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Phone Directory for Everyone
Kira Girard
November 17, 2001
It is a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon and you've finally found the time to devote to writing and addressing Christmas cards. You're feeling so smug, as you usually don't even think about it until at least Dec. 20. You have your Christmas cards, a couple of pens, white out, and a steaming mug of hot chocolate.
Now, where is that address book?
An hour later and that well-worm, well-used address book is nowhere to be found. You have a nasty feeling deep in the pit of your stomach that last week when you cleaned out the old desk that somehow the book accidentally got tossed in the garbage, which was picked up yesterday.
You're feeling that this is, perhaps, a sign that it would be an excellent idea to hide out until Jan. 5 and completely forgo the holiday season.
There is another alternative, however.
Sit down at your computer and type www.canada411.com in the browser. This is the hone directory of all phone directories. It now has over 12 million listings, with links to postal codes, business listings, yellow pages, toll free numbers and city guides.
Okay, so you're in the Canada 411 web site and you know that Uncle John lives in Stratford, but you don't remember the street. Simply enter his first and last name, the city, the province, then click on "start search". Uncle John's name and phone number will appear and when you click on his name, his mailing address and postal code will appear. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!
This site is also a very helpful tool for businesses because you can find another business in a matter of seconds. For example, if you work for a business which is part of a chain and you would like to contact another branch in a different city, just click on the "Find a Business" button. Once you are in, type the name of the business you are looking for and it will appear with the address, city and phone number for it.
This is also an interesting feature if you are, for example, looking to buy a home and you want to get in touch with a real estate agent. If this were the case, you would type in "real estate" in the name box, and type in the city/town that you are searching in. This will give you a list of the real estate companies in this town or in the surrounding area, their addresses, and their phone numbers.
So, if you need phone numbers, addresses, business information and more, go to the Canada 411 site and get fast, accurate results.
Kira Girard is a Community Access Program student working from the Otterville branch of the Oxford County Library.
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