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INTERNATIONAL LINKS
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Soka Gakkai International
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Public information page on this international lay Buddhist organization with online peace, culture and education exhibits, Buddhist information resources, and links to national member organizations.
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SGI Canada
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Website for the Canadian member organization of Soka Gakkai International with contact information and Culture Centre locations across Canada as well as information on the organization's events and activities.
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Soka Gakkai Japan (English)
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Extensive website for the Japanese organizaton of SGI with daily news headlines, sections on peace, culture, and educational activities in Japan, experiences, recent works by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda and much more.
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Toda Institute
for Global Peace and Policy Research
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Website for an SGI-affiliated research institute with information on its mission statement, conference events, research program, publications, news and photo gallery of activities at the institute.
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Boston Research Center
for the 21st Century
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Website for an SGI-affiliated research center in Cambridge, MA with information about the center, event information, available publications and BRC newsletter.
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Institute of Oriental Philosophy
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Website for an SGI-affiliated research institute on Buddhism and religion, with information on the institute's history, activities, research projects, activities, and publications.
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UNESCO
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Extensive website for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization with updated information on news, activities, documents, publications, statistics and much more; available in six different languages.
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United Nations (UN)
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Official and extensive website for this international body available in six different languages with news, information, research, and statistics on every department of the United Nations from Security Council issues to humanitarian concerns around the globe.
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OECD - Organization for
Economic Cooperation & Development
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Extensive website with information on several global economic issues from aging societies to transportation. Includes OECD news, publications, statistics and contact information.
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World Bank
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Website for the international organization charged with the mission of providing economic assistance to countries in need with the goal of improving living conditions of poverty-stricken citizens around the world. Website contains information on countries, statistics, analysis reports, news on projects and policies, and research publications.
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International Monetary Fund
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Website for an international organization having the responsibility of ensuring monetary stability in the international economy and promote international trade. Includes information on IMF activities, finances, country information, IMF news, and is available in four different languages.
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World Trade Organization
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Website for the international organization that promotes international trade by dealing with the rules of trade between nations. Website contains information on the WTO, trade topics, research resources, publications and a community forum.
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International Standardization Organization
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Website for the organization responsible for establishing globally recognized standards for things from production to procedures. The extensive website contains info on all the standards, publications, news, background and industry forums.
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EU - European Union
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Website available in 11 languages on news, activities, documents, and institutions of the European Union.
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M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence
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Website for the institute that carries on Gandhi's legacy of non-violence by promoting and teaching his philosophy to the modern world. Website contains latest articles by Gandhi's grandson, Arun Gandhi, and information on publications from the institute.
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World Youth Peace Summit
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Website with information about the annual Summit that serves to actively engage youth from around the world to participate in conflict resolution and promote peace in all its dimensions. Website contains continental contact information, summit background and links to related organizations.
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OneWorld.net
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An online forum for a civil society organization that encourages human equality by promoting a vision of equitable and sustainable distribution of wealth and a global protection of human rights. The website contains thousands of articles on various global issues from agriculture to international cooperation.
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International Olympic Committee
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Website for the Olympics with profiles of Olympians of the past, information on each country's Olympic organizing committee, profiles of Olympic sports, and news on the latest developments of upcoming and future games.
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World Wildlife Fund
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Website for an organization that strives to save endangered species and their natural habitats to maintain the planet's natural ecological diversity for the sake of future generations. Contains a list of national WWF organizations and their websites with resources, news, contact information and info on how to join.
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Amnesty International
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Website for the organization that works to protect human rights worldwide. Website contains information about the organization, latest news, information library, contact information and other resources.
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International Committee
of the Red Cross
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This extensive website for the international umbrella organization of national Red Cross societies that maintains impartiality, neutrality and independence to exclusively fulfil its humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of victims of conflict and violence, promoting humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
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List of Links of Peace Organizations
from the SGI-Japan website
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Webpage on the Soka Gakkai Japan website that contains 10 links to various peace-promoting organizations, such as the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to name a few.
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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT LINKS
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Government of Canada
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Website for the federal government with links to all federal departments with information, news, publications, documents and FAQ on national government programs and services, from taxation to multiculturalism.
