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Arie Hoogerbrugge, pictured in Ottawa on March 15. After his 55,000 kilometres bike journey is done, Mr. Hoogerbrugge intends to plant one million trees.Photograph courtesy of Andrew Caddell

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

March 18, 2020

OTTAWA—Arie Hoogerbrugge is a man on a mission. Two missions, in fact: first, ride his bicycle to Tuktoyaktuk in the Arctic Circle, and then to the southern tip of Argentina, for a total of 55,000 kilometres. And once that’s done, he intends to plant one million trees. Not unlike Rick Hansen’s...

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