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MonkeyMedia Software, a Vancouver-based provider of complete catering solutions for multi-unit restaurant operators, is pleased to announce the winners of its Restaurant Leadership Conference T-shirt contest that took place in March. Visitors to the MonkeyMedia Software tradeshow booth were given personalized T-shirts, featuring the company’s creative tagline “Get Catering and Grow Sales!™”. Read the rest of this entry »

After a coast-to-coast search to find the brightest babies and kids, Gap revealed the 20 finalists now competing to be the winners of its sixth annual North American Casting Call contest. Starting today through May 25, residents of Canada and the U.S. will decide which four children – one girl and one boy for babyGap and one girl and one boy for GapKids – will be featured in a Gap marketing campaign this fall. People can vote once a day every day by visiting the casting call web page,  Gap’s Facebook page, or the Gap Casting Call app for iPhone and Android. Read the rest of this entry »

Hallmark is making it easy to create Disney Parks memories. From now until June 17th, Canadians are invited to enter for the chance to win a Disney Parks vacation with every purchase of Hallmark products and send free Disney greetings to someone special via Facebook, Twitter, e-mail and SMS. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s best blogger is soon to be crowned–and generously rewarded. The BiLLe Lotto today begins accepting submissions for Best Blogger Canada, where Twitterers and bloggers compete for a €100,000.00 payroll, to be paid in 12 monthly installments. The job requires 20 hours per week of blogging, performed on the winner’s own schedule. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s best and brightest skilled trade and technology students received official recognition for their outstanding performance as Skills/Compétences Canada announced the results of the Skills Canada National Competition. The closing ceremonies, held yesterday in Edmonton, were highlighted by the parade of champions and the announcement of the Members of Team Canada, whose next stop will be WorldSkills Leipzig 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s Mobile Fringe is proud to announce the launch of its new AppCenter Management Software. AppCenter 2.0 is the perfect digital management solution for shopping centers. This new platform allows for all Digital, Social and Mobile campaigns to be managed in one location. This saves organizations time and money in a increasingly complex marketing environment. Read the rest of this entry »

Carte Blanche for Creatives has announced its 2012 finalists in the contest which gives creatives the opportunity to design an ad without a brief or restrictions, so they can take their creative powers to the limit.  The creatives themselves then select the finalists and the winner. In this edition, due to ties, 19 ads have been chosen for the English finalists, while 10 ads have been selected for the French finalist. Read the rest of this entry »

Showcasing some of the country’s brightest young minds, Microsoft Canada is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Imagine Cup Canada, a design competition that encourages students to change the world through the innovative use of the latest technology tools. Read the rest of this entry »

More than 250 high school students from across the Greater Toronto area (GTA) will discuss and select the most innovative ideas for how digital technologies can help solve some of the world’s greatest issues at the CareerMash Youth Tech Jam. The unique student tech event will be held at the Ontario Science Centre Friday, May 11 from 10:30 am to 1 pm. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday at the Hot Docs International Film Festival, TSN unveiled the slate of films in its ambitious original documentary series, Engraved on a Nation: Stories Of The Grey Cup, The CFL And Canada.  Commissioned by Bell Media, Engraved on a Nation celebrates the 100^th Grey Cup with eight original documentaries demonstrating how the Grey Cup has become such an intrinsic part of Canadian heritage. Read the rest of this entry »