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- ↑ Canadian Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management - Page 245 Balderson, D. Wesley (David Wesley) - 2000 "Incident 8-3 Sleep Country's Wake-Up Call In a well-planned assault on two of Canada's biggest markets, mattress retailer ...Christine Magee... Her partners, merchant bankers Gordon Lownds and Stephen Gunn. had once invested in a mattress manufacturer."
- ↑ The Blue Book of Canadian Business Canadian Newspaper Services International Limited - 2001 "Sleep Country Canada Inc. Suite 101, 3870 Jacombs Road ... CEO: Stephen Gunn .. Christine Magee"
- ↑ Nelson Information's Directory of Investment Research - Volume 3 - Page 178 2008 "Chairman & Chief Executive Stephen K. Gunn President Christine Magee Chief Financial Officer & Secretary Vicki Jones Employees: 1,030 Shares Outs.: 14,045,577
- ↑ "Stephen K. Gunn". Businessweek. Retrieved 25 February 2013.[ dead link ]