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Government of
British Columbia
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Website for the provincial government of British Columbia. Contains links to all provincial ministries with information, news, publications, documents and contact information for all provincial government programs and services.
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Greater Vancouver Regional District
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Website for the regional authority responsible for essential services from recyling and water services to transportation and air quality. Website includes contact information, public meeting schedules, publications and a list of municipalities and cities participating in the regional authority.
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GVRD List of Municipalities
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Webpage with links to all the municipalities and cities that participate as part of the GVRD.
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City of Vancouver
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The city's webpage with news releases, city council meeting information, contacts for city services, maps, road construction updates, and online payment for city services.
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City of Richmond
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The City's webpage with city council meeting information, meeting minutes, agendas, city service contacts, online payment for city services, information on recreational facilities, city history, and a detailed GIS city map available to the public.
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City of Burnaby
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Website for the city contains information for visitors, residents, and businesses, with updated information on city council meetings and decisions, as well as online payment pages for city services.
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Resort Municipality of Whistler
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Webpage for the local government of the Whistler resort area with news updates, municipal council information, recreational services and facilities, and contact information.
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City of Surrey
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Website for the city contains information for visitors, residents, and businesses, with updated information on city council meetings and decisions.
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Township of Langley
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Webpage with information on municipal services, government, departments, contact information, news releases, public consultations, public event schedules, and a photo gallery of the township.
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City of Langley
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City webpage with information on city services, city council, departments, news releases, contact information and recreational services.
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City of Victoria
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Website for the city that doubles as British Columbia's provincial capital. It contains information for residents, visitors and businesses in the city, as well as news releases for city events, city council, and other activities under its jurisdiction.
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INTERNET RESOURCE LINKS
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Blogger.com
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Website for a prominent blog-facilitating website that gives members the opportunity to easily publish their own blog either on their own site or on the blogger.com network. Comes with set templates or you can use your own after registering. Very convenient 'write-and-click' publishing.
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Pagetutor.com
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Comprehensive HTML tutor that teaches all the basics of HTML code needed to start your own website from the ground up. Allows for much more flexibility and creativity in web design than using templates or HTML-creating programs.
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DynamicDrive.com
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Website for Dynamic HTML (DHTML) code available for use in your own webpages. Includes HTML code for dynamic menus, image viewers, scrolling text and much more.
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Javascript Kit
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Website with code for Javascript and Java programs for use on webpages allowing for more control over various elements of a website.
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CSS Tutor
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Website for a tutor site for use with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Learn how to modify basic elements to the look of a webpage such as text size, scrollbar colors, borders and links.
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AddMe.com
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An effective website for promoting your own webpage with various tools to help add your page to various directories and search engines as well as other ways to draw traffic to your site.
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RICHARD'S ONLINE FRIENDS
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Exit to Krynn
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A friend's website with her own blog, collages she's made, an Annabeth Gish fanpage, guestbook and other links.
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Subject: Aydenn
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A friend's website with her own blog, biography, her photgraphy, and guestbook.
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life is sweet...
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A friend's blog which is updated at least once a week.
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Tracy's Photo Album
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A friend's website with mostly photos of events.
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Elson Kung
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Website for someone I was associated with at the University of British Columbia (UBC) working on the student paper, Perspectives.
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Write On! - Webpage of
Michael Ben-zvi
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Website for an excellent creative writer from New York that I've known for several years.
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FUN / ENTERTAINING LINKS
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Streaming Soundtracks
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An entertaining website for those who are interested in movie and TV soundtracks. An interactive type of internet radio where listeners can select tracks from an extensive list of soundtracks to be played online. A great way to listen to soundtracks before you buy. Can link to amazon.com to instantly buy your favourite CDs.
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Apple.com Movie Trailers
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Check out promos for the latest movies coming out at a theatre near you using Apple's Quicktime movie file format. Website contains an extensive list of trailers of current and upcoming movies.
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DarkHorizons.com
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An established movie news site with the latest information on movies in pre-production, post-production, or about to be released. Often has advance photos from the set, or promotion stills as well as advance reviews of new movies. Be warned: many informative spoilers come up on the site.
