1)  Congratulations to Anita MacDonald, Little Narrows for being chosen as the national female recipient of the
     Wendy’s Classic Achievers® Scholarship. Anita is a student of Rankin School of the Narrows /Sgoil Mhic
     Fhraing a' Chaolais.

2) Leatherworks, Indian Brook, was named the Tourism Business of the Year at 2008 Crystal Tourism Awards of

    Excellence at 31st Annual TIANS Tourism Summit in Halifax, NS. Congratulations to Marion, John and all their
    staff. 

3) The Municipal Council minutes for November 17, 2008 are now available on the website.  

4)  The November 2008 newsletter of the Heritage & Archives Dept. is now available.

5) Phase 3 of Victoria County's Broadband Project Update (December 5th) - Work continues at
    MacLeod's Point. MacLeod's Site pole has been installed. Electronics and power are the final two steps.
    Seaside is hopeful it will be up and running before Christmas. Cape North site requires power and electronics
    before it is completed. Engineering work & land acquistion continues at West Tarbot and Big Intervale sites.
    There are six sites left to be open for customers and phase three of construction will be completed. Updates
    will be posted weekly by the Victoria County Recreation & Tourism Dept. on County's Broadband website -
     "Connected Communities" .

     The following communities can now have access to Seaside Wireless High speed Internet - Aspy Bay,
    Black Head, Capstick, Smelt Brook, White Point, and South Harbour.  Seaside Customer service reps will be
    calling people in these areas to let you know the service is available.  Internet Support and Information
     (Toll Free) 1-888-965-5511.  Please Note: When service becomes available, individual assessments will be
    required at each residence to ensure the signal is of suitable strength to complete an installation on your
    property.

6)   Victoria County's Tourism Resource Centre  website has been updated December 5th with 40 plus new
     articles in Tourism News  including - 1) Province investing in Tourism Niche Markets - NS Tourism, Culture &
     Heritage & Economic Development, 2) Tourism to Build on Strengths in 2009 - NS Tourism, Culture & Heritage
     3) October, Year-End Tourism Statistics Available - NS Tourism, Culture & Heritage, 4) NS Tourism key
      Indicators - October 2008, NS Tourism, Culture & Heritage, 5)  Victoria County Fixed Roof Accommodation
     Occupancy Rate - October 2008,  6) New Tourism Intelligence Bulletin and Tourism Snapshot now online.
     7) Canada makes No. 2 ranking, CTC global marketing strategy garners great press., 8) CTC-UK’s ‘Canada
     Dome’ captures Gold Media Innovation Award in experiential category, 9) World tourism biz unites to go
     green,  10) Online Marketing Firm A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing Wins Pinnacle Award, 11) Minister Docherty
     announces newly Restructured funding programs for the 2009 Season - PEI Tourism, 12) Tourism
     Compensation Study - TIANB & CTHRC, 13) 2009 Nova Scotia Tourism Partnerships & Programs (1.14 meg.
     pdf), 14) 2009 Nova Scotia Tourism Plan (3.55 meg. pdf), 15) Haverstock says thank you to Alberta

     Two new posts on the Victoria County Tourism blog have been added - Leatherworks wins Tourism Business
     of the Year, Nova Scotia targets UK, Atlantic Canada, Niche markets and Social Media for visitors in 2009.
     Other recent posts include - Shaping the Future - TIANS Tourism Summit 2008, Tourism Research # 3 -    

      Green your Business -Toolkit for Tourism Operators, Travel Blogs, facebook and novascotia.com, Tourism
     Research Part 2 - Global Tourism Trends, Tourism Research Part 1 - Time to Reflect and gather facts and
     information on 2008 Tourism Season, Web 2.0 Summit 2008. This week's featured video on Victoria County
     Tourism Resource Centre website is Visit Britain Culture Video.