Leap Year

• ‘Nice to have a real birthday’: Leaplings celebrate Feb. 29

  A rare and special birthday. Leaplings are born on Feb. 29. There are about five million leaplings out of eight billion people worldwide.

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  Feb 29, 2024
  
• Calgary woman celebrates special leap year birthday: ‘It’s a joy!’

  Nicole Plesa was born on Feb. 29, 1992. So technically, by leap year standards, she's turning eight this week.

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  Feb 28, 2024
  
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• Leap Year Alert: Winnipeggers face extra work day without extra pay

  In 2024 there's an extra day in the month of Feburary which means people will be working an extra day essentially for free. 

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  Feb 28, 2024
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• Leap year 2024: Extra day doesn’t necessarily mean more pay. Why?

  Millions of employed Canadians will be at work this Feb. 29 — a date that occurs once every four years — but will they walk home with more money for the extra day this leap year?

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  Feb 26, 2024
• 1 in 2.1 million: Baby girl born on leap day shares same birthday as dad

  "We are going to share this amazing bond for the rest of our lives and I am just so happy," the new dad said.

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  Mar 2, 2020
• Leap year baby born in Winnipeg

  The new HSC Winnipeg Women's Hospital welcomed the city's first leap year baby.

  Mar 1, 2020
• Sisters celebrate leap day birthdays in Edmonton

  Sisters Edith Dawson and Dorothy Treit celebrated their leap day birthdays Saturday in Edmonton.

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  Feb 29, 2020
• How old are you really? Leap year 2020 means a double birthday for these Canadians

  'Society needs to recognize the most important date in the calendar,' says co-founder of the Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies.

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  Feb 29, 2020
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• Londoner with leap year birthday talks about celebrating 10th birthday at the age of 40

  Today, leap year babies around the world are celebrating their elusive Feb. 29 birthday, and London’s own Vanessa Brown is no exception.

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  Feb 29, 2020
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• Calgary woman celebrating just her 7th birthday when she turns 28

  Jessica Le is getting ready for her seventh birthday and it's pretty unbelievable what the Calgarian has accomplished since her sixth birthday.

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  Feb 28, 2020