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About the Sidebar:
Editor's Sidebar is a resource site for information about Ontario: Ontario towns, newspapers, government officials, historical facts and more. You'll also find convenient and authoritative sites for fact-checking everything from quotes to science as well as numerous types of dictionaries.

In other words -- everything the Ontario journalist needs to make life easier. (And we're always open to suggestions.)

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Reverse Lookup:
The single most used feature next to the list of newspapers. Various options on how to do the lookup. Get them here.
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Government Information:
Get government information on the regional, provincial or federal level. Also links to Parliament & party politics, education and legal information.
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People:
Along with the Reverse Lookup and AnyWho for looking up normal people, there are also resources available for finding various Government types. You can also find Experts for just about any subject plus methods of discovering who owns Web sites.
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Words:
Numerous (but not intimidating) links to various Dictionaries, as well as Word & Phrase Origins which includes a glossary of hard-boiled slang, phrase finder and a source of Mondegreens (misheard phrases). Also: Editorial Guidelines, and links to classical literature and Canadian Publishers.
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Facts:
Facts on Ontario, Canada, General Facts (encyclopedias & such), Religious Facts (including a remarkable listing of all the major, and minor, religious texts online), L Literary Facts, Wrong Facts (Urban Legends and myths), Internet Facts.
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News:
Access to over 150 online Ontario Newspapers complete with contact information for each (where available). The Major Dailies, Journalist Sources, News Releases, Canada News, Entertainment, Interactive and Weird News, American and World News.
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