Archive - Jan 22, 2009

National Film Board moving films online for free online viewing

From CBC.ca

NFB makes films free online - $1.3M project to digitize the best of its films

January 21, 2009

The National Film Board of Canada has launched a new project to allow Canadians to see its films through online streaming.

Pelican Falls First Nations High School Students Attempt Guinness World Record

Media Release

Pelican Falls First Nations High School located 5 kilometers outside of Sioux Lookout Ontario is attempting to set a Guinness World Record in mattress stacking during its Winter Carnival January 29, to Feb 1, 2009.  

Research partnership about videoconferencing between National Research Council and First Nation groups

From The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton

Putting technology to good use

By Kyle Mullin - January 22nd, 2009

Proposed changes to Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) putting traditional water routes at risk

From http://www.ispeakforcanadianrivers.ca

The NWPA Issue: Rivers At Risk 

Transport Canada is in the process of rewriting the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) to eliminate a developer’s obligation to consider impacts on navigation when building dams, bridges, causeways or other invasive structures on thousands of waterways across Canada.