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From Sea to Sea Canada Is United By Barrack-Like Airports

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Montreal, Quebec

Commentary on the design of Canadian airports, with critical discussions on Winnipeg's "temporary airport terminals".

An Executive Ivory Tower

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Exhibit review and interview with artist Colin Hawort's one man show, at the Agnes Lefort Gallery in 1961.

John Turner Has a Delicate Job

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Montreal, Quebec

Discussion on the financial issues surrounding the '72 national elections, particularly focusing on the economic disparity found within British Colombia's upper and lower classes.

Greater Winnipeg Next Year Will Be First to Move Beyond Split-Level Government

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Discussion regarding the merging of Winnipeg district municipalities into a single administration, and the benefits/consequences of such a merge.

Spycatcher

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In this book Wright talks about his time serving in the security service MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), which is a British domestic counter-intelligence and security agency. He states that he was assigned to unmask Roger Hollis, a former MI5…

Revolution!

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This is a 1st Edition, 1st Printing

Players: 3-4
Playing time: 1 hour
Ages: 13 and up

Game Objective:
The land bubbles with intrigue and unrest. The people clamor for change. Revolution is coming. When the old regime falls, who will the…

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials: Book 1)

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The first of a trilogy, this book follows Lyra Belacqua, an orphan who lives with the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College. One day her uncle, Lord Asriel, visits and tells her of mystery and danger in the far North. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs.…

Reluctantly Alice (Alice series)

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Reluctantly Alice is the third book in the Alice series. The series follows Alice McKinely as she grows up in Silver Spring, Maryland with her dad and brother (her mom passed away when she was five). The Reluctantly Alice book sees Alice through the…

Helping To Enlighten The "Two Solitudes"

Montreal, Quebec

Gason's favourable review on Peter Desbarats book “The State of Quebec: A Journalist’s View of the Quiet Revolution.” Gascon views the work as intelligent and “well documented”, as well as noting that Desbarats understanding of…

The Little Engine That Could

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A genuine meme came into the language from this beloved story, now reaching its fourth generation of children. It's still an enchanting tale of a little train filled with toys, books, fruit, milk and treats for "all those good little boys and girls…