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- ↑ "Ryan Awarded Best Canadian Short at 2004 Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival". Canada NewsWire , May 16, 2004.
- ↑ Mark Harris, "Shorts provoke a longer look". The Georgia Straight , September 28, 2006. Archived at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Trailer Park Boys, Bon Cop compete for best picture Genie". CBC News, January 9, 2007. Archived at Ghostarchive
