A one-teen prom on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula brings small community together
Breanna Bromley-Clarke, 18, the sole graduate of her all-grades school in Main Brook, on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, is shown with her family in a May 2, 2025, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Regina Bromley-Clarke
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