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Cineplex Entertainment, via its Front Row Centre Events and EMI Music have announced that Yellow Submarine, the animated feature released in 1968 starring The Beatles, returns to the big screen for one night only on Thursday, May 24, 2012, show times vary by location. Currently out of print, this landmark movie has been restored by hand, frame-by-frame in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at L.A.’s Triage Motion Pictures and Eque Inc. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has embarked on a cross-country Outreach tour which started on May 7th in Toronto to answer questions regarding the changes to the CMF Program Guidelines for 2012-2013, the 2011-2012 funding results and the application process. The tour calendar has been updated to reflect new times and locations confirmed for the following cities: Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based videogame creator Ryan Henson Creighton is set to lead a diverse team of over 30 creative professionals for one of the largest game jam teams ever assembled: Project Overboard. The game will be designed in its entirety over the course of the weekend of May 11-13, and will be made available for purchase online directly after. Read the rest of this entry »

Via We Make Stuff Happen: This workshop is presented by our friend Jonathan Christian, founder of We Make Stuff Happen, a Langley-based social media strategy and business networking company. Taking place on May 17th, Social Media 201 will help to give you an understanding of social media and how to successfully integrate into your daily business management. Read the rest of this entry »

Actor Tony Amendola, known for his long running role on Stargate: SG-1 as Master Bra’tac, will be in attendance at this year’s Polaris Convention in Toronto. Amendola spent the first 12 years of his professional life almost exclusively in the theatre; appearing Off-Broadway in an acclaimed production of Filumena and in lead roles on the stages of America’s top regional theatres, including the Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, and the Old Globe. Theatrical credits include such classic characters as ‘Cyrano’,‘Iago’, ‘Skylock’, ‘Uncle Vanya’, and ‘Jack Henry Abbot’ in In the Belly of the Beast. Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom is thrilled to announce that one million gamers are now registered for ‘The Secret World’ beta tests. This impressive number confirms the game’s position as one of the most highly anticipated massively multiplayer online games in the world, and the number is also significantly higher than what Funcom’s previous MMO ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’ saw at the same time in its pre-launch development phase.  Read the rest of this entry »

CounterPath Corporation has announced that its Bria iPad Edition mobile softphone application has won third place in the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards for the category Mobile Applications: Productivity, Utility and Safety. CounterPath’s application was judged alongside nearly 250 entries for innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall “wow” factor. Read the rest of this entry »

What do you get when you put 150 of the brightest business leaders in the country together in one room with 150 eager entrepreneurs in a timed networking event? The potential to accomplish the next Guinness World Records® achievement. Read the rest of this entry »

Of thousands of tech companies throughout the GTA, how do you select nine to profile as leaders in the sector? The YTA Technology Leadership Awards Selection Committee has managed just that, narrowing the field to three nominees in each of the categories: Most Promising Start-up, Scale-up Company of the Year, and Company of the Year.     Read the rest of this entry »

The first ever Publishing Success Seminar will take place in Vancouver on Saturday, May 26th at the BCIT downtown campus on Seymour Street. Those attending can anticipate an intensive day learning about the ins-and-outs of the contemporary publishing scene including: Read the rest of this entry »