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His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will deliver the opening remarks at The Canada-U.S. Partnership: Enhancing the Innovation Ecosystem Conference, on November 2nd at 8:00 a.m. at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto preschoolers and their families are invited to share the magic of reading with host Gisèle, star of TVO’s early-learning program block Gisèle’s Big Backyard, when her Read with Gisèle tour visits the North York Central Library on Saturday, November 12 at 11 am. Read the rest of this entry »

The Directors Guild of Canada celebrated the 10^thanniversary of the DGC Awards in Toronto this evening. Three special career acknowledgments were handed out along with 19 awards honouring the best work created by members this past year. Renowned radio host Jian Ghomeshi hosted the Gala which was held at the historic Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Below is a full list of the awards presented at the annual awards: Read the rest of this entry »

The Conference Board of Canada has just released a report that identifies and provides ideas on building the kind of knowledge and understanding that we require to effectively contribute to our own personal digital security as well as that of organizations and nation-states that are increasingly dependent on digital infrastructure, devices, and applications. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday in Trenton the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a silver coin to commemorate the Highway of Heroes.  During the ceremony, the Mint also announced that $20 dollars from the sale of each $69.95 Highway of Heroes commemorative coin will be shared between the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial and the Military Families Fund. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadians can pull the trigger to obtain one of 2011’s hottest gaming titles Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at midnight on Monday, November 7 at Future Shop stores across Canada. Stores in Quebec and Sudbury, ON will offer the game on Tuesday, November 8 at 8:00 a.m. local time. The first 75 customers purchasing the game at each store location will receive a free Modern Warfare Collection SteelBook case, exclusive to Future Shop. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros has released this photo in celebration of the official inauguration of its brand new WB Games Montreal Studio.  In the photo are: Reid Schneider, Vice President and Executive Producer; Martin Carrier, Vice President and Studio Head; Martin Tremblay, President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment; Alain Paquet, Minister for Finance; Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal; and Jacques Daoust, President and CEO, Investissement Quebec.

On October 24th, music publisher ole launched its Stop Corporate Music Piracy campaign with a full-page ad in the Ottawa Hill Times. At the same time a companion website ProtectCreativity.ca was unveiled and the message was delivered via posters to all 308 Canadian Members of Parliament. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based SelectCore Ltd., a prepaid telecom and financial services provider and transaction processor for the under-banked consumer market, has announced that it has executed a binding Letter of Intent to acquire the assets of an arms-length Canadian payment processor. The assets to be acquired will consist of all merchant contracts, all processing agreements, all hardware and software, all accounts receivables, goodwill and all other assets used in the business of the vendor. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2011 Ontario Museum Association (OMA) Annual Conference takes place in Kitchener-Waterloo November 2-4. On Thursday, November 3rd the OMA will recognize excellence in museum work in Ontario as it presents the 2011 Awards of Excellence at the Waterloo Region Museum. Read the rest of this entry »