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Liberals Ready to Try Anything to Regain Power in the West
Vancouver, Bristish Columbia
The Liberal regional party conference in Vancouver was seen to potentially serve as a staring point for improved relations between the Liberal party and western Canada. Desbarats saw this as a risky move because it…
The Liberal regional party conference in Vancouver was seen to potentially serve as a staring point for improved relations between the Liberal party and western Canada. Desbarats saw this as a risky move because it…
Tags: Liberal, Pierre Trudeau, Political parties, Politics
Liberals Dream of an East-West Alliance
Ottawa, Ontario
A unique but potentially fruitful political tactic the Libreral Party was considering is discussed by Desbarats. The Liberal government was considering abandoning the Toronto and southern Ontario area in favour of focusing on…
A unique but potentially fruitful political tactic the Libreral Party was considering is discussed by Desbarats. The Liberal government was considering abandoning the Toronto and southern Ontario area in favour of focusing on…
Lewis on 'Cloud Nine' He's Now Firm Leader with Tax 'Bum' Issue
Toronto, Ontario
"From the time the federal election was called The Star’s Ottawa editor, Peter Desbarats, has crossed the country several times with the political leaders. Throughout his travels, he kept a notebook on the campaign. A series of…
"From the time the federal election was called The Star’s Ottawa editor, Peter Desbarats, has crossed the country several times with the political leaders. Throughout his travels, he kept a notebook on the campaign. A series of…
Tags: Liberal, NDP, Pierre Trudeau, Political parties, Politics
Let Me Die Before I Wake: Hemlock’s Book of Self-Deliverance for the Dying
This book is a collection of true and moving stories about terminally ill people who choose to die on their own terms. It contains information on the legal aspects, psychology, and actual methods for a terminally ill person to accelerate their…
Leaping Lemmings
Players: 2-6
Playing time: 20-90 minutes (10-15 minutes per player)
Age: 13 and up
Game overview: Leaping Lemmings is a game for 2-6 players. Players represent genetic scientists working in a research lab 18.15 miles from Waterloo, Montana. By…
Playing time: 20-90 minutes (10-15 minutes per player)
Age: 13 and up
Game overview: Leaping Lemmings is a game for 2-6 players. Players represent genetic scientists working in a research lab 18.15 miles from Waterloo, Montana. By…
Tags: 13+, 2-6 players, 20-90 mins, Board game, Eagles, Games, Lemmings, medium, Montana, Scientists, Waterloo
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
This book is about Constance Chatterly, a young, married, upperclass woman, whose husband has become paralyzed from the waist down due to a war injury. After becoming sexually frustrated, Constance starts an affair with their gamekeeper, Oliver…
Labor Supply Is Drying Up
Montreal, Quebec
Part five of a six part co-series with cartoonist Ed McNally about his three week stay in Japan. The article focuses on Japan's aging population, despite its overall increase. Meaning, there were less working age citizens. Wages…
Part five of a six part co-series with cartoonist Ed McNally about his three week stay in Japan. The article focuses on Japan's aging population, despite its overall increase. Meaning, there were less working age citizens. Wages…
Tags: Aging Demographic, Economics, housing, Japan, Wages
Knockout
players: 2-4
playing time: 20-30 minutes
age: 13+
Description: As the newest pug on the block, you're ready to sock the next lug to enter the ring with you. The wise heads have finally let you challenge the champ and it's up to you to prove…
playing time: 20-30 minutes
age: 13+
Description: As the newest pug on the block, you're ready to sock the next lug to enter the ring with you. The wise heads have finally let you challenge the champ and it's up to you to prove…
Tags: 13+, 2-4 players, 20-30 mins, Board game, boxing, Cards, fight, Games, match, medium
Knightmare Chess2
This is an English 1st Edition
Players: 2
Playing time: 60 minutes
Age: 10 and up
Game objective:
This is chess... with a difference! The goal remains the same: to checkmate the enemy King. But the moves may be a bit unusual...
Each…
Players: 2
Playing time: 60 minutes
Age: 10 and up
Game objective:
This is chess... with a difference! The goal remains the same: to checkmate the enemy King. But the moves may be a bit unusual...
Each…
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textures of your pandemic experience

A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.