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- ↑ "Kelly Makin » Directors Guild of Canada". www.dgc.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ "Kelly Makin". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ "Willis to go Wild in Winnipeg" by Cheryl Binning at playbackonline.ca
- ↑ "Burden of Truth rolls in Winnipeg for season three" by Kelly Townsend at playbackonline.ca
- ↑ "Burden of Truth back on the case in Winnipeg" by Lauren Malyk at playbackonline.ca
- ↑ National Lampoon’s Senior Trip review at variety.com
- ↑ Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy review by Leonard Klady at variety.com
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (August 20, 1999). "FILM REVIEW; This Refined Briton, To Wed a Mafia Doll, Goes to a Trattoria . . ". The New York Times .
- ↑ Mickey Blue Eyes review by Lael Loewenstein at variety.com
- ↑ "Flashpoint leads Gemini Award nominations with 15 nods" by Melissa Leong at torontosun.com
