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- ↑ "Annabel Lyon and Alice Munro among finalists for Governor General's award for fiction". The Globe and Mail , October 14, 2009.
- ↑ "WJT's Ivanov breathes life into Chekhov classic". CBC News, January 30, 2014.
- ↑ "It’s lights out at Winnipeg Jewish Theatre". Canadian Jewish News , February 24, 2014.
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