Repatriation Memorial Drive & Rally May 31 2008 Come join us on the air for this very special event, amateur radio stations across Canada are invited to join us and pay their respects for our fallen soldiers.  Emergency Management Ontario ARES Group will be operating a special Canada-wide Network on the Crossroads Reflector Channel 9206.  Full details on the EMO ARES website: www.emoares.org/repatriation2008.html   Free Online Basic Amateur Radio Course! A series of 8 Power Point Modules covering all the necessary information to obtain Industry Canada Amateur Radio Certification. Visit the Free Online Amateur Radio Course Today! www.emergencyradio.ca/course/

For more infomation visit www.emergencyradio.ca

Emergency Preparedness Net Sundays at 2:00pm ET on ONTARS 3.755 A new Emergency Preparedness Net is being started on 3.755 MHz, Sundays at 2:00pm Eastern Time. This hour long slot on the ONTARS net will feature the latest news from Emergency Management Ontario along with such topics as alternative power and low power operations, weather spotting (CANWARN), and personal emergency preparedness.  All stations are welcome and encouraged to participate!

24th Annual Smiths Falls Amateur Radio Flea Market  (Saturday, May 10, 2008)
Location:  Smiths Falls Youth Arena (same location as last year) Corner of Cornelia Street (county road #43) and Elmsley St.
Opens:  Vendors; 7:00 am  Public: 9:00 am
Cost:  Tables (approximately 2 1/2 ft by 5 ft) $10. (includes one admission. Public $5. (includes a door prize ticket). Youth 16 years or less are admitted free.
Talk-in: VE3RLR 147.21 MHz +
Description:  Door prizes, Canteen, Largest Flea Market in the area.

For more info visit:  http://www.falls.igs.net/~rlarc/

CNIB HAMFEST 2008   (Saturday, May 24, 2008)
Sponsor:    Sponsored by the CNIB Amateur Radio Program
Location:  CNIB Centre, 1929 Bayview Ave. Toronto – North of Eglinton Ave. and south of Lawrence Ave. Directly south of Sunnybrook hospital. Exit Bayview #369 from the 401 and head south.
Opens:  Open to the Public at 9:00AM and 7:00AM for Vendors.
Cost:  Public $5.00. Tables $20. (includes 1 admission)
Talk-in:  VE3NIB 443.500 (+) 103.5; VE3RPT 147.060 (+) 103.5 SIMPLEX 146.520
Description:  Enjoy amazing deals, Grand Prize Draw, Door prizes, Refreshments, Commercial vendors. Toronto’s only Hamfest. Free Parking, Accessible to TTC. Support those who are blind or living with vision loss.

For more info visit:  www.cnib.ca/amateurradio/hamfest

QUEBEC PROVINCIAL HAMFEST (Sunday, May 25, 2008)
Sponsor:    SOREL-TRACY VE2CBS ARC
Location:  AT THE SOREL-TRACY CURLING CLUB, From the west Highway 30 dir east, From the east road 132 dir west, From the north highway 40 exit Berthierville to the ferry, From the south road 133 233 dir north
Opens:  SATURDAY MAY 24 1800 OWLS NETWORK SUPPER ADMISSION FREE (you pay for your meal and drinks) SUNDAY MAY 25 0600 SELLERS ADMISSION, 0900 GENERAL ADMISSION, BUFFET AND RESTAURANT ON THE PLACE
Cost:  15$ PER TABLE INCLUDING 2 ADMISSIONS 5$ VISITOR
Talk-in:  145.370- T103.5 VE2RBS 442.150+ T103.5 VE2RBS
Description:  26TH EDITION THE OLDEST HAMFEST (INDOOR)IN QUEBEC, DOOR PRIZES AND COMMERCIAL VENDORS MORE THAN 100 TABLES. SPECIAL ATTRACTION: MILITARY COMMUNICATION CAMP AND ANTIQUE RADIO COLLECTORS DISPLAY. OWLS NETWORK BANQUET SATURDAY AT 1800 AT AN INTERNATIONAL CUISINE RESTAURANT.

For more info visit: www.hamfest.qc.ca/