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NEWS
By FFWD StaffNew market guide for Canadian recording artists
Canadian recording artists seeking market opportunities for their products in the United States can access a new guide to recording sales and distribution in selected states in the US Midwest, Plains and Rocky Mountain regions.
Produced by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade through its mission in Minneapolis, Marketing Recorded Products in the US Heartland is a compilation of information about independent record distributors and nationally-distributed record labels headquartered in the mission's eight-state territory, including Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Approximately 85 per cent of the US recording industry is owned and controlled by six major corporations, five of which are headquartered in New York and Los Angeles. However, the region represented by this guide is headquarters for dozens of independents comprising the remaining 15 per cent of the industry. Canadian artists with a pressed and packaged recording being sold in Canada who wish to sell US rights or secure US distribution through consignment or a licensing agreement may find opportunities in the references provided, as will artists seeking to produce a new recording with a US independent label.
The guide is available from the Internet site of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade at http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca (search Market Information, click on "how to get a password" and enter name/address). It can also be obtained from FaxLink, the department's faxback service, at (613) 944-4500, or from the InfoCentre at 1-800-628-1581 or (613) 944-1581.
CPAWS urges Albertans to oppose Lake Louise development
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is condemning a move by Canadian Pacific Limited's plan to build a 700-person convention hall at Chateau Lake Louise.
Citing Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, who stated that the Banff National Park Management Plan "requires Canadians to understand that the stresses and strains of human development cannot be allowed to snap back and injure the wild place we are pledged to protect in Banff National Park," CPAWS is asking Albertans to speak out against the development.
"Unless Albertans speak out against this proposed convention facility, they may find their favorite trails even more crowded or unavailable because of people attending conventions at the Chateau," warns Mike Going, chairperson of the Calgary/Banff chapter of CPAWS.
"Rather than taking steps to improve the highly stressed ecology of the Bow Valley, as was the recommendation of the landmark Banff Bow Valley Study, this major and unnecessary development would only further the valley's impairment," states Going.
However, representatives of Chateau Lake Louise have responded that the development is within the restrictions of the management plan and would have minimal impact on the surrounding environment.
The days, weeks and month of September
September has several designated dates in support of different causes, starting with Labor Day on September 1, also the day for the Great Alberta Duck Race in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The Mother/Daughter Walk for Heart will be held September 7, the 17th annual Terry Fox Run in support of cancer research is September 14, and September 16 is the United Nations' International Day of Peace and the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Designated weeks include the International Literacy Week from September 7 to 13, with the special day on September 8, and the National Aids Awareness Week from September 28 to October 5, with the National Aids Walk taking place September 28.
September itself is Arthritis Month and will also kick off the United Way fund-raising campaign and the Kidney Foundation of Canada's Halloween Peanut and Candy Campaign.
Fall adventures in the city
Calgary adults looking for some outdoor action this fall can pick up a copy of Calgary Park & Recreation's program guide on stands now. The Fall in the City 1997 guide includes several adult outdoor recreation opportunities, such as hiking, canoeing, fly casting, caving, horseback riding, wilderness first aid and travel skills, snorkeling, bicycle maintenance, archery, paragliding and more.
For more information, refer to the program guide or call Calgary Parks & Recreation's outdoor/nature services at 268-1311. Registration is under way for some programs beginning in September.
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