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- ↑ "1992 CCMA Award Winners". Canadian Country Music Association. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Judith (May 16, 1992). "Cassandra Vasik's got the miracle thing". Toronto Star . Retrieved June 8, 2010.
