Canadianparents.com opens up "family blogging centre"

Canadianparents.com, the website that was acquired by Rogers Publishing in 2006, has launched a free family blogging centre that gives users a customizable space that includes updates for family and friends, pictures, the capability to upload video, Smilebox scrapbooks and the ability to comment on others' writing. The blogs can be published privately (only invited users can read) or open to the general public.

According to a story in Media in Canada, more than 50 people have already signed up so far, from a new mother battling breast cancer to another who shares the daily ups and downs of life with five children. Last month, comScore recorded 114,000 unique visitors for the main site.

Canadianparents.com operates separately from the Today's Parent group at Rogers, which includes todaysparent.com.