Britt Santowski is the Sooke News Mirror's editorial cartoonist.

Britt Santowski is the Sooke News Mirror's editorial cartoonist.

Editorial cartoon, November 6, 2013

Britt Santowski is the Sooke News Mirror's editorial cartoonist

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