'Bring on life': Saskatoon's Ileen Boechler turns 100

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A childhood of birthday potato planting still shapes centenarian Ileen Boechler’s outlook on life: stay useful, stay grateful and keep moving forward. 650 CKOM's Brittany Caffet takes us Behind the Headlines.

19 May English Canada News

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How one Saskatchewan teen found his voice through 4-H

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