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CanX-2: Team

January 25, 2014

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(From left to right) Stephen Mauthe, Daniel Kekez, Dan Rankin, Cecilia Mok, Cordell Grant,Stuart Eagleson, Eric Caillibot, Karan Sarda, Luke Stras (Absent) William O’Brien, Nathan Orr, Tarun Tuli, Lawrence Yee

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