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- ↑ "Reinhold hands ball to Vargas". Winnipeg Free Press (via Newspapers.com). Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Former CFLer donates lung to brother in law". CBC. CBC. Retrieved August 16, 2018.