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- 1 2 "A loss for Cambridge: former mayor Claudette Millar was 81". Waterloo Region Record , February 11, 2016.
- ↑ "IMAX founder dies". Cambridge Times , May 5, 2010.
- ↑ "‘She was the steady hand:’ Jane Brewer dead at 93". Waterloo Region Record , August 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Mayor Doug Craig defeated as Cambridge elects a new mayor". Cambridge Times , October 23, 2018.
- ↑ "Kathryn McGarry unseats Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig". Global News, October 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Jan Liggett elected mayor in Cambridge, ousting incumbent". CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo, October 24, 2022.