Library and Archives Canada: A Proud Partner of Ottawa’s Sm@rtLibrary Project (Feb 19) -Sm@rtLibrary is a research portal in the National Capital Region that brings together "library catalogues of Library and Archives Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, Carleton University, the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Public Library." Lucky Ottawa.
DVD rentals a click away By GAYLE MacDONALD Globe and Mail Update (Feb 19) - Now you can rent DVDs without leaving your house. For a monthly fee you can order them online from zip.ca Rent 3 DVDs in a month for $24.95 - includes delivery and return by Canada Post. Zip.ca has 15,000 titles in 18 categories.
Workopolis teams up with U.S. jobs site Globe and Mail (Feb 18)
"Toronto-based job and recruiting website Workopolis has teamed up with Chicago-based CareerBuilder.com to provide a one-stop North American on-line job-search destination."
Music-sharing fight comes to Canada by Matthew Ingram. Globe and Mail (Feb 16) - Canadian Recording Industry Association is tackling the problem of file sharing in Canada but it may have a tougher row than its US counterparts.
"The main complicating factor for the CRIA is that under Canadian law downloading of music from the Internet – even music a user has not actually paid for – may turn out to be legal, because of the copyright levy that Canadians pay on blank CDs (21 cents per disc). A ruling by the Copyright Board in December, which extended that levy to hard-drive based music players, specifically said that the downloading of music files is permitted under Canadian copyright laws."
Canadian all-business search engine debuts Globe and Mail Update (Feb 13) Reveal.ca is a new business search engine based in British Columbia. It aims to help you find any business in Canada Reveal.ca or the United States Reveal.us. "Reveal.ca lists phone numbers, addresses and maps to each business. Revenue is expected to come from businesses that post websites on Reveal.ca." My question - why wouldn't we just use the online yellow pages?
Rogers plans phone service on cable by 2005 By TERRY WEBER. Globe and Mail Update (Feb 13) -- "Rogers Communications Inc. said Thursday it plans to offer residential and business phone service over its cable network by 2005, making it the latest cable player looking to muscle its way into the telecom market."
The Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings will have "images and digital audio recordings, as well as biographies of musicians and histories of music and recorded sound in Canada". The site has been restructured and education resources added. It's easy to browse by performer to get biographical information. It is not easy to browse for sound recordings. There is an alphabetical index for performer and title of song. There are a few songs about canoes - "A little birch canoe and you".
Expo 67 - Man and His World - the World's Fair held in Montreal in 1967 - is remembered through Macromedia Flash at the National Archives web site. Exhibit covers the history, the pavillions, activities, special guests, news reports and stories, the legacy of the fair, and the Canadian centennial celebrations. There are several RealPlayer movies. Can pick up some souvenirs too.
http://www.archives.ca/05/0533/053302_e.html
The Maclean's website has a photo gallery for journalism. Exhibit has pictures and accompanying articles or reports. For 2003 there is the Year in Cartoons, the Liberal Leadership Convention, Trudeau in Haiti - and several more. Must have Flash installed to view photos. http://www.macleans.ca/gallery/
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