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- ↑ "N.W.T. teachers union boycotts newspaper after 'hurtful' editorial". CBC North, February 9, 2017.
- ↑ "KIVALLIQ NEWS; KIVALLIQ NIPIVUT". Canadian Minority Media Database, June 11, 2014.
