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My daughter's really honoured . . . to be the artist involved in this.

StoryMe Seniors: Interview with Jean Stevens

August 30, 2016

Centenarian Jean Stevens in Perth Road Village tells Margi McKay about the close-up photo Jean's daughter, Janet Louise Stevens, took of a grizzly bear.

Centenarian Jean Stevens in Perth Road Village tells Margi McKay about the close-up photo Jean's daughter, Janet Louise Stevens, took of a grizzly bear.

That photo (below), taken on one of her many trips to Canada's north, was chosen for one of the Royal Canadian Mint's commemorative coins for Canada's 150th birthday.

A close-up photo Jean Stevens' daughter, Janet Louise Stevens, took of a grizzly bear.

See the coin that the Royal Canadian Mint has produced from the grizzly bear photo (the images, pricing and release dates of the other coins in the commemorative set are also shown).