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- ↑ "NFB movie on gay father who adopted troubled street kid is moving, honest". Ottawa Citizen , May 24, 1992.
- ↑ "Drugs, AIDS, street life make a remarkable family". Vancouver Sun , May 5, 1992.
- ↑ "A Kind of Family you won't see every day". Montreal Gazette , July 5, 1992.
- ↑ "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star , November 20, 1992.
