August Links

Each month, the Rose Garden will recommend four world wide web links. These links are categorised as follows:

Link of the Month: Ontario Provincial Parks

What better way to get into the camping frame of mind! This site provides photographs, maps, a description of facilities and on-line reservations for all the provincial parks in Ontario. Search for a specific park by location, name, activity or heritage site. Check out the park arcade which offers a QuickTime VR tour of two scenic parks and some fun games including a bug hunt and a magic canoe ride!

Hamilton, Ontario Link: Stelco Steel

Check out one of Steel Town's major employers. Stelco Steel's corporate web site gives an interesting overview of production facilities from the blast furnace to the hot strip mill. The site includes investor information, corporate news releases and links to other steel manufacturing sites.

Children's Link: Scholastic Books

Scholastic Publishing offers many contests and activities for children including: book clubs for various age groups, story writing and postcards. The site also contains book reviews, interviews with children's writers and illustrators and links to Scholastic favorites such as Animorphs and the Magic School Bus.

World Issue Link: Jubilee 2000

Jubilee 2000 is an international movement calling for the cancellation of the unpayable debt of the world's poorest countries in the Year 2000. Find out more about the progress of this important movement and sign the petition to make your voice heard.