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- 1 2 "Craig lays out his mayoral campaign platform". Cambridge Times , September 12, 2000.
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- ↑ "'New reality' awaits some old faces on council". Waterloo Region Record , November 12, 1997.
- ↑ "Cambridge mayor wins by 30". Waterloo Region Record , November 14, 2000.
- ↑ "Cambridge must pay $1,300 toward recount". Waterloo Region Record , November 30, 2000.
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- ↑ "New mayor gives notice 'no amalgamation talks'". Waterloo Region Record , December 12, 2000.
- ↑ "Mayor seeks plan to ease heavy traffic without new bridges over Grand River". Waterloo Region Record , October 22, 2001.
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- ↑ "New but familiar faces for regional council". Cambridge Times , November 14, 2003.
- ↑ "Traffic issue drives Cambridge voters". Waterloo Region Record , September 30, 2006.
- ↑ "Civic building approved; Controversial $25M offices will link to Cambridge's historic City Hall". Waterloo Region Record , April 5, 2005.
- ↑ "Stop ignoring public, Barr says". Waterloo Region Record , November 9, 2006.
- ↑ "Region: Strickland wins seat". Waterloo Region Record , November 14, 2006.
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- ↑ "Round and round we go; Cambridge considers traffic alternative for 11 intersections on Franklin Boulevard". Waterloo Region Record , October 22, 2008.
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- ↑ "How these former Liberal MPPs found new life in municipal politics". TVOntario, October 23, 2018.