Eight-year-old among those killed in marathon explosions
Family of Martin Richard asks for privacy to grieve
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Emily Senger
Emily Senger is a contributing editor. She helped Maclean’s win a gold National Magazine Award for Website of the Year. She does most of her contributing from Alberta.
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