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How a deathbed confession helped a Sask. man find out his father's secret

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Retired University of Regina journalism instructor and filmmaker Layton Burton vividly remembers visiting his father in the hospital during his final days in 1993. A deathbed confession helped him learn his father's secret. 650 CKOM's Alex Brown takes us Behind the Headlines.
13 Aug 2024 English Canada News

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