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Moose truce: Norway has 'pretty sexy moose' statue but Canada's will be bigger
Source: CTV News
Moose truce: Norway has 'pretty sexy moose' statue but Canada's will be bigger
Jeremiah Rodriguez, CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Wednesday, March 6, 2019 6:24PM EST
Last Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:40PM EST
A pun-laced “Moosarandum Of Understanding” between Moose Jaw, Sask. and Stor-Elvdal, Norway lays out a new economic partnership between the two towns, effectively ending a months-long joke feud over who had the largest moose statue in the world.
After holding the record for 31 years, Moose Jaw’s Mac the Moose lost his title of world’s tallest moose in 2015 to the silver elk “Storelgen” in Stor-Elvdal. Norway’s statue stands at 10.1 m tall -- just 30 centimetres taller than Mac.
On Wednesday, Moose Jaw Mayor Fraser Tolmie and Stor-Elvdal Deputy Mayor Linda Otnes Henriksen – leaders of the two “moose-ipalities” -- came to an agreement effectively ending a tit-for-tat exchange that’s been going on since January.
During their joint interview with CTV News Channel, Deputy Mayor Henriksen said “It wasn’t difficult at all” to come to an agreement. “We’ve had a lot of good conversations throughout this whole moose-war thing,” she said, after the municipalities officially ceased locking antlers.
Despite Mac the Moose currently being shorter, the proposed agreement outlines how Mac – after his upcoming alterations -- will “forevermore be known as the tallest Moose in the world.” But Storelgen will be the “shiniest and most attractive Moose in the world.”
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Jeremiah Rodriguez, CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Wednesday, March 6, 2019 6:24PM EST
Last Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:40PM EST
A pun-laced “Moosarandum Of Understanding” between Moose Jaw, Sask. and Stor-Elvdal, Norway lays out a new economic partnership between the two towns, effectively ending a months-long joke feud over who had the largest moose statue in the world.
After holding the record for 31 years, Moose Jaw’s Mac the Moose lost his title of world’s tallest moose in 2015 to the silver elk “Storelgen” in Stor-Elvdal. Norway’s statue stands at 10.1 m tall -- just 30 centimetres taller than Mac.
On Wednesday, Moose Jaw Mayor Fraser Tolmie and Stor-Elvdal Deputy Mayor Linda Otnes Henriksen – leaders of the two “moose-ipalities” -- came to an agreement effectively ending a tit-for-tat exchange that’s been going on since January.
During their joint interview with CTV News Channel, Deputy Mayor Henriksen said “It wasn’t difficult at all” to come to an agreement. “We’ve had a lot of good conversations throughout this whole moose-war thing,” she said, after the municipalities officially ceased locking antlers.
Despite Mac the Moose currently being shorter, the proposed agreement outlines how Mac – after his upcoming alterations -- will “forevermore be known as the tallest Moose in the world.” But Storelgen will be the “shiniest and most attractive Moose in the world.”
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Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/moose-truce-norway-has-pretty-sexy-moose-statue-but-canada-s-will-be-bigger-1.4325357
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