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February 2010 Community Events sheet

The community events sheet for month of February is available on the website. 
 Lots of great events, activities and things to do this month. February 19th the cutoff date for February events sheet.
 E-mail: Contact for events event.sheet@bellaliant.net  or Phone: Jim Steele at 929-2212

 

 

 


 

 

Website Workshops

There are several workshops coming up in our community, of interest to anyone who has, or wants to have, a web site. The current crop of courses is of particular interest to owners of business web sites.
These workshops are created by Victoria County CAP Sites Association
(VCCAPS). This series will be presented at the North Shore CAP site, inside the Fire Hall at Indian Brook. There is no charge for any of these workshops, so if you have any interest, don't be shy!

Web Design Tools and Resources: An Introduction
8 February 2010, 1pm - 3pm
Learn what it means to be a webmaster: to own, design, and operate a profitable website.

Web Optimization for Search Engines
15 February 2010, 1pm - 3pm

Learn how to optimize your website for search engines. Includes
keyword research, Google Analytics, writing articles, website promotion, and link-building.

E-commerce Using PayPal
22 February 2010, 1pm - 3pm

Learn how to set up a PayPal account, and sell products on your website.

If you prefer to learn on your own, or if you'd like to preview the workshops, you can find the content on the VCCAPS-owned website webopt.info.

For more information, and to register, e-mail Mike Riegner (workshop designer and presenter) at
mike@vccaps.com or call VCCAPS at 295-1347.

 


 

 

Saturday Morning Walks

 

The month of February  features two walks - Plaster Park and Red Island  at Englishtown. Both walks start at 10:00 am.

1)
Feb. 6th,  - Plaster Park - 1 hour easy walk – dogs welcome on leash. Meet at Scott & Jill’s (44995 Cabot Trail)  

2) Feb. 20th, Red Island Trail – 1.5 hour easy walk – dogs welcome.


 


Vancouver Olympic Games 2010
- February 12 - 28th

 

Below are links to to three important websites on Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 from Feb. 12-28th :

Vancouver 2010
CBC Olympic Games
CTV Olympic Games

 

Interested in Vancouver Olympic Games merchandise :

CTV Believe

Hudson's Bay Company Official 2010 Olympic Store
Vancouver 2010 - The Olympic Store

 

 


 


Boat Building Project

 

There will be a boat building project held at the Fire Hall every
Wednesday from 1 -5 PM. The object is for you to build a 12 foot clinker built rowing dingy under the guidance of Dave Green and later sell
tickets on it with the proceeds to go towards a new truck. The sessions are to be informal and social in nature so come, have a cup of tea and "learn how to build a boat".

 

 


 

Broadband News

Phase 3 of Victoria County's Broadband is now completed with the last two sites at Tarbot now operational. The County's Broadband team is now working with Seaside High Speed and the Broadband Initiative for Rural Nova Scotia on the remaining households and business in Victoria County who cannot get high-speed yet. It is estimated that there is approximately 20-50 homes and or businesses out there. We need your help to identify these homes and businesses.

 
Important - If your home or business cannot get high-speed please
e-mail victoriacountybroadband@gmail.com  with your name, civic address, phone number or phone the Victoria County's Recreation
& Tourism Dept. at 295-3664.

 

Seaside customer service and installation teams are ready to help residential and business customers take full advantage of high-speed internet. Please call 1-888-965-5511 or visit http://www.seasidehighspeed.com for updates  on service availability or book an installation.


   




Interesting Web sites
 

Come to Scotland
Homecoming Scotland 2009

Lobster Palooza Festival
Play Sport
Get Active Now

Hike the Highlands Festival
NS Community Links
Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic
Health Promotion Clearinghouse
Hiking Trails in Victoria County

Visit Victoria County- Official Tourism Web Site
Canadian Idol - click here
American Idol
Canadian Health Network - click here.
Canadian Tire On-Line Shopping - click here

Sears On-line Shopping - click here
Future Shop
Staples
 

Information Morning
Cape Breton

Broadcast weekdays
6:00 - 8:37 a.m.(AT)

Mainstreet
Cape Breton

Broadcast weekdays
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.(AT)

Island Echoes
Broadcast Saturday evening
8:05 p.m.(AT)

Listen Live CBC Radio One


 

 

                  
              Victoria County Municipal Council


The latest council minutes- November 30, 2009 are now available. 
Note
: Council minutes are approved
at the following month council meeting. So the latest council minutes are always a month behind.


The January 2010 Heritage & Archives newsletter will be available soon.

 You will need acrobat reader to read pdf files -   Click on the acrobat reader box to download the program if you do not have a copy on your computer.

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