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Gift Guide: Globe Technology has

Gift Guide: Globe Technology has a holiday gift guide with listings and reviews of products. View gift ideas under $100, $100 to $250, and over $250. Check out gadgets, games, books.

Voting Online: Canadians want on-line

Voting Online: Canadians want on-line voting booths: report by Darren Yourk (Nov 28, 2002) Globe and Mail. What's more shocking? That 66% of Canadians would vote online if they could or that 11% of respondents in this survey said they don't intend to ever vote again?

Online Shopping: Canada has the

Online Shopping: Canada has the wherewithall for e-commerce but not quite the will or interest. A Booz Allen Hamilton study found that Canada had one of the best environments for e-commerce, but another study shows that Canadians don't complete online purchase transactions. SHipping costs are one reason. Poor design another. On the other hand, a study by VISA estimated that online holiday shopping will be 60% higher this year than last.

Canada Creates E-Commerce Climate By Robyn Greenspan (Nov 27, 2002) Cyberatlas.

ISPs and Privacy: Canada Computes

ISPs and Privacy: Canada Computes asks Should police force your ISP to spy on you? (by Brendan Weston, Nov 26, 2002). The Department of Justice has proposed that ISPs "install equipment that can record each individual's Web surfing, correspondence and instant messages to sniff out child porn viewers, adult lurers of minors and computer virus writers. "

Government of Canada Publications: The

Government of Canada Publications: The Government of Canada provides web access to 100,000 documents since 1982 free and for fee at http://publications.gc.ca/. You can browse or search with keywords - but in either case it helps to know exactly what you want. The list of best sellers is interesting - Pension Plan is #1 and Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water #5. Site has a feature for finding the closest Depository Library.

War Veterans: A digital historical

War Veterans: A digital historical archive of the personal histories of Canada's war veterans is being built up at http://www.testaments.ca/ - one of Canada's Digital Collections. The book by Blake Heathcote was published in October 2002 but the project is a continuing one. The web site has photographs, video clips, information on veterans, testimonies of veterans, and news about the project.

Climate Change: Environment Canada has

Climate Change: Environment Canada has updated its web site with more information on climate change. It's a FAQ at http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/saib/climate/FAQ_2002/index_e.html.

Special Needs Travel Information: Transport

Special Needs Travel Information: Transport Canada provides travel information - especially information about transportation - at http://www.accesstotravel.gc.ca/. Jennifer Hardenne in the Globe and Mail (Nov 13, 2002) called it a "handy one-stop resource for people with special needs who are planning to travel to an unfamiliar Canadian destination and don't know where to turn to make travel arrangements".

Newfoundland/Labrador: Heritage of the Baccalieu

Newfoundland/Labrador: Heritage of the Baccalieu Trail of the Bay de Verde Peninsula documents the early history of the area, including towns and outports from the early 1600s. Also has information about pre-Dorset settlements. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/baccalieutrail

Public Safety: The Government of

Public Safety: The Government of Canada has opened a Public Safety Portal at http://www.safecanada.ca/. This is part of the Government Online initiative. Lots of very good information regarding day-to-day alerts and recalls, travel, health, internet ...

"The Web site contains links to 25 federal departments and agencies responsible for some aspect of public safety or security. The Family and Home section of the site covers 13 subject categories, including Internet safety for children, safety in sports and travel, seniors' security, child protection and victim assistance. The Portal also features the latest national weather and health advisories, travel and food safety alerts, and consumer product recalls." From the press release (Nov 1, 2002) .