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- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada , February 15, 2022,
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- ↑ Eric Volmers, "Crowded House: Miriam Toews mixes laughter and tragedy, darkness and light in new novel, Fight Night". Calgary Herald , August 20, 2021.
