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POLITICS IN THE NEWS
Internet news sources range from Web sites provided by traditional
media corporations and special Web-based news enterprises, to sites
created by journalism schools or other individuals interested in covering
news issues. In addition, the Internet offers some unique news-gathering
opportunities in the form of dedicated news search engines and "push"
services that deliver to individual users news stories just on their
areas of interest. This section of the Nelson Political Science guide
provides links to many different news sources.
Most major newspapers and magazines now offer selected stories from
their current day's edition free on the Web for any user to read. There
are also several Internet-based news providers. Some require a free
registration to access their site, while others provide an expanded
set of stories and services to paying subscribers. Some radio and TV
broadcasters also provide video clips or simultaneous broadcasts over
the Internet. Visit some of the following sites for an insight into
the top stories of interest across Canada and around the world.
CANADIAN ON-LINE BROADCASTS
The CBC has several
interesting sites that cover its television and radio services. CBC
News has a general site covering current and archived news stories.
The CBC Newsworld
site provides access to the actual reports that are broadcast on TV. You
can watch them if you have RealPlayer
installed on your computer. These reports are added to and updated over
the course of the day. Newsworld also has an archived News-In-Depth
Section, where you can find a collection of reports on past news stories
on some major issues.
CBC
Radio provides live, simultaneous
broadcasts of the stereo and regular CBC networks over the Internet.
You will need to install the RealPlayer
plug-in on your computer. At any time, you can also download and play
the latest hourly and major news broadcasts of the day. Note:RealPlayer
requires that your computer have a sound board to work properly.
CTV
News 1 - The CTV cable news channel provides live Internet video
of its round-the-clock broadcast coverage. You need to have the RealPlayer
plug-in installed on your computer.
CANADIAN NEWS SOURCES
CANOE - the Canadian
News OnLine Explorer provides access to two very useful sites: 24-Hour
News and their
Money News Online.
The Vancouver
Sun and The
Province are two papers published by Pacific Press in Vancouver.
The
Calgary Herald covers the news from Calgary, Alberta.
The Leader-Post
- published in Regina
The
Winnipeg Free Press - the main newspaper in Manitoba
Maclean's
magazine - a Toronto-based magazine that publishes topical and political
news across Canada
The
Globe and Mail - a nationally distributed newspaper from Toronto
The National
Post - Canada's newest national newspaper
Southam's News
Cafe provides links to the many newspapers that Southam owns, as
well as to their main news stories.
The Toronto
Star - a Toronto-based newspaper
The Hill
Times provides weekly news on politics and Parliament.
Canadian
Public Affairs Channel provides coverage of debates in the House
of Commons as well as other political meetings and conferences.
The
Montreal Gazette - the main English-language paper in Quebec
Le
Journal de Montreal - the largest French-language newspaper in Quebec
QuebecNews.com
- translations of news stories from Quebec newspapers
The
Daily Gleaner - from Fredericton, New Brunswick
Halifax
Herald publishes two newspapers from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The
Daily News - Halifax newspaper
Evening
Telegram - from St. John's, Newfoundland
The Nunatsiaq
News - a weekly paper that covers events in the Eastern Arctic
The
Yukon News posts top stories for issues going back to 1996.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
ABC News
- the network's news site
Annova
- from the UK, featuring the world's first virtual newscaster
Asia Business
News - political and business news around Asia
British Broadcasting
Corp. - news site supporting its TV, Radio, and World services
CBS News -
international and American news from the CBS network
The Christian
Science Monitor Electronic Edition
CNN is the
Internet site for the CNN cable TV news channel. CNN and Time magazine
also run the All
Politics news site.
The Economist
- news and commentary about events around the world
Electronic Newsstand
- connections to over 750 magazines and newspapers
The
Electronic Telegraph - on-line version of this British newspaper
Hong Kong
Standard - news from Hong Kong
The
Indian Express Group - news from India in the Indian Express
and the Financial Express
Interfax
News Agency - news from and about Russia
The
Irish Times - news from Ireland
The Jerusalem
Post - Israeli and Middle Eastern news
Le Monde
- Paris-based newspaper site, en français.
The London
Guardian/Observer - the site for two of Britain's leading papers
Los
Angeles Times
Mail &
Guardian - South African news
MSNBC
- a collaborative effort of NBC and Microsoft
New York Times
Russia
Today - news and opinion polls from Russia
The Sydney
Morning Herald - daily news from Down Under
TIME Magazine
USA Today
Washington
Post - International Section - this site also contains a search
engine to find stories on particular countries in the Post's database.
You can also visit Yahoo!'s
World News Site, where you will find the latest headlines and links
to a number of news agencies.
ALTERNATIVE NEWS ON THE INTERNET
Frank Magazine
serves up a mixture of gossip, news, and satire about Canadian politics.
NewsWatch
Canada provides a critical view of Canada's media coverage and lists
the top stories that have gone un- or under-reported.
Private
Eye - Britain's political satire magazine
Suck - an
American experiment in news commentary and reporting with a Gen-X edge
"PUSH" SERVICES - GET THE NEWS YOU WANT
Several companies provide a service that selects news stories from categories
that specifically interest you. The following services all offer slightly
different coverage and methods of delivery.
Backweb
provides about 40 "channels" of different kinds of news that are delivered
to your computer.
Campusedge.com
provides students with newsfeeds from The Globe and Mail specific
to politics.
With CNN
Custom News, you can select topics of interest and news items on
just the issues you want whenever you visit that site.
CRAYON
allows you to CReAte Your Own Newspaper, with material drawn from hundreds
of on-line news sources.
The Infoseek
News Center allows you to set up an individualized news page.
MyYahoo!
has a customizable personal page you can set up to deliver the news
you're interested in.
NewsTrawler
allows you to search for news, magazines, and journal archives from
news sources around the world.
Pointcast
lets you set up a number of "channels" for an interface that works best
if you have a high-speed connection to the Internet.
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