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September 21, 2004

Google Local Canada

I must have missed it somewhere, but Google is also offering an Canadian version of its Google Local search. Google Local Canada's available at http://local.google.ca . Searches are provided within...

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August 02, 2004

Toronto Star Archives Available; 1945 Free

The Toronto Star has digitized its archives -- 1892-2001 -- and made them available online in a searchable archive. And while you have to pay to search the whole thing...

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February 26, 2004

New Guide to Researching Aboriginal Genealogy in Canada

Library and Archives Canada has added a new guide, Researching Your Aboriginal Ancestry at Library and Archives Canada, to its virtual Canadian Genealogy Centre. The new guide is available at...

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November 19, 2003

Canadian Government Now Offering RSS Feeds

You GO, Canada. The government of Canada is now offering RSS feeds. (Apparently they've been offering them for a while, but a reader just clued me in.) The feeds are...

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October 23, 2003

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

The English version of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography online is available at http://www.biographi.ca/EN/index.html . I'm not providing the main URL because it's a) pretty much all Flash and b)...

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October 18, 2003

Blogs In Canada

Blogging north of the border? BlogsCanada ( http://www.blogscanada.ca/ ) is a directory of over 6700 Canadian blogs arranged by category. The site looks a bit strange in Opera but fine...

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August 22, 2003

Historical Photographs of Vancouver

Special Collections at the Vancouver Public Library has added 1500 new images to their Historical Photographs Database at http://collections.ic.gc.ca/vancouver/index.html . These new photographs depict life in Vancouver between 1900- 1910,...

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July 23, 2003

Canadian Genealogy Centre Offers 1915-1932 Canadian Naturalization Lists

The Canadian Genealogy Centre is offering a new database of immigrants who received Canadian naturalization certificates, which were published in the Canada Gazette between 1915 and 1932. It's available at...

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November 06, 2002

Oh Canada 1901 Census

Wow, it's been a great couple of weeks for online census data, hasn't it? And it's only getting better. The National Archives of Canada have announced an online version of...

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November 04, 2002

Project Underway To Create Database of Canadian War Dead Graves

The Maple Leaf Legacy Project ( http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/ ) is an immense project to "photograph or obtain a photograph of every Canadian War Grave of the 20th Century." This includes Canadians...

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October 29, 2002

The Waldren Studios Feature Nova Scotia Photographs

The Waldren Studios, at http://www.library.da l.ca/archives/waldren/ , feature photographs taken in Nova Scotia between 1870 and 1940. The collection consists of about 35,000 images on glass plate and film negatives....

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August 27, 2002

Metadata in Forestry in Canada

The Canadian Forest Service Library Network has started a meta- search of forestry resources at http://metafore2.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca . This site searches a catalog of over a million documents in the seven...

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August 21, 2002

The Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History

A collection of materials about the history of Northwestern Ontario are available at the Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History, http://www.nextlibrary.com/tbpl/home.html . After you get past the "Do you want English...

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January 31, 2002

Choo-Choo, Eh?

(Wow, that was a painful headline. In my defense, I must note that it is Monday.) You like trains? You like Canada? Check out Rails Canada at http://www.railscanada.com/. This site...

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October 11, 2001

Canada Encyclopedia Now Available Online

The Canada Encyclopedia is now available free online at http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/ . A simple keyword search is at the top of the site's main page or you can do an advanced...

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January 31, 2001

Canadian Magazine Search Engine Launched

A Canadian magazine search engine was recently launched at http://www.magomania.com/english/ . According to the press release, the site contains information about over 300 Canadian magazines, as well as an archive...

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August 25, 1998

Yo Canada!

Yo Canada! Find out all about Montreal at http://www.montrealinfo.com ....

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