Edmonton Radio: Matchmaking Service

Volga Girl Dept: The rock station The Bear is soliciting applications for holy matrimony with a hot foreign chick. The winner will get a roundtrip to Russia, 13 nights accommodation and $500 spending cash, according to The Star. Thomas Lukaszuk, a Progressive Conservative MLA for the riding of Edmonton-Castle Downs, wrote on Facebook and Twitter that the contest was deplorable and demanded an apology from the station and alberta s minister of employment and immigration has blasted an Edmonton radio station for holding a contest to win a Russian wife. The contest is a joint effort between the station and A Volga Girl , an American-based matchmaking service that facilitates romances between Russian women and foreign suitors. The winner will receive a $750 personal introduction package from the company, which includes correspondence with three to five Russian women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.