27th June 2012

Changes To Canadian SR&ED Program

Government of CanadaThe Federal government has delivered its much-anticipated budget, and its proposed changes to the $3.6 Billion SR&ED (“Scientific Research & Experimental Development”) program. These changes are strongly aligned with the broad recommendations of the Jenkins Report issued October 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2012

BC Film Foundation Announces 2012 Daryl Duke And William Vince Scholarship Winners

BC Film And MediaGayatri Bajpai, Iuliana Constantinescu and Heather Trawick were announced today as the winners of the 2012 Daryl Duke & William Vince Scholarships, which were created to honour the significant contributions of Mr. Duke and Mr. Vince to the film and television industry by assisting in the advanced education of exceptional BC filmmakers. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2012

Show The World Your JELL-Oh Face With One-of-a-kind Interactive Vending Machine

jelloHey Canada…JELL-O wants to see your best JELL-Oh Face! You know, the face you make when you taste JELL-O for the first time or rediscover its fun all over again.  It’s so delicious, so pleasantly fun and so unexpected that you can’t contain yourself.  THAT’s your JELL-Oh Face!  And today, you can share it with the country’s first-ever vending machine that works with your unique JELL-Oh Face.  Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2012

Secretive Trade Agreement Could Mean Big Fines For Canadian Internet Users

open mediaOpenMedia has launched a campaign which is supported a by a group of organizations, to stand against the new Internet restrictions, including new content fines, that Internet users will be subject to through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2012

OpenText Named a Finalist in Voice of the Customer Awards

OpenTextOpenText™ has been named a finalist in the fourth annual Forrester Research Voice of the Customer Awards. This is the second consecutive year OpenText has been named a finalist in the program. The prestigious award recognizes initiatives that help companies dramatically improve how they collect, interpret, and react to customer feedback. The announcement was made this week at the Forrester Customer Experience Forum in New York. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2012

LightSpeed Launches New iPad Product Enabling Interactive Cross-Selling in Retail Stores

lightspeed retailLightSpeed, a Montreal and Ottawa-based software company that helps retailers reinvent in-store shopping, has launched a new retail technology that will enable interactive cross-selling in retail stores. Its new LightSpeed for iPad product is uniquely designed to arm retailers with tools to cross-sell more products and close more sales, while forging a stronger connection with their customers who can preview all related product information in one place. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2012

Bowmanville Selected as the Next Million Dollar Neighbourhood on OWN

Corus EntertainmentCorus Entertainment’s OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada) announced today that after searching communities across the country, Bowmanville, Ontario has been chosen as the next Million Dollar Neighbourhood. Financial expert and winner of The Ultimate W Expert Challenge, Preet Banerjee will host the 10×60 series, along with returning co-host Dr. Joti Samra. The series follows 100 families in one community as they attempt to raise their collective net worth by $1 million in only 10 weeks. Produced by Force Four Entertainment Inc. in association with OWN (Canada), Season 2 is scheduled to launch January 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2012

Hothead Games Releases Big Win Baseball

Hothead GamesHere’s the wind-up, and the pitch! Hothead Games steps up to the plate and hits a homerun! Feel the excitement of going for the Big Win in Big Win Baseball, the newest game from the Big Win Sports series, available today on the iTunes App Store and Google Play. Read the rest of this entry »

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