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- ↑ Hannah Schmidt, "Documentary filmed in Northwest B.C. to be screened at Toronto film fest". CFTK-TV, May 17, 2022.
- ↑ Uechi, Jenny. "David Suzuki writes letter to grandson arrested at Kinder Morgan protest on Burnaby Mountain". Vancouver Observer. Observer Media Group. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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