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Get tech-fit with Northern Voice’s “Internet Bootcamp”

Hooray! Webnames.ca is pleased to announce our sponsorship of Northern Voice 2008, Canada’s two day personal blogging and social media conference taking place in Vancouver on  February 22-23.  What’s more, the event just got better with a new workshop aimed at ‘aspiring geeks’. Announced on Wednesday, Northern Voice’s “Internet Bootcamp” will take place alongside Friday’s…

Webnames.ca 2007 Year in Review

2007 was another amazing year at Webnames.ca. We had many milestones. We celebrated the 20th anniversary of the .CA domain extension which was founded by our own John Demco, we achieved three new service launches, grew our services, attained record breaking service standards achieved by our customer support department and still found time for much…

The Moose Returns – Northern Voice Scheduled for February 2008

    Northern Voice, Canada’s two-day, non-profit personal blogging and social media conference has been scheduled for Friday, February 22nd through Saturday, February 23rd , 2008. The fourth annual conference will held at UBC’s main campus (Forestry Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall) rather than the Robson Square campus of previous years to accommodate a greater…

Costco Connects with the “Godfather” of .CA

  Webnames.ca Director John Demco was recently featured in the Canadian version of Coscto Connection, Costco’s monthly magazine. Featured in “Members Connection,” the short article speaks to the founding of the .CA domain and Demco’s foresight in preserving a unique online identity for all Canadians. “Nobody predicted the World Wide Web; it’s hard to know if…

Recent .CA Anniversary Media Coverage

  As you know we are currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of the .CA – when the management of the .CA country code domain name was officially allocated to Webnames.ca founder and Canadian Internet Pioneer John Demco. The May 14, 2007 anniversary was an important day for Canada and an important story for the Canadian…

What Craig said got me thinking

I had an opportunity to meet Craig Newmark last week – that’s right THE Craig – from Craigs List (www.craigslist.org) . He was speaking at Jewish Family Service Agency (JFSA of Vancouver) luncheon and some of his comments highlighted some philosophical similarities with Webnames.ca. He said that he is often called a visionary but insisted…

Webnames.ca COO Finalist for 2007 YWCA of Vancouver Women of Distinction Award

We’re pleased to announce that Cybele Negris, Webnames.ca’s Chief Operating Officer has been named as a nominee to the 2007 YWCA of Vancouver, Women of Distinction Awards, in the Entrepreneurship category. The award honours women whose activities and achievements contribute to the well-being and future of their communities. The criteria requires that candidates inspire others…