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- ↑ "Cathers resigns over ATCO scandal". Yukon News. August 28, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ↑ "Edzerza named Yukon environment minister". cbc.ca, February 4, 2010.
- ↑ "Todd Hardy succumbs to cancer". Yukon News . 28 July 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ↑ "Cathers returns to Yukon Party caucus". CBC News. June 29, 2011.
- ↑ "Yukon NDP MLA killed in crash". CBC News. July 6, 2011.
