nextMEDIA Announces Digital Hot List Competition

nextMEDIA is searching for new players about to make waves in the digital space. The Digital Hot List Competition is open to content producers, developers and digital superstars who have been around for two years or less, with the hottest new websites, web shows, branded...

enigmatic indian partition

In view of the Jaswant Singh’s recently released book, ‘Jinah; India, partition and independence’ the debate on the Jinah’s reinvented role in the partition goes unabated. While the eminent writers keep writing columns on the subject, following historical facts, I...

20 dumb questions Banff tour operators hear on the job

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Gee I can think of way more than 20 questions people ask, including one I got when in Ferndale, Washington in the USA at a sporting goods shop.  I wanted to have a special order shipped to...

CNN mix-up tickles Alberta tourism officials

It sure looks as if we need to get Jeannie Moos out of New York once in a while.  Jeannie, a well known CNN reporter, did the story on that squirrel that accidentally showed up in the picture of those...

Banff shows off Interactive Screen 0.9

There are lots of interesting minds up in Banff right now attending Interactive Screen.  The conversation on Twitter is using the following hashtag: makers09.  We've set up a SCAN but here is how the New...

Scenic Photos from Alberta Canada

A collection of photos taken from Elbow Falls, Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park and Johnston Canyon. There is so much to see and do while in Banff National Park and the beauty of the wildernss is amazing,...

Exclusive: NowPublic @ nextMEDIA 2008

NowPublic has been in attendance at the 2008 nextMEDIA conference in Banff, Alberta this weekend, which has offered a fascinating and very insightful look into the current state and 'the future of digital...

Beauty and the Bay Street Beat ♪

Recognized award winning entertainer Cyndi Searles had been performing professionally in Ontario Canada for 15 years and is now based out of Calgary, Alberta.Originally hailing from Ontario, Cyndi visits often and...

Hotels going "Green" demanded by guests

By Ursula Tillmann    It's popular to "think" green. But often the gap between talking and doing to save the environment can't be overcome because of the costs. That's one of the arguments,...

Moving the town into the country - Canmore

by Ursula Tillmann     It used to be a tranquil town - but also a poor town. Canmore, better known as the coal-miner community beside the luxurious resort Banff, west of Calgary in the Canadian...

Banff elk face tough life

 While the wolves and the cougars in the Banff area drool over the thought of some tasty elk meat, I find myself worrying about the ethics of the program.  It just doesn't seem right to me to set up the...

Japanese students quarantined in Banff hotel

Yikes. Make sure you've been vaccinated for measles before you head up to Banff..."The quarantine of about 130 people, mostly Japanese high school students, is strictly precautionary, Dr. Judy MacDonald, a medical officer of health with the Calgary Health Region, said Monday."

Next Media in Banff: June 8-10

Ever wonder about the future of television? If you want to get the view from the pros you should venture up to Banff in June. The good folks at Achilles Media are once again playing host to the who's who of the...

Published

"It's always nice to be published, with a byline, in hardcopy. In this case my article; Harpers Faith Based Childcare, was printed in the fall issue of the B.C. Humanist Magazine."

Baba Sitting

"As I have said here before the childcare in Alberta is based on baby sitting provided by Baba. Which is now the Federal Conservative child care plan. And this is the result that Canadians can look forward to... A report presented to Cochrane's town council last week...
 

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