Editorial cartoon: Aug 28

Editorial cartoon

Cartoon character Olga Van Tandenburg comments on issues in the news

Aug. 28, 2013 6:00 p.m.
Opinion

Britt Santowski is the Sooke News Mirror’s editorial cartoonist

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