VIDEO: Rick Hansen returns home to Williams Lake

Man in Motion Rick Hansen returns to Williams Lake on Sunday and is joined by final medal bearer Bruce MacLeod and others.

Mar. 26, 2012 9:00 a.m.
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Man in Motion Rick Hansen returns to Williams Lake on Sunday and is joined by final medal bearer Bruce MacLeod and others at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex.

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