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- ↑ "Canada's Public Broadcaster Launches CBC Gem Streaming Service with More Than 4000 Hours of Live and On-Demand Programming Available For Free" (Press release). Toronto: CBC. December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
- ↑ "CBC AND NETFLIX FAMILY DRAMA NORTHERN RESCUE CONFIRMS ADDITIONAL CASTING AS PRODUCTION BEGINS; 10-PART SERIES HAILS FROM DON CARMODY TELEVISION - CBC Media Centre".
- ↑ "Netflix Nabs William Baldwin's 'Northern Rescue' Drama". The Hollywood Reporter . May 24, 2018.
- ↑ CBC [@CBC] (February 25, 2019). "Meet the Wests – who pack up and move north after a family tragedy. Season 1 of #NorthernRescue is streaming on CBC Gem March 1! @BillyBaldwin" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2019– via Twitter.
- ↑ "Northern Rescue on Netflix location: Where is Northern Rescue filmed? Where's it set?". 6 March 2019.
