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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Newfoundland and Labrador.
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- ↑ Lesser, Barry (1987). Telecommunications services and regional development : the case of Atlantic Canada. Pam Hall, Institute for Research on Public Policy. Halifax, N.S.: Institute for Research on Public Policy. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-88645-048-9. OCLC 16179358.
- ↑ Tarrant, Donald R. (2002). Challenge and change : an illustrated history of engineering and geoscience in Newfoundland and Labrador. Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland. St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador: Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland. pp. 23–30. ISBN 0-9731777-0-5. OCLC 50712544.
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