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- ↑ "CBC changes format of Radio Two". The Globe and Mail , January 17, 2007.
- ↑ "CBC cancels shows, slashes jobs in cutbacks". CBC News. April 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "June 21 & 24: the last Dispatches". CBC News. June 20, 2012.
