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Leah Bartlett and Abe Greenspoon traded their civil service jobs to run Seaside Beach Resort in Saint Andrews, N.B. Photo courtesy of Seaside Beach Resort.

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Restless in his federal government job and hungry for change, Ottawa’s Abe Greenspoon was on vacation when he saw a sign – quite literally. “Last

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