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Sunshine Sketches
From: Winnipeg Free Press
Date: 20060817
Author:Lautens, Trevor
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By Trevor Lautens
As tourist destinations go, it is probably unusual to travel 5,000 clicks to attend a Teddy Bears' Picnic. But when it is a rare chance to simultaneously attend a 94th birthday party for a lady with family ties to Canada's greatest humourist, it is irresistible.
A snap decision was made and in 24 hours this traveller was on his way from Vancouver to Orillia, Ont.
The long-lived lady in question is Elizabeth Burrowes Kimball, niece of Stephen Leacock and doubtless one of the ...
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