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From the Saskatoon StarPhoenix
December 12, 1996
"News Item: Joni Mitchell searches
for the child she gave up for
adoption nearly thirty years ago"
On April 2, 1997 it was publicly announced that Joni Mitchell had found the daughter she gave up for adoption in 1965. Following are some of the articles that appeared leading up to and following the big event.

1996
  December - Alberta native gave up daughter, Calgary Sun
  December - Joni Mitchell attempting to locate child, unknown
  December  4 - Mitchell Looks For Daughter, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  December  8 - Help for Joni in baby search , Calgary Sun
  December  8 - Why Joni Mitchell has to find the little she gave away, The Mail
  December 11 - Child's father wants to help Mitchell in search, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  December 24 - Joni Mitchell Looks for Lost Daughter, E! Online

1997
  April  3 - Joni Mitchell finds her long-lost child, Electronic Telegraph
  April  3 - Joni Mitchell Finds Daughter, E! Online
  April  3 - Exclusive: Joni finds her long-lost child, Daily Express
  April  3 - Mitchell Locates Child, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  April  3 - Singer Finds Long-Lost Daughter, Associated Press
  April  6 - Joni Mitchell's daughter: Chatelaine model, Jam! Website
  April  7 - Singer's daughter identified, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  April  7 - Web Site Reunites Joni Mitchell and Daughter, unknown
  April  7 - Chip off the 'ole block - Joni's Covergirl Has Star Potential, Toronto Sun
  April  8 - Joni's Lover Hopes to Meet Daughter, Toronto Sun
  April  8 - How Joni Mitchell's daughter found mom and became whole, Toronto Sun
  April  8 - Both Sides at Last, Los Angeles Times
  April  8 - Singer Joni Mitchell Found By Daughter On Internet, Reuters/Variety
  April  8 - Looking at Joni From Another Side, Toronto Sun
  April  8 - E-mail Reunited Joni and Daughter, E! Online
  April  9 - Long-lost daughter sings Mitchell's praises, Toronto Sun
  April  9 - Mitchell's blue eyes, long legs told Gibb she was her mom, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  April 10 - Media going wild over singer's reunion, Calgary Herald
  April 14 - My other mom's an icon, Time Australia
  April 21 - Joni, No Longer Blue, Newsweek
  April 21 - Joni's Secret: Mother And Child Reunion, MacLean's
  April 21 - A Daughter Lost and Found, Time
  April 21 - Adoption - Both Sides Now, Western Report
  June  8 - Joni Mitchell, Toronto Sun
  December  5 - A Mother and Child Reunion -- via the Web, ZDNN Website
  December 30 - Joni to mark New Year with newfound family, The Standard

1998
  April 11 - Little Green a Little Blue, Toronto Globe and Mail
  June  1 - Unraveling the Adoption Web, Washington Post
  June  8 - JoniMitchell.com Strikes a Chord, Washington Post

2000
  April - Unlocking the Vault: The Fight to Unseal Adoption Records, OpenRecords.net

2001
  March  3 - The reunion, from both sides now, National Post
  April  2 - Rain and Snow on Everyone, Alberta NewsMagazine