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- ↑ Ken Eisner (March 18, 2003). "Touch & Go". Variety . Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ↑ Skana Gee, "Touch and Go director cooks up black comedy: Back of the House to may hit CBC in April". Halifax Daily News , February 8, 2003.
- ↑ "The Toll is only N.S. work in CBC finals". Halifax Chronicle-Herald , September 26, 2015.
- ↑ Stephen Cooke, "New film to air Sunday on CBC follows tunnels from Citadel Hill to the waterfront". Halifax Chronicle-Herald , March 28, 2015.
- ↑ Keith Doucette, "Nova Scotia's new film incentive will go ahead July 1 despite objections". Canadian Press, May 11, 2015.
