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Category Interactive Date 11/28/2005 |
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Canada.com Launches New and Improved Site
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| If it’s important to Canadians, you’ll find it on canada.com |
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TORONTO – Monday, November 28, 2005 – The team at CanWest Interactive couldn’t leave ‘good enough’ alone, so we’ve revamped our canada.com site to make it even better for our users. In addition to our new look and improved navigation which makes it easier to find what you’re looking for, we’ve added more content and features such as event and restaurant listings, city guides, local shopping guides, telephone directories and maps.
With almost three million unique visitors per month, canada.com is the number one Canadian web destination for news and information, and the only major site in Canada which offers truly timely and relevant Canadian content.
At the new calgaryherald.com, readers can also gain access to the latest breaking news throughout the day, plus extra content, photos and videos that supplement stories in the daily paper. With features like shopping, consumers have the ability to search through online versions of ads and flyers for a full week after they run in print. And as always, the is the place to find what you’re looking for through our online classifieds such as driving.ca, remembering.ca and working.com.
“The provides readers with a fantastic extension to their daily newspaper, including all of our columnists and special features,” said . “Our website also features a searchable 7-day archive of stories, breaking news updates, exclusive subscriber-only content and the ability to access your trusted news source from anywhere, at any time.”
Because the calgaryherald.com is part of the canada.com network, Calgary Herald readers not only can get free email accounts, but also have access to content from canada.com’s new network-wide channels such as Travel, Automotive, Careers, Dating and Health.
“We’ve partnered with tier-one companies to deliver industry-leading content and features for consumers,” said Arturo Duran, President of CanWest Interactive, operators of canada.com. “We’re working with Lonely Planet™ and Expedia™ for our travel channel, Mapquest™ for maps and Google Inc. to provide a world-class search function, just to name a few. No other website in Canada provides this quality of timely and relevant Canadian content.”
The site also features community building tools such as blogs, discussion groups and ‘sound-offs’ which will allow readers to express their views on local and national issues.
“The new calgaryherald.com provides more than just news and information,” said Mario Alfano, SVP of Marketing and Strategy for CanWest Interactive. “It’s also about community and interaction, offering readers a place to share ideas and discuss the issues that matter most to them.”
So whether you’re looking for the latest in news, sports and entertainment, restaurant listings, weather forecasts, for what’s on TV, or just need a place to sound off, connect to and connect to your city.
About canada.com
canada.com is owned by CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc., which is 74% indirectly owned by CanWest Global Communications Corp, (CanWest) (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS.SV and CGS.NV, www.canwestglobal.com) and 24% indirectly owned by the CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund (www.canwest.com/incomefund). CanWest, an international media company, is Canada’s largest media company. In addition to owning the Global Television Network, CanWest is Canada’s largest publisher of daily newspapers, and also owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, Web sites and radio networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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