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- ↑ Coulter, Barry (July 7, 2010). "Townsman/Bulletin Under New Ownership". Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Cranbrook, B.C. Retrieved March 12, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
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- ↑ "Black Press Buys Cranbrook, Kimberley Dailies". The Morning Star. Vernon, B.C. July 22, 2011. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.