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October 28, 2021
October 27, 2021
Opera director Michael Cavanagh has a confession to make.
“I'm one of the few Canadians never to have played organized hockey,” he says, his laughter belying the seriousness of his transgression. “I should be in a museum.”
October 12, 2021
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