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- ↑ "Meet 22 Minutes’ Susan Kent: Misfits, weirdos and (of course) Celine Dion". The Globe and Mail , December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Genie Awards go from 'huh' to 'wow'". National Post , February 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Local actor wins Gemini as part of show she wrote". The Western Star , November 19, 2009.
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