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- ↑ Thomson, Jimmy (2013-03-29). "After 23 years, N.W.T.'s Deh Cho Drum newspaper suspends publication". CBC. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ↑ "Black Press Media acquires Northern News Services papers in NWT and Nunavut". Yukon News. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ↑ "Black Press in negotiations to take over NNSL papers". February 2, 2021. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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