A collection of helpful web sites for those seeking general information on a wide range of topics, from provincial and national governance, online directories, other sources of books and literature, to the latest commodities futures for agriculture.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - The federal government web page for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Contains a variety of information relating to agriculture, e.g. regulations, inspections, etc.

Canada Agriculture Online - This site has new updates throughout the day, as well as market and weather information.

Canada Grain - Dedicated to providing the news, analysis, strategies and prices you need to market your crops

Gardening.com - This web site has a garden encyclopedia, a garden sites directory as well as a magazine rack.

Manitoba Agriculture - Manitoba Provincial government's agriculture web site

Weather Office - Weather forecasts for Manitoba.

Purchasing

Amazon.com - Amazon is the largest book seller on the web.  Almost any book in print can be found at amazon.com, either new or used.  They also sell a myriad of other things and have some great gift ideas.

Chapters.ca - A Canadian book store chain.

McNally Robinson - An independent Manitoba bookseller: family-oriented, committed to the values of community bookselling, and determined to present an alternative to corporate-chain bookstores

Information about Titles, Authors and Genres

AllReaders.Com - A great source for reviews of mysteries, romances, and science fiction.

Book Browse - An excellent source of information and reviews for popular fiction and authors, especially series.

BookWire is a publishing industry news site which includes bestseller lists and forthcoming titles.

Shakespeare Texts and Notes - Offers not only the full text of each play, but includes many annotations regarding characters, plots, etc.

Whodunit Canada - This site is all about mystery books. It contains booklists, news and book search capabilities.

Business News

Business Wire - World business news is only a click away on one of the Web's biggest business news wires.

PR Newswire Home Page - Up to date news from corporations world wide.

Business Reference Sources

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation - Other home-buying information is available online.

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency - Revenue Canada provides tax information and downloadable forms on its web site.

GlobeFund - Look up mutual funds .

Government of Canada Business Sources - Programs and services offered by the Government of Canada to the business community.

Industry Canada - Canada's largest business information Web site. It provides information on everything from business opportunities, competition, corporate profiles, patents and bankruptcy.

Kelley Blue Book - Gives both retail and trade-in prices for used cars and is the standard for pricing on most used cars.

Market Place on CBC TV - Market Place has been providing Canadians with quality consumer affairs broadcasting for over 25 years.

Mortgage Calculators - An excellent set of online calculators can help answer your home financing questions. You fill in the loan amount, interest rate and other variables; the program calculates how much the payments will be, whether it's worth refinancing, or one of many other formulas available.

PC Quote - allows you to look at current stock prices, past performance, and company profiles.

The Universal Currency Converter - The Universal Currency Converter allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet.

Statistics and Demographics

Statistics Canada - The comprehensive source for Canadian statistics.

Stats Link Canada Source - Lists help new entrepreneurs and small businesses find detailed and relevant Canadian statistics that are available for low or no cost.   Keyword search or browse by sector and/or subject heading to find the data you need to create a solid business plan.

Manitoba Work InfoNet - Information on jobs, training, occupations and financial help.

Job Bank Canada - Job Bank provides a listing of job orders placed by employers with Human Resources Development Canada. Search by keyword, job title or National Occupational Classification. You are able to define the geographical regions in which jobs are desired.

Monster.ca - Post your resume' or search the job listings.  Part of the Monster Worldwide network, the world's leading career portal with an average of close to three million unique visitors a month.  Over two million resumes online and 25,000+ Canadian job postings.

Local Job Shop - Steinbach local job listings and resume' postings.

Brickhouse Home Security Library: Guide to Internet Safety for Kids & Teens - Tthe internet is an amazing resource for teenagers, but it has certain dangers. From cyber-bullying to making private information public, computer damaging spam and internet scams, understanding the dangers is invaluable.

Canadian Encyclopedia - The full text of the 2000 edition is now online.

Child Care - A listing of Child Care facilities in Steinbach and the surrounding area.

Child Safety on the Information Highway - A brochure published by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) puts the issues in perspective and offers tips to help ensure that your child's online experience is a positive one.

Children's Literature WWW Guide - An informative site with links to an awards page listing different awards that books can win and which authors/titles have won these awards. It also contains biographies, on-line stories and more.

Encyclopedia on Early Childhood - A complete overview of childhood development from conception to age five ... childhood at your fingertips

Dr. Toy's Guide -Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, (aka Dr. Toy) has been for many years one of the nation's and world’s leading experts on play, toys, and children's products. This is an online magazine for toy information.

