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- ↑ "Production underway on the all-new Crave original comedy, The Trades | TV, eh?". www.tv-eh.com.
- ↑ Melissa Roushorne, "Sarnia hosts star-studded premiere for ‘The Trades’". Sarnia Journal, March 24, 2024.
- 1 2 Greg David, "Production underway on the all-new Crave original comedy, The Trades". TV, eh?, July 11, 2023.
- ↑ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Crave comedy The Trades gets underway in Nova Scotia". Playback , July 12, 2023.
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