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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…

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…

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…

Let Me Die Before I Wake: Hemlock’s Book of Self-Deliverance for the Dying

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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

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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…

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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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…

Knockout

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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…

Knightmare Chess2

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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…