I
have come across the following Canadian websites, blogs, Facebook, and
newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought
you might be interested in them, too
Websites
No new website this week.
Blogs
No
new blogs this week.
Facebook,
Videos, You Tube
Perth County
Branch Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PerthCountyBranchOGS
This is a current page, with up-to-date news
items.
Newspapers
Articles of the Week
ReviewWinnipeg
walking tours offer insight into city's history and culture www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/other/2013/07/19/walking-tours Walk through
the city’s financial district called The Exchange District. The banks the use
to line the street have now been turned into nightclubs and bars.
Nova
Scotia, Canada: as bonny as the homeland www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/northamerica/canada/10191234/Nova-Scotia-Canada-as-bonny-as-the-homeland.html Travel with Nigel
Richardson as he tours Nova Scotia.
Ag
Museum hopes to hold on to history www.portagedailygraphic.com/2013/07/19/ag-museum-hopes-to-hold-on-to-history The Manitoba
Agricultural Museum hopes to save a Canadian Pacific Railway water tower and
Manitoba Pool grain elevator. Both building require new roofs.
Get
out of the city and get in touch with history www.leaderpost.com/travel/city+touch+with+history/8671470/story.html
Read
about the historical town of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan. Its motto is ‘a touch
of Europe in the Prairies’.
New
smartphone app to help users explore Canadian history htto://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/smartphone+help+users+explore+Canadian+history/8667239/story.htmlNational
online voting is underway as Canadians help choose the content for a new
smartphone app.
Story of the
Week
Who
is Shelly Glover?
So
who is Shelly Glover, the new Minister of Heritage in the cabinet of Prime
Minister Stephen Harper.
Well,
she is from Manitoba, and she has served as Parliamentary Secretary for
Finance, Indian and Northern Affairs, and Official Languages. She has also been
an Associate Member on the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
So,
she should have a grasp on the problems with the 1921 Canadian Census, and the
state of the Library and Archives Canada. To date, I haven’t seen anything that
she has said about either the census or the LAC. .
In
fact, she has said that her first order of business is “learning her portfolio,
immersing herself in briefings, meeting stakeholders and hiring staff. It’s a
lot of work – but the first words out of her mouth over the phone from Ottawa
involve her excitement over the tremendous opportunity”.
That
is what the Globe and Mail reported in an article in the July 20th
edition of the paper - www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/shelly-glover-cultures-new-cop/article13319750/?page=2
There
is a very, very short video on the Internet with Minister Glover on www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/07/15/mb-glover-bergen-harper-government-cabinet-manitoba.html
Maybe
the first question that she will have to answer in Question Period, once parliament
resumes in the fall, will be about the 1921 census!
Reminder:
Check out Canadian Week in Review every Monday for the latest in Genealogy,
Heritage, and History news in Canada. It’s the ONLY news blog of its kind in
Canada! The next post will be 29 July, 2013
