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As It Happens | Mar 22, 2013 | 4:47

Manitoba Grandmother Defies Winter

These days when the residents of Brandon, Manitoba look out their windows, they might just see something unusual: a woman in a bathing suit and a trapper's hat. Her name is Kim Bright. And last month, when her friends were away on sunny vacations, she t

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