of new writers.

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