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The Empress


"O Canada": listen to it and read of its history.

Definitely Not The Opera.

Cross Country Checkup.

Vinyl Cafe.

As It Happens.

Enjoy a full transcript from last evening of the CBC's The National.

"Sam's Deli" SamCam looking onto the Inner Harbour of Victoria.

Virtual Museum of Inuit Art.

Canadian books:

"The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland "
by Jim DeFede

"The Art of Emily Carr"
by Doris Shadbolt

"City of Glass: Douglas Coupland's Vancouver"
by Douglas Coupland

"High Latitudes: An Arctic Journey"
by Farley Mowat

Artists of British Columbia: Phyllis Serota, toni onley, Emily Carr, Bill Reid.

The day's news from Victoria, courtesy of CHEK-6. (RealPlayer audio and transcripts.)

Miss Little's

News from Qualicum Beach."

Canada's news weekly, Maclean's.

Canadian Space Agency.

Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada.

Elmer the Safety Elephant/Elmer l'eléphant prudent.

Victoria's weekly, Monday Magazine.

British Columbia Archives.

Canadian World Domination. (Irony is fun.)

Hill Cam: Ottawa, minute by minute.

Canadiana: A detailed web resource about Canada.

What's new in Canada: Canadian news and culture for the denizens of Manhattan.

The Nisga'a Nation. (The artifact on the right is part of a slideshow on Nisga'a art found at this website: moon, representing the passage of time).

Assembly of First Nations/Assemblée des Premières Nations.

Mr. Dressup.

Royal Canadian Air Farce.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

Hockey Night in Canada.

The career, films, and life of Atom Egoyan.

An interview with Atom Egoyan (New York Times Sunday Magazine, 12 November 2000).

Canadian Heritage Information Network/Réseau canadien d'information sur le patrimoine.

Aboriginal Multi-Media Society.

It crosses your mind to wonder what's new at the University of Victoria? Okay...and The Martlet student newspaper.

Victorious, happy, and glorious: Her Majesty The Queen .

" Québec... un peu... beaucoup... passionnément..." (National Film Board of Canada/l'Office national du film du Canada, 1989).

Sweep, Sweep!!: Curling.

When travelling to Victoria, enjoy a walk along Dallas Road, a lunch at "Sam's Deli," a dinner at "Pagliacci's," and take in high tea at "The Empress." All the cultural news that's fit to print may be found in "Monday" magazine. Victoria art museums: UVic's Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.


Royal Visit to Canada
Visite royale
October 2002












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