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General . Automobiles . Buying . Complaints . Computers . Enviroment . Financial
Fraud / Scams . Health . Home . Junkmail . Legal . Pets
Safety . Seniors . Transportation Safety . Youth

General Consumer Sites

Consumers Association of Canada - National Site

• Alberta Consumers Association (Consumers' Association of Canada - Alberta Branch)
• Canadian Standards Association
• CBC Marketplace
  
• CBC Manitoba - I -Team
• CBC Manitoba - Buyer Beware
• Consumers Association of Canada - British Columbia Branch
• Consumer Connection - Government and Private Consortium
• Consumer Information Center (Pueblo, Colorado)
• Federal Trade Commission - Consumer Section
• Index to Consumer Information
• National Council of Woman of Canada
• NBC4 Consumer Watch Stories
• Protegez- Vous (French Consumer Magazine)
• The Standards Council of Canada
• U.S. Government - Consumer Site
• WRAL 5 on Your Side consumer reports transcripts

• Automobile Protection Agency
• CAA Manitoba Automobile Advisory Service
• Canadian Automobile Agency
• Carpoint buying guide
• Lemon Aid Books
• Manitoba Personal Property Registry
• Vehicle Information Centre of Canada

Automobiles: Safety

• Transport Canada - Road Safety

Automobiles: Repairs and Maintenance

• CAA Manitoba Auto Repair

Buying

• Buying energy efficient Appliances (from DOE)
• BuyersZone (buy guide for office eq/furniture/services/insurance)
• Carpeting Information at Carpet Guru
• Carpet & Rug Institute (tips on buying, stains)
• Computer Shopper Personal Shopper advice column (scroll down)
• ConsumerGuide from GTE (product reviews and ratings)
• Consumer Reports Magazine Online (fee and non-fee information available
• Consumers' Checkbook (sells car buying/health care info)
• Dr. Toy (children's buying recommendations, "best" lists)
• Furniture Buyers Guide (how to spot quality)
• Gemstone Shopping Tips
• Home Office and Computer Furniture product reviews
• Jewelers of America (guides to buying jewelry)
• Jewelry Information Center (American Gem Society)
• Jewelry Information Center (JIC) Buying tips, quizzes
• Mattress buying tips
• Smart Consumer articles from Worth Magazine
• Treadmill Buying Guide
• Wedding Advice (avoid problems picking DJ, photographer, gown, limo)

Complaints

• Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan
• Manitoba Better Business Bureau
• Manitoba Goverment- Consumer and Corporate Affairs

Computers

• Seniors Can Internet Program- Guide to Computing
• Help2Go.com - Computing Advice
• ZdNet- Computers Buying Advice
• University of Victoria- Computing Help

Environment

• Energy Savers
• Environment Canada
• Manitoba Product Stewardship Corporation (MPSC)
• Resource Conservation Manitoba
• The Composting Council of Canada

Financial

• Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
• Canadian Bankers Association
• Canadian Banking Ombudsman
• Independent Life Insurance Brokers of Canada
• Insurance Institute of Canada
• Insurance Bureau of Canada
• Insurance Canada
• Insurance - Consumers Council of Canada
• Glossary of Insurance and Financial Planning Terms and other resources
• Province of Manitoba - Financial Institutions Regulations Branch
• Strategis - Canada's Business and Consumer Site
• The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Corporation
  

Fraud / Scams

• Consumer Fraud warnings from the US Postal Service
• FCC information about telephone slamming, fraud, etc.
• Federal Trade Commission - Telemarketing Fraud
• Manitoba Better Business Bureau
• Online Scams
• Phonebusters
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• RCMP Scam Site
• Scambusters (free newsletter, tips, warnings)
• Scamwatch
• Winnipeg Police Service

Health

• American Medical Assn Health Insight (general info)
• Ask the Dentist
• Ask the Dietitian
• Canadian Medical Association
• Canadian Food Information Council
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Canadian Health Network
• Canadian Healthcare Association
• Canadian Dental Hygiene Association
• Canadian Partnership for Consumer Food Safety Education
• Canadian Public Health Association
• Canadian Institute of Child Health
• Canadian Institute for Health Information
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba
• Dental Consumer Advisor
• Dietitians Canada
• Fast Food on-line database (calories, salt, fat, etc)
• FDA Consumer Magazine
• Food Biotechnology Communications Network
• Food and Nutrition Information
• Health Action Lobby
• Health Canada
• Health Canada Food Program
• Healthfinder: searchable US govt health megasite
• HealthTouch -- info on drugs, diseases, and health resources
• HealthWorld Online (mega-site)
• International Food Information Council
• KidsDoctor (a pediatrician's health advice page)
• KidsHealth.org: educational activities for kids & parents
• National Health Information Centre
• National Institute of Nutrition
• Quack Watch: A Guide to Health Fraud and Quackery
• Tobacco Facts.org: the inside story
• VegSource: vegetarian mega-resource
• Water Quality Association consumer information

• Canada Mortgage and Housing
• Do It yourself site
• Home Energy Saver Librarian
• Kitchen & Bath tips
• Manitoba Hydro
• Office of Energy Efficiency - National Resources Canada

• Canadian Marketing Association
• Direct Marketing Association
• Do-it-yourself: Stop Junkmail
• How to Get Less Junkmail : CPSR
• Junkbusters

Legal

• Community Legal Education Association (CLEA)
• Law Society of Manitoba
• Law Phone-In and Lawyer Referral Program
• Legal Aid Manitoba
• Legal Aid around the World

Pets

• American Animal Hospital Association
• Animal Alliance of Canada
• Manitoba Humane Society
• Petlibrary.com
• World Animal Net

Safety

• Canada Safety Council
• Manitoba Safety Council
• Operation Lifesaver
• Safe Communities Foundation
• Toy Safety

Seniors

• Age and Opportunity
• Creative Retirement
• Manitoba Government- Seniors Guide
• Manitoba Society of Seniors
• Seniors Can
• The Canadian Senior Citizens Information and Services Centre

Transportation Safety

• Automobile Protection Association
• Transport Canada Road Safety
• Transport 2000

Youth

• Consumer Education for Teens
• Street Cents Online
• Teen Touch
• Kids Help Phone

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