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Earlier today the Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor, delivered the opening keynote address to this year’s Government Technology Exhibition and Conference (GTEC) to discuss the modernization and streamlining of government services. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), has announced that the Government of Canada is investing $20 million in funding over two years to enable the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) to continue its important support to young entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »

Coinciding with Small Business Week, Sage today released the findings of a survey of more than 500 Canadian small business owners to determine ‘financial literacy,’ by gauging the overall perceptions, knowledge and habits of small business owners with regard to financial management, resources and compliance. Conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion on behalf of Sage’s Simply Accounting business, the survey succeeds a 2009 study also focusing on financial literacy. Read the rest of this entry »

National wireless broadband service provider TeraGo Inc. has announced the launch of its Voice services in the Winnipeg market. TeraGo Voice™ offers Canadian businesses a simple, more flexible, and cost effective local voice service across TeraGo’s facilities based IP network. TeraGo Voice is now available in major markets across the country including those in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia. Read the rest of this entry »

The board of directors of Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. have announced that Warren Franklin has left the Vancouver studio. Rainmaker Entertainment will be recognizing a charge to operations in the fourth quarter of approximately $1 million related to Franklin’s departure. Read the rest of this entry »

Calgary’s Poynt Corporation, a provider of mobile local search services, and partner Times Internet Limited, the internet and mobile venture of India’s largest media house – the Times Group, have announced the launch of their mobile local search application, timesPoynt in India. The new App, developed by Poynt Corp. in partnership with TIL, will provide users in India access to the most locally relevant, GPS-enabled service that gives users the power of multiple applications in one intuitive mobile application. Read the rest of this entry »

The governments of Canada and British Columbia have released the Small Business Profile 2011 (PDF), a report that highlights the major role that small businesses play in BC’s economic success, through job creation, wage increases, exports and contributions to the province’s gross domestic product. Read the rest of this entry »

Fulucai Productions Ltd. has entered into an agreement with its President, James Durward, whereby FuLu has acquired all rights to the intellectual property known as “All the Wrong Reasons” as registered with the Writer’s Guild of America Registration Number 1533357. The Production is based on a feature-length movie script that was written by James Durward. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is pleased to welcome Medicine Hat College’s Entrepreneur Development Centre to its network of community partners. To celebrate Medicine Hat College’s support for youth entrepreneurship and commitment to working with CYBF, an official partnership launch will be held on Monday, October 17^th, from 8:00-10:00 a.m. at the Medicine Hat College – Courtyard Room, 299 College Drive SE, Medicine Hat. Breakfast will be served. Read the rest of this entry »

The Funding Portal Inc. has closed an angel financing round with Societal Ventures Corporation, an Ottawa-based investor. The Funding Portal is a national bilingual portal that was launched in July 2011 to improve access to the Canadian public funding marketplace. Its unique proprietary search engine, TFP Search™, allows business, university and other applicants to find public funding programs from the Portal’s database of over 2,000 federal, provincial and municipal programs representing an estimated $16B in public grants, contributions and tax incentives. Applicants also have access to the Portal’s national roster of professionals to assist with all aspects of their funding applications. Read the rest of this entry »