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- ↑ Dan Brown, "King of the squeegee kids". National Post , April 28, 2000.
- ↑ "Victoria-shot film up for Genies; Normal, directed by Carl Bessai, depicts fallout from accident". Victoria Times-Colonist , February 11, 2009.