The Coutts Diaries (Encore)

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Jul 31, 202600:35:21News & Politics

**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION What does a kid from Nanton, Alta., write in his private journals after spending his days influencing some of Pierre Elliott Trudeau's most controversial polici...

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