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StarTrek.com
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Official Star Trek website navigated by themed menus with the latest news on production, cast developments, new games, as well as an extensive library of episodes from all Star Trek shows and movies.
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Trekweb.com
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An extensive Star Trek news site with the latest news on episode production, spoilers, as well as forums for discussion on Star Trek news. Site is one of the oldest Star Trek news sites online, pre-dating the official Star Trek site. Also a source for interviews and chats with Star Trek personalities.
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Mr. Vidiot's Webpage
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Website is a long-standing website with downloadable video files of promos for various TV shows, from Star Trek to Stargate. The site contains high-quality downloads from TV promos digitized straight from the satellite dish.
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Star Trek in
Sound and Vision
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Star Trek-based website where sounds, pictures and other animations available for download from various Star Trek shows and movies. Site includes sound files for use with Windows and high-quality background pictures for the computer screen.
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StarWars.com
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The official website for Star Wars with a library of movie information as well as the latest information on the new prequel Star Wars movies with chats, and video downloads of production or interviews with the cast.
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Shatner.com
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Official and often updated website for Star Trek-star William Shatner, aka Captain James T. Kirk. Contains updated information on his latest activities, movies available for purchase and a public forum.
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Roddenberry.com
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Official website for Majel Roddenberry, widow of the late Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, Andromeda, and Earth: Final Conflict. Contains merchandise information and news on the latest TV shows.
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Wil Wheaton dot net
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Official website of famous "Ensign Wesley Crusher" from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Contains a daily updated blog of the actor.
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CANADIAN / INTERNATIONAL NEWS LINKS
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News 1130
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Website for Vancouvers all-news radio with short news articles on the latest news. Website also includes a link to listen to the radio station live online.
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Canada's Globe and Mail
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Website for Canada's national newspaper with the latest news on Canadian issues and business, as well as updates on major international events. Also contains columns of prominent Canadian journalists and an insightful entertainment section.
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CBC Vancouver
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Website for the Canadian Broadcasting corporation's (CBC) Vancouver website with local news updates as well as links to view the latest national news broadcasts online.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Website for the CBC with news briefs and a broadcast schedule of programming on its various TV networks and radio stations. Also includes links to watch the national news broadcasts online.
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CBC Radio 3
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Website for a special internet-based radio station from the CBC. Website/station strives to stretch the boundaries of online multimedia with Canadian content.
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Global News Vancouver
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Vancouver portal to Canada's largest media company with the latest news from a local, Vancouver perspective. Also includes links to Canwest newspapers The Vancouver Sun and The Province. Good articles on news, business, arts and entertainment. Also links to latest newspaper classified ads.
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Canada.com
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Main portal to CanWest Global's media outlets, with links to newspapers and TV networks of every major Canadian city and market. Also contains a link to sign up to free email with the @canada.com domain name.
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BC CTV Network
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Website for CTV's Vancouver-based TV network with information on show listings as well as a link to view a week's worth of broadcasts of the 6:00pm evening news through streaming video.
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CTV Network
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Website for the CTV broadcast network with news updates, program guides, showtimes, as well as links to local CTV stations across Canada.
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CANOE.ca
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Website for a Canadian news and entertainment website from the Quebecor company. Includes links to daily newspapers from specific Canadian cities. Website focuses on business, entertainment, sports, and lifestyle feature articles with an extensive archive of old news from each section.
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EXN.ca
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Website for the Canadian Discovery Channel with the latest science, technology and nature news including a programming guide, as well as opportunities for public participation in online forums.
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Poynter.org
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An extensive website for journalists with columns and features from reporters and analysts on topics to help improve modern journalism based on the Poynter Institute.
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JournalismNet.com
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An international Website with extensive links for journalists on TV, Radio, Newspapers in the US, UK, Canada, Asia and Africa. Includes links to Alternative News sites and organizations as well as job links from around the world.
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Journalism.org
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Another research-based website on articles about modern journalism with links for all types of journalists, from students to TV journalists. Institute is based in Washington DC.
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