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- ↑ "Badlands' Doug Jones: "Can't talk now, having a heart attack"". Canadian Baseball Network. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Bulls Front Office". www.bullsbaseball.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- 1 2 "Running of the Bulls". Western Canadian Baseball League. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Bulls Hire Kregg Snook as Head Coach". www.bullsbaseball.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- 1 2 Jensen, Randy (2020-03-31). "City sports programs have impressive histories". The Lethbridge Herald. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ Ferris, Danica. "Lethbridge Bulls host 8th annual memorial game for 2011 shooting victims". Global News. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
² Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/killer-rammed-suv-in-alberta-shooting-1.1026077 - CBC (2011)
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