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- ↑ "CBC Manitoba – Personalities". CBC.ca . Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ↑ "CBC Announces World Cup Coverage". Broadcaster. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
- ↑ Houston, William (18 April 2007). "BBC play-by-play veteran back on air with Toronto FC". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on 11 January 2011.
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