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Video games are commonly among the holidays’ most asked for must-haves, holding value for Canadians and used gaming retailers. Future Shop has announced an unprecedented used gaming buy-back offers, as well as deeply discounted used games among 10 of the most exciting titles of the year. Read the rest of this entry »

CakeMail, Inc., a provider of white label email marketing tools for web hosts, agencies and resellers announced today that the CakeMail platform is now available to cPanel hosting partners. This new integration with cPanel marks the first time a robust email marketing platform has been made easily available as a plug-in to millions of users via their website control panels. Read the rest of this entry »

In line with its new strategic vision Fostering Cultural Success, Telefilm Canada will select a contingent of 20 export-ready independent Canadian game development companies to support and showcase during GDC 2012. This initiative is aimed at the promotion of Canadian talent in the interactive digital media industry. The application deadline for the Canada Program at GDC 2012 is December 13th. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa should transform the Investment Canada Act to create a broader, more transparent foreign investment review regime to encourage investment inflows while protecting Canadian national interests, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.  In “Reforming the Investment Canada Act: Walk More Softly, Carry a Bigger Stick,” authors Philippe Bergevin and Daniel Schwanen say that Canada should scrap the “net benefit test” that now restricts inbound foreign investment. The authors argue that such an overhaul could help reverse Canada’s declining share of global foreign direct investment, and bring Canada in line with its more open peers. Read the rest of this entry »

eCoupons.ca has announced the acquisition of BoxingDay.ca for C$7,000 and launching of the new BoxingDay.ca website to help Canadians save money all year round.  According to DN Journal’s Year to Date Sales Charts, BoxingDay.ca was the fourth highest .CA domain name sold in 2011. Meanwhile, Cyber Boxing Day, Canada’s busiest online shopping day is only a few short weeks away on December 26. Read the rest of this entry »

The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) has announced the recipients of 2011 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, celebrating the professional achievements of women across the country. Co-presented by Scotiabank and KPMG, Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards has become one of Canada’s most recognizable honours and is bestowed on Canada’s highest achieving female leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. To date, 584 women across the country have received this distinction, including 83 women who have gone on to be inducted into Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Hall of Fame. Read the rest of this entry »

Xerox Canada has announced the roll out of a new waste prevention program aimed at keeping hundreds of thousands of kilograms of spent imaging supplies out of landfills. Xerox Canada’s new recycling program is an extension of the company’s Green World Alliance (GWA) program. GWA established Xerox as a leader in sustainability and environmentally responsible recycling programs more than a decade ago, and diverts an average of 5.5 million kilograms of waste per year from landfills around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

LCBO On The Go, a free LCBO application for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and BlackBerry that allows customers to access information about LCBO stores and products,  has been released just in time for the holiday shopping period.  Toronto-based Broadplay Inc. was chosen following a competitive bidding process to develop the application in response to consumer demand for more mobile information. Read the rest of this entry »

Coast Capital Savings is stepping up the ante when it comes to branch design and features with the opening of its new North Vancouver location which includes iPads loaded with a special app that customers can use to map their way to improved finances. Read the rest of this entry »

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) will honor Bell Canada as the year’s most exemplary philanthropic company with the 2012 Freeman Philanthropic Services Award for Outstanding Corporation for its Bell Let’s Talk Initiative in support of mental health. Read the rest of this entry »