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- ↑ Legislative Assembly of Ontario Official Records for 17 December 2003. Retrieved February 3, 2013
- ↑ "FEO Top 100 Festivals and Events (2009)" (PDF). www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca. Retrieved 2009-03-17.[ permanent dead link ]