Lögberg-Heimskringla - 20.10.1995, Page 3

NEWS RELEASE FROIVI TRANSPORT CANADA
Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 20. október 1995 • 3
Canada Sk lceland Sign Air Services
Memorandum of Understanding
Transport Minister Douglas
Young and Foreign Affairs
Minister André Ouellet
announced the signing of a memo-
randum of understanding on Sept.
26, 1995, that will, for the first
time, allow Icelandair to operate
scheduled international service to
Canada. Icelandair plans to begin
service to Halifax in May 1996.
Today’s arrangement is the first
of its type to be concluded since the
introduction of new provisions for
foreign carriers’ access under the
federal government’s International
Air Transportation policy, which
was announced in December 1994.
“We look forward to the intro-
duction of services to Canada by
Icelandair,” said Minister Young.
“This arrangement with Iceland is
yet another example of how the
federal government’s international
air policy is responding to the
needs of Canadian travellers, ship-
pers and airport communities.
“The establishment of direct air
links is a positive development in
Canada’s relations with Iceland,”
said Minister Ouellet. “This new
air service will support Canada’s
international business, trade and
tourism objectives.”
The memorandum of under-
standing was signed in Ottawa by
Minister Young, on behalf of the
Government of Canada, and by
Ambassador Einar Benediktsson,
on behalf of the Government of
Iceland.
Under the terms of the arrange-
ment, Icelandair also has the
opportunity to serve Montreal.
The Government of Canada, in
turn, has the right to assign a
Canadian carrier to serve Iceland,
should one express interest in
It’s said to be “The
Greatest Thing
Since Gutenherg”
by Kevln Jón Johnson
ohann Gutenberg of Mainz is
traditionally considered the
inventor of printing with
moveable type, developing his tech-
nology in Strasbourg around 1428,
and later back in Mainz in 1445
with the financial support of Fust,
another German. The sociological
change and impact of the Internet
may become greater than that radi-
ating from the discovery of
Gutenberg. The Internet permits the
broadcast of information in a linear
fashion like printing; furthermore it
builds on the same capacity inher-
ent in Gutenberg’s technology, with
the significant addition that the
Internet provides a totally interac-
tive experience and communicates
anywhere in the world.
From a cold machine, one may
communicate with a server and
enter the Internet through the
sketchpad Netscape by pressing the
proper icon. It takes approximately
thirty seconds to down load
Netscape from the hard drive. Brian
Gudmundson, a policy analyst with
Northern Affairs in Canada, then
searches his personalized index,
titled Bookmarks, which continually
grows under his choice and direc-
tion. A selection in bookmarks
takes about twenty seconds to come
on screen.
For browsing, several powerful
search engines lay at Brian’s dispos-
al under Netscape; these are search-
ing tools. His favourite, all-purpose
search engine is titled The Web
Crawler; hypertext, often appearing
in bright blue, indicates categories
which may be explored. Information
not posted to the Internet has no
existence in cyberspace; a redaction
on Descartes may read, “I am post-
ed on the Internet; therefore I
exist”.
Today, a multitude of informa-
tion may be drawn upon, but the
future of the Internet will be even
richer. Yet caution must be exer-
cised for neither censorship nor
quality control exist. Some services
cost nothing, but others require sub-
scription fees, and this user-friendly
providing such a service.
In the wake of this agreement
L-H plans a special issue devoted
to Icelandair and links between
North America and Iceland in the
next few weeks.
opportunity becomes more flexible
through familiarity. The menus will
guide one from the general to the
specific, from one home page to
another, but an opportunity cost
necessarily accompanies the choice.
One may use the Internet to
strengthen written Icelandic skills in
the open, real time chat-line called
Spjallsvæðið, or loiter in the Daily
News from Iceland to keep abreast
of weather, culture and current
affairs. A computer with a sound
chip allows one to hear and watch
the latest musical score of Björk
Gudmundsdóttir, or others, in a tan-
talizing video. One may arrange for
accommodations at hotels in
Iceland, and order t-shirts, or
books, but Brian Gudmundson dis-
approves of using credit cards over
the Internet, because unscrupulous
hackers are lurking in cyberspace
like pirates on the ancient seas.
