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Quebec AM | Feb 4, 2013 | 8:13

Hopes for the regrowth of Baie des Chaleurs' economy

Hope and Hopetown are the names of two communities along the Baie des Chaleurs. And hope is what many people in the region are feeling as they work on knitting new ties between the communities, anglophone and francophone alike. Quebec AM's Glenn Wanamaker brings us a look at how the economy in the region is slowly being rebuilt.

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