David Staples: Saying goodbye to Terry Cavanagh, Edmonton's ambassador to all

The most commonly told story about Terry Cavanagh is also the most telling one. It’s said that Cavanagh, Edmonton’s former mayor and a longtime city councillor, had a unique ability to ask for votes from members of various ethnic communities by doing so in their own language.
“I know how to make that request in 20 languages,” he said in a 2009 interview. Cavanagh, 91, died Sunday night.
The anecdote speaks of a cagey politician, and Cavanagh was surely that, but he was al