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Tokyo-An Ugly City But So Vital

Montreal, Quebec

Part three of a six part co-series with cartoonist Ed McNally about his three week stay in Japan. The article focuses on Tokyo. It was a growing city with very high rents. He discusses the issue of housing Olympic spectators and…

Tags: Economics, housing, Japan, Olympics, Population, Tokyo, Urban Life

Tory Hopes in Quebec Ride on a Leader

Ottawa, Ontario

Focuses on the Conservative Party’s decision over who would lead the upcoming election campaign in Quebec. He notes that all members who were being considered were bilingual and that despite possessing an English surname, candidate…

Tags: Bilingualism, Brian Mulroney, Conservative, Election

Traitte Des Bibliotheques [original]

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Binding: poor ; boards are covered in marbled paper ; bumped corners ; wear along edges and on front of boards

Spine: poor ; spine covering has been removed ; sewing structure with sewing tapes exposed

Textblock: good ; some discolouration and…

Tags: exposed sewing, French, marbled paper, paper bound book, sewing tapes, speckled foreedges

Trudeau Shirking Chance to Define Canada's Relationship with U.S.

Ottawa, Ontario

Desbarats felt that Trudeau was not being clear enough about Canada’s position with the United States in the face of recent import duties imposed by the United States. He argues that the mass media cannot properly convey the…

Tags: Canada, Economics, Media, October Crisis, Pierre Trudeau, Politics, United States, US/Canada Relations

Trudeau Takes a Crash Course in Politics

Vancouver, Bristish Columbia

As Desbarats explains, Trudeau’s rise to political power was extremely quick, therefore he did not have much political experience or a deep understanding of the way the Liberal party operated. Trudeau had since been…

Tags: Leadership, Liberal, Pierre Trudeau, Politics

Trudeau: In Search of a Hot Issue

Ottawa, Ontario

Desbarats discusses the major campaign topics of the NDP, Liberal and Social Credit parties. In his interactions with citizens across the country, while following the campaign, he believed a liberal majority seemed probable. The…

Tags: Canada, Election, Liberal, Pierre Trudeau, Political parties, Politics

Tuesday

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"As the full moon rises over a peaceful marsh, so do frogs on their lily pads levitating straight up into the air and sailing off, with surprise with some laundry, hovering briefly before a TV left on. A dog chases one lone low coasting frog, but is…

Twilight Struggle: The Cold War, 1945-1989

Deluxe Edition

Players: 2
Playing time: 180 minutes
Age: 13 and up

Game overview: Twilight Struggle is a two-player game simulating the forty-five-year dance of intrigue, prestige, and occasional flares of warfare between the Soviet Union…

Tags: 13+, 180 mins, 2 players, Board game, Europe, Games, large, Second World War, Soviet Union, Superpowers, United States, WWII

U.S. Example an Ominous Warning to Canadian Educators

Desbarats discusses the current trends in education teachings, found within journalism schools across North America - noting that possible risks associated with simply teaching the technical aspects of journalism, as opposed to providing a nurturing…

Tags: Commentary, Education, Journalism, Journalism History

Unique Canada' PM's Election Theme

Ottawa, Ontario

Discussed Pierre Trudeau’s election campaign, which stressed Canada’s uniqueness and superiority on the world stage. However, Desbarats believed this view may not be agreeable to Quebecers.

Tags: Cultural Identity, Election, Pierre Trudeau, Politics

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