Scholastics for Kids - Read up on your favorite scholastics series like the Baby Sitters Club or Goosebumps or look at other cool stuff.

Canada 411 - Features a database of phone numbers and addresses for residents and businesses, Canada-wide.

Reverse Directory - Look up name listing by entering the phone number or address.

CollegeNET - Contact information for colleges and universities in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Information about financial aid, scholarships, online applications, and standardized tests is available. Links are available to those colleges and universities with Web sites.

Community Learning Network - Educational resources for K-12 arranged by category with over 1,200 links. Includes links to Home Pages of schools around the world.

Hanover School Division - Web site for all the public schools in the Hanover Municipality.

National Geographic - The magazine that has been inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888 has an extensive publication index.

Red River College - Homepage of Red River College

Steinbach Christian High School - Quality education with a Christian perspective.

University of Manitoba - U of M's homepage

University of Winnipeg - U of W's homepage

Brandon University - Brandon University's homepage

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Entertainment

Movies/TV

CTV - Communications company offering a range of television news, sports, information, and entertainment programming for an English-speaking audience.  Including streaming links of dozens of shows.

Cinemedia is a vast collection of TV and film information on the web - shows, actors, networks.

Coming Attractions has extensive reports on movies-in-the-making, from casting and production staff to filming locations and predicted release date.

Entertainment Weekly - Web site of the magazine so you can keep up with current entertainment news and celebrity gossip.

General Music Reference Site - Look here for an overview of music links.

Global TV - Media Network site including the streaming links of dozens of shows.

Internet Movie Database - Full cast, crew, and production information about almost every movie ever made. You can also search for an actor, director, writer, etc., to get a complete list of their movies.

Keystone Theatre - The Steinbach local theater.

Video Max - Local Steinbach video rental store.

Music

International Lyrics Server - Find the lyrics to over 76,000 songs!

Pollstar - You can search the concert database to find out where in the world your favorite band is touring, or who'll be playing Winnipeg in the near future.

Ultimate Band List - A guide to radio stations, record companies and (of course) bands on the net.

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French

Babelfish - By Yahoo!, allows you type in a paragraph of text and translate it to or from several different languages.

Asterix - The official site (in French) for the Asterix comic books by Goscinny and Uderzo. "The year is 50 BC Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans...Well not entirely..."

The Canadian Encyclopedia - Available on-line in both English and French.

CBC Radio Canada : The Kid's section of CBC offers a huge selection of games, contests and postcards to send to your French Immersion pals.

CPF National - Resources for parents, students and educators, on-line dictionary and verb conjugation, CPF database and publications, list of French software, links to all Provincial CPF branches.

Goethe : One hundred on-line French vocabulary tests. Fun for Grades 3 and up. The kids will enjoy beating your score!

Google Language Tools - allows you type in a paragraph of text and translate it to or from several different languages.

International Genealogical Research

Genealogy Home Page - An excellent starting point for international family tree searches.

List of Genealogy Sites - A massive site (26,000 links and counting!) for international family tree searches.

United Kingdom Family Records - A site that provides easy access to United Kingdom family history on the web. The largest single source of genealogical information on the Internet,

Family Search - The largest single source of genealogical information on the Internet.  Provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) it indexes more than 4000 million names.

National Genealogical Research

The Aboriginal Peoples' Guide to Government Records - Access to useful information found in government documents.

Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History - A good place to start tracing your roots if you are just beginning to do research.

The National Archives - A good place to start tracing your roots if you are just beginning to do research.

Local Genealogical Research

• Mennonite Historical Society of Canada

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Government/Laws

Canadian Federal Government Page - The official web site of the Canadian Government with links to individual departments, organizations, programs and/or agencies with a search engine.

Canadian Legal FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions offers legal information on common situations, ranging from divorce and child custody to shoplifting.

The Internet Law Library - A collection of American federal and state laws, laws of other countries, and international law, with an excellent index of laws by subject that allows you to compare (for example) the immigration and citizenship laws of various countries. (It also has a Canadian law section which includes both federal and provincial links.)

Justice Network has law and justice resource materials from across Canada, including common questions on topics such as family law and the Young Offenders Act.

Manitoba Provincial Government Page - Information of programs, departments, services; as well as business links and economic information.

Manitoba Statutes On-line - This web site makes your access to publications easier by offering most of Manitoba's statutes on-line.

