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Trudeau comes back to Ottawa with a vacation beard

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 6 with his post-election beard. A Canadian prime minister hasn't sported a beard since the 19th century.Photograph courtesy of Instagram/Adam Scotti

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BY NEIL MOSS

January 8, 2020

After a few weeks in Costa Rica, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came back to work with a beard. The salt-and-pepper beard provided some, including The Canadian Press, to speculate that the prime minister's “more serious look” goes with his “more businesslike approach.” Vice ha...

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