One winter day in northern Quebec some years ago, a polar bear wandered into a village and approached a seven-year-old Inuit child.

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The last notable joke he endured was April Fool's Day 2002, when two Quebec radio DJs phoned him, pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

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Churchill buffs should note the shot of Sir Winston and his wife stepping out of the Mount Stephen observation car, en route to the 1943 Quebec Conference at which the Allies firmed up their plans for D-Day.

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