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    The Mushkegowuk Cup is back in Timmins this winter.
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    Fishing buddies for 50 years
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Oliver Solaro

Oliver is an adventure rider par excellence - having ridden over 8,000 km on ice roads from Owen Sound to Fort Severn on the banks of Hudson's Bay on a Kawasaki KLR. 

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