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- Bibliography
- Marshall, Andy (2016). Thin power : how former Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes stamped his brand on the city ... and scorched some sacred cows . Victoria, B.C.: FriesenPress. ISBN 978-1-4602-8396-7.
