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- ↑ "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, January 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Vancouver Film Critics Circle takes a shine to Hello Destroyer, Manchester by the Sea". Vancouver Courier , January 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Cape Breton's Werewolf triple winner at Atlantic Film Festival Awards" Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine . LocalXpress, September 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Cape Breton filmmaker Ashley McKenzie finds direction home" Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine . Halifax Chronicle-Herald , October 1, 2015.
- ↑ Barry Hertz, "Ambitious Canadian drama Queen of the Andes goes to Mars on the budget of a bus ride to New Brunswick, give or take". The Globe and Mail , September 17, 2020.
