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Recovering addicts give back

December 23, 2018 9:02 am PST.

'I had to fix myself,' recovering addict Kurtis Bezeau is one of over 50 volunteers helping to prepare donation hampers to give out on Christmas Eve. The majority of the volunteers at the Maritime Labour Centre are recovering from addiction. Ashley Burr has the story.

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