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- ↑ "Le point sur l’aide d’Ottawa aux radios communautaires dans l’Ouest". Ici Radio-Canada, September 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Satellite to link French radio stations". Ottawa Citizen , June 6, 1998.
- ↑ "Le point sur l’aide d’Ottawa aux radios communautaires dans l’Ouest". Ici Radio-Canada, September 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Les radios communautaires du pays se réunissent à Québec jeudi". La Presse, November 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Youth internships boost community media in minority settings". Sherbrooke Record , November 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Le Voyageur staffer heading to Vancouver". Sudbury Star , May 25, 2009.