Parliament - For all your Parliament related queries.

Provincial and territorial home pages - Listing every provinces government web site

Statutes of Canada - The online source of the consolidated Acts and regulations of Canada. The consolidations are generally updated every Tuesday morning.

ABC's of Safe and Healthy Child Care - Parents and caregivers will be especially interested in the information on common medical conditions in children, plus links to other children's health sites.

Canadian Health Network - A national network of health information providers which gives easy access to health information you can trust from over 600 organizations across the country.

CliniWeb - Provides medical information and services for consumers, physicians, and other health providers.  Easy to us search engine and symptom guides.

Healthopedia - Basic online-encyclopedia is a wealth of knowledge for almost any topic you may be wondering about.

InteliHealth - A health news site from Johns Hopkins University.

The Mayo Clinic - An excellent U.S. web site, which is particularly strong in diet and nutrition. information.

MDChoice - Provides medical information and services for consumers, physicians, and other health providers.  Easy to us search engine and symptom guides.

MedlinePlus - A site of trusted health information maintained by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Medscape - Includes huge database of journal citations and abstracts. Site also includes large amount of information of relevance to consumers as well as healthcare staff.

Ontario Association of Pediatricians' web site - Parents and caregivers will be especially interested in the information on common medical conditions in children, plus links to other children's health sites.

QuackWatch Home Page - QuackWatch is your online guide to 'Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decision making'. You can't trust all the health information you read on the Internet. Available in English, French and German.

Web MD - Provides medical information and services for consumers, physicians, and other health providers.  Easy to us search engine and symptom guides.

All About Canada - This is a list of many authoritative resources available on Canadian culture for the person that would like to become more knowledgeable about the subject.

Canadian Encyclopedia - Complete full text online version of the 2000 edition.

Canadian Museum of Civilization - This site contains information on Canada's history. It has information on the first people, archaeology and much more.

Early Canadiana Online -A great source for Canadian history information.   Full text online collection of thousands of books and pamphlets dating from the first European contact to the late 19th century.

The Manitobia.ca Project - The Manitobia.ca project is a first major initiative of the Manitoba Library Consortium and its partners to gather and render accessible a wealth of historically significant documents and publications free of charge to Canadians, young and old.

This Day in Canadian History - Historical guide to this day in history.

Brickhouse Home Security Library: Guide to Internet Safety for Kids & Teens - Tthe internet is an amazing resource for teenagers, but it has certain dangers. From cyber-bullying to making private information public, computer damaging spam and internet scams, understanding the dangers is invaluable.

Learn the Net - Covers beginner to advanced topics, including the absolute basics.

HTML Help - A forum based database to help you learn how to write HTML and create your own web documents.

HTML Primer - For the beginner who just wants a simple introduction to what HTML is and how to create a web page with it .

HTML Station - A web site that covers both the basics and more advanced topics of writing HTML.

Safe Kids - This page is set so it is easy to use. It contains internet safety information for kids and parents. It is a good site for both parents and children to visit together.

Free e-mail providers -

Gmail (provided by Google)

Hotmail (provided by Microsoft)

Inbox

Yahoo! mail

Search Engines -

Altavista/Altavista Canada

Ask.com

Google/Google Canada

Hotbot

Yahoo!/Yahoo! Canada

Bing by Microsoft

BBC News - International News affiliate.

Canada.com - Canada's largest media company.

CANOE - Canoe stands for CANadian Online Explorer. This site provides access to up to the minute Canadian news.

CBC Newsworld - CBC Newsworld online. Provides a link to CBC TV.

CNN - Central News Network (USA) 24 hour news channel.

National Geographic - The magazine that has been inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888 has an extensive publication index.

Weather Office - Wondering what the weather holds in store for the next 5 days anywhere in the country? Check out the for a 5 day forecast.

Air Canada - official web site of the airline where you can book flights online without booking fees.

Hotels and Travel in Canada - This is a very good travel site on all of Canada. It has tourist information, maps, local and country-wide hotels. The information is given to you for each province so it is quicker for you to find the information.

Travel Facts - for visitors from out of the country, or for residents, here is a handy list of links to information on Canada and it's people.

Travelocity - web negotiator where you can book flights, hotels, rental cars and more.

Travel Reports & Warnings - Travel Reports offer information on safety and security, local laws and customs, entry requirements, health conditions and other important travel issues.

WestJet - official web site of the airline where you can book flights online without booking fees.