01 Jan 1957
Snow Fighters
A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.
Some People Have to Suffer
Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were promised a sewer system in 1953, but more than 20 years later the sewer system has yet to be built.
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