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- ↑ Makin, Kirk (2011-03-10). "The judge who writes like a paperback novelist". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Who Pushed Martin Kruze? Many Share Blame for the Suicide of a Victim of Sexual Molestation at Maple Leaf Gardens".
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