Happy birthday, Canada

CRD Area F director Joan Sorley, Mayor Kerry Cook, and Save-On-Foods store manager Mark Law cut the celebratory Canada Day birthday cake.

Jul. 5, 2012 7:00 p.m.
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From left to right, Cariboo Regional District Area F director Joan Sorley, Williams Lake Mayor Kerry Cook, and Save-On-Foods store manager Mark Law cut the celebratory Canada Day birthday cake at Boitanio Park on Sunday, July 1.

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