Rural correspondents matter in community papers
An editorial from 1997 defends rural district news in small papers. It notes editors rely on advertising for space but argues district coverage preserves ties to churches clubs and neighbors, despite aging rural correspondents and calls from readers for more news from distant areas.
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Zorra
San Clara Area
Togo
Inglis
Listowel
Ontario
Hazel Griffith
District News
Review
Manitoba
Deepdale
Merridale
Rankin Inlet Opens Up A Window To The World
In Rankin Inlet NWT Bill Belsey a Leo Assak School teacher helped introduce Internet access through Canada’s CAP program. A community meeting showed strong Inuit support 85 percent of 2000 residents backing the plan as elders and residents envisioned ongoing links to the wider world through the Web.
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Ottawa
Bill Belsey
Arctic
Rankin Inlet
Nwt
Belsey
Leo Assak
Territorial
Industry Canada
CAP
Rankin Inlet Nets 500 Online Residents and Public Terminals
Neighbourhood News reports Rankin Inlet now runs a public access Internet site with 20 terminals and 500 residents using email. The program trains local residents as Internet trainers and has earned the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in ST M. Local entrepreneurs market soapstone carvings globally.
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Rankin Inlet
Bill Belsey
Calgary
Rankin
U. of Regina
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