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The Meeple Guild: Current millennium golden age for board games

The Meeple Guild: Current millennium golden age for board games

There have been hundreds of games created and published in part because there are a lot of people wanting an option to sitting in front of a computer screen, and partly because funding has allowed developers to raise dollars to produce games any financial institution would have turned down for a loan.
Gardener's Notebook: To like beets, or to not like beets

Gardener's Notebook: To like beets, or to not like beets

Mom’s favourite beets were always ‘Detroit Dark Red'.
You never know what awaits at a 'fishing hole'

You never know what awaits at a 'fishing hole'

When 'fisherfolk' meet it almost a guarantee talk will eventually focus on recent catches.
The Ruttle Report - Controversial or not, the playing field has to be level

The Ruttle Report - Controversial or not, the playing field has to be level

What exactly do we do with unpopular opinions? Or rather, what should we do with them?
Column: Reclaiming what used to be ours

Column: Reclaiming what used to be ours

Taking back words and images.
Survey: What’s up with WhatsApp use in Canada

Survey: What’s up with WhatsApp use in Canada

For Canadians who have close friends and family in other cities and countries, applications like WhatsApp have changed the communications landscape.
Editorial: Enjoy summer activities - don't forget health safety

Editorial: Enjoy summer activities - don't forget health safety

That we have had so many things to do locally is perhaps an opportune occurrence in the summer of 2022 given the price of fuel which has put a definite damper on thoughts of travel. With the price for a litre of regular gasoline hovering around the $2 per litre level.
The Ruttle Report - Whatever else is happening, family matters

The Ruttle Report - Whatever else is happening, family matters

Sometimes, you need a reminder that at the end of the day, family matters the most.
Laze around. It's a biological imperative.

Laze around. It's a biological imperative.

Bring on the sun and heat and the laziness that comes with it.
The Meeple Guild: Internet allows board gamers to connect

The Meeple Guild: Internet allows board gamers to connect

Online play works particularly well for abstract strategy games where it is player versus player; chess, Hive, International Checkers, Abalone, and dozens of others.
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