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- 1 2 "Margaret Evans". CBC Media Centre. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ↑ "Making News". New Trail. University of Alberta. August 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Congratulations to all the 2015 CAJ Awards finalists!". Canadian Association of Journalists. April 7, 2016.
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