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Search Engines

• Search Engine Watch presents news and tips on various search engines.
• MetaCrawler uses many search engines similtaneously.
• InferenceFind does intelligent and fast parallel web searchs.
• Search.Com features specialty searchs.
• Scour.Net Internet Media Guide.
• Canada.Com Your Canadian Search Engine
• Altavista
• Altavista
• Yahoo
• Yahoo
• NorthernLight
• Webcrawler
• Lycos
• Excite
• Infoseek
• HotBot
• Starting Point
• Dejanews is great for searching the Usenet news groups.
• Web Search brings all the main search engines together in one place.
• Canadian Telephone Book to find anyone's phone number in Canada.
• Canadian Yellowpages covering all of Canada.
• People Search Canada telephone numbers and more (also U.S.A.)
• Internet Address Finder
• Liszt is THE mailing list directory.

Homework Helper

• Infoplease Homework Center for help on all those school projects.
• How Stuff Works speaks for itself.
• Homework Central where you'll find help on over 2200 topics.
• School Work lots more help for the student.
• Learn from PBS is an excellent learning resource.
• National Geographic has something for everyone.
• Ask Jeeves for kids.
• A+ Math to help with those math problems.
• American Memory from the Library of Congress.
• My Reference Page for more information resources.

Weather Information

• (MSC) The Meteorological Service of Canada
• Satellite Images and Movies from Environment Canada.
• Canada's Weather Network as seen on TV.
• SSEC Real-time Data for the latest weather satellite images.
• Worldwide Weather from Intellicast.

TV- Radio - Movies - Showbiz

• TV Guide Live from TV Guide Canada.
• TVTimes Online features Canadian TV program info and listings.
• ZAP2IT - shows you what to watch and where to watch it.
• TV Guide online edition.
• Movie Database that's awesome.
• tribute.ca for movie showtimes in your town.
• Film.com - movie reviews, news, trailers, interviews, showtimes, etc.
• Yahoo Movies to check out the latest flicks.
• Shortwave and DXing to help you enjoy your shortwave receiver.
• Groves World of Radio Monitoring.
• CBC Radio includes Real Audio content.

TVRO Satellite

• Lyngemark Satellite Chart is my favourite listing.
• ExpressVu Canadian DBS (Little Dish)
• StarChoice Canadian DBS (Little Dish)
• Dish Network American DBS (Little Dish)
• DirectTV American DBS (Little Dish)

Space & Astronomy

• a great place to start.
• SETI@Home from the University of California. (Join in the search)
• Heavens Above great for tracking satellites, planets, comets, etc. from where you live.
• HCI Space Central for the latest space news.
• Mars Pathfinder Mission keep yourself up to date.
• SSEC Planetary Research pick a planet, any planet.
• Solar Views has an incredible amount of detailed info on planets, etc.
• Dr. Sky features astronomy and aeronautics.

Finance

• XE.com Personal Currency Assistant
• Telenium daily Canadian stock quotations.
• CANOE Investment Page another great resource for the Canadian investor.
• Canada Stockwatch for the latest stock quotes.
• The Motley Fool get foolish about your finances.
• Investor Learning Center a great resource for the investor.
• GLOBEfund get info on any Canadian Mutual Fund.
• Gomez.com provides Financial Services Scorecards.

Computer Info

• Tech News for IT professionals
• CNET.com is a great technology info resource.
• G4TechTV goes with the TV channel by the same.
• G4TechTV is where you can find "Call for Help" with Leo Laporte.
• The PC Guide it's all here.
• Everything Computers Bob O'Donnell has the answers.
• CMP's Net updated daily.
• PC World Magazine updated daily.
• PC Magazine lots of good reading about computer stuff.
• Popular Science Magazine more than just about computers.
• HotWired staying on top of today's cyber-culture.
• Annoyances that you may have with "Windows".
• DriversHQ find the latest hardware drivers here.
• Windrivers.Com find your Windows device drivers here.
• the latest and greatest for your desktop.

Ham Radio

• Lakehead Amateur Radio Club in Thunder Bay.
• The QRZ Home Page features a ham callsign search database.
• Radio Amateurs of Canada the voice of Canadian "Hams".
• A.R.R.L. America Radio Relay League.
• AMSAT Amateur Satellite Group.
• Ham Radio Online Magazine check it out.
• Dayton Hamvention to help you plan your next trip to the BIG ONE.
• Larry's Ham Links good size list.
• Amateur Radio Links a massive list of "Ham" resources.
• Ham Radio Files lots of software and info.
• Boston Amateur Radio the club's extensive archives.

Travel Info and Accomodations

• Thunder Bay Airport up to date Arrivals/Departures info.
• Toronto Pearson Airport up to date Arrivals/Departures info.
• Travel Web
• Travelocity
• Choice Hotels International
• Best Western Hotels
• BBCanada find Canadian Bed and Breakfasts here.
• Microsoft Expedia Travel Services what next?
• Toronto's Go Transit commuter rail info.
• Thunder Bay info for tourists.
• Expo 2000 Are you going?  Find out what it's all about.
• Epicurious if you like eating, drinking, and travel.
• Wine Spectator wines, food & travel.
• Lonely Planet Online lots of info for the traveller.

Home and Garden

• HouseNet is all about Home, Gardening, Decorating, Sewing, etc.
• Garden Escape for the green thumb in you.

Parents and Family

• Parent Soup if you're a parent, you might want to check this one.
• Parent's Place for parents by parents.
• KidSource OnLine especially for families with kids.
• Moms Online is a home for moms in cyberspace.
• Family.Com from the folks at Disney.
• The Internet Chef on-line magazine.
• My Menus for lots of recipes and meal planning.
• Master Cook recipes from SierraHome Cooking.
• Sally's Place Recipes anyone?

Online Maps

• Mapquest World Wide Interactive Atlas can zoom to street level.
• MapBlast zooms in to virtually any address in the U.S.
• WorldAtlas is an impressive maps and info resource.
• David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Wow!)
• Tiger Map Server U.S. only, including census info.
• Map Collection at University of Texas.
• The Map Guide links to World, Country and Continent maps.
• Expedia Maps from Microsoft.