The mystery of E-mail addresses
dispels easily. Each code follows a
basic pattern: beginning with an
arbitrary sequence; followed by the
at-sign, @; then by the name of the
server; and ending with a geograph-
ic designation. Brian and Anne
Gudmundson’s E-mail address may
serve as example:
agudmund@minet.gov.mb.ca
The Internet defaults into lower
case letters for addressing E-mail,
and spellings must be perfect to sat-
isfy the impersonal logic of the com-
puter service. A little time in this
opportunity cost may change the
fear of uncertainty into the joy of
familiarity.
MESSUBOÐ
Fyrsta Lúterska
Kirkja
Pastor Ingthor I. Isfeld
1030 a.m. The Service followed by
Sunday School & Coffee hour.
First Lutheran Church
580 Victor St., Winnipeg, MB
R3G 1R2 Ph. 772-7444
Oct. 10-Dec. 5
Winnípeg
Sat., Oct. 21
Gimli
Sat., Oct. 21
Winnipeg
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Wed., Oct. 25
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Thurs., Oct. 26
Vancouver
Oct. 27 - 29
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Nov. 1 - 5
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Sat., Nov. 4
Vancouver
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Toronto
Tues. Nov. 21
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Winnípeg
Icelandic Instruction - 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays • Grades 1-6
St. Vital, Hastings School, 95 Pulberry Street. Minimal Registration Fee.
Call Geraldine 255-4604 or Sandra 255-7231.
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Pioneer Day - to commemerate the 120th year since settlement
of “Nýja ísland” 10:00 a.m. meet at museum for walk to the White Rock,
Willow Island. 1:00 p.m. cutting of birthday cake by Consul-General for
Iceland, Neil Bardal at the museum.
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IODE Autumn Bazaar - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. George’s Anglican
Church at Grosvenor and Wilton. Jón Sigurösson Chapter IODE
invites everyone to come.
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Betelstaður Fall Tea - 2 p.m. - 4p.m. Crafts, home baking, and
touch & take. At Betelstaöur, 1061 Sargent Ave. at Erin.
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Lecture: "The Afterlífe of Westem Icelandic Líterature ín Iceland"
at 7:30 p.m. by Dr. Guðrún Guðsteinsdóttír, Dept. of English, Univ. of
Iceland in Seníor Common Room, University College, U. of M. Free
Admission, Free Parkíng (B-Lot), Reception ín College Senior Common
Room. Sponsored by Dept. of Icelandíc Language & Literature. Please
RSVP by Mon„ Oct. 23 to 474-9551 if you wish to attend.
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Sólskin Anniversary Tea & Hofn Open House - 2 p.m. at Hofn
Icelandic Care Home. Entertainment by Senior Choristers.
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Annual Viking Art Show - At Scandinavian Centre, 764 Erin Street.
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Christmas Show & Sale - 1 - 5 p.m. in the Markerville Hall
Coffee & goodies in the Kaflistofa.
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Sólskin Christmas Bazaar - 1 - 3 p.m. at Hofn Icelandic Care Home
Icelandic delicacies, Christmas crafls, fortune tellíng and a strolling
troubadour.
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I.C.C.T. - Aftemoon Concert - Valdinejohnson, world-famous Wpg.
soprano performs with Accord Quartet and síngers Ben Butterfield and
James Westman. Limited tickets available. Call Gary Oddleifson at 463-
1324 by Oct. 31.
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I.C.C.T. Meeting - "The Viking Regíment" - 8 p!m. Joe Martin talks
about the 1,000 Icelandic-Canadians who served during World War I; he
focuses spedfically on those who enlisted from the Lögberg settlement.
At the Unitarian Hall, 175 St. Clair Ave. W. (near Avenue Rd.)
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Scandinavian Christmas Market - At Winnípeg’s Scandinavian Centre,
764 Erin Street. Purchase food and gift artides from all the Scandinavian
countries. Entertainment, Lucia Pageants and a Café where you can
sample some of the delicacies. Craft demonstrations andjuleklip.
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