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- 1 2 3 4 Torontoist (27 August 2016). "Historicist: The Telegraph and the Early Career of John Ross Robertson" . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ↑ "Toronto newspapers of the past (and present)" . Retrieved 15 April 2018.