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Month: November 2019

Posted on November 29, 2019February 2, 2020

“Did we save the baby?”

A number of years ago, possibly 2010 or earlier when the Edmonton Journal was a sponsor, John Lucas was the lead photographer who was assigned to photograph the Birkie. He did so well that one of his photos became the front page the day following the event. The photo was of a Viking on skis …

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