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A new partnership between CBC Music, the Coalition for Music Education and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will take the annual Music Monday celebration of music education to new heights – with a little help from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. A veteran of two space shuttle missions, Hadfield is scheduled to blast off this December for a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), during which he will become the commander of the spacecraft – a first for any Canadian. 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 »

Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga East-Cooksville, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), today announced a contribution of up to $787,500 for The Next 36 that will provide graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with the skills and support they need to start their own businesses. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Gordon O’Connor, Minister of State and Member of Parliament for Carleton-Mississippi Mills, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), has announced an investment of up to $1,947,250 that will help three Ottawa-area start-up businesses get their innovative products and ideas to market faster, and create jobs and economic growth in southern Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »

Clio, a Vancouver-based developer of cloud-based management tools for the legal industry, has released a new set of enhanced features geared toward helping solo and small firm lawyers track and record time. On the heels of launching its Clio Platform and integrations with Chrometa and ZenCash, solo and small firm lawyers using Clio can now share Activity descriptions, and set rates at the User, Matter and Client level. Read the rest of this entry »

Verafin Inc., a St. John’s-based provider of fraud detection and anti-money laundering (FRAML™) software, has announced that they have redesigned and enhanced their Currency Transaction Reporting (CTR) and Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) modules to support the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) updated reporting requirements. Read the rest of this entry »

Avotus Corporation, a Mississauga-based provider of secure, reliable, and complete communications management solutions, today announced the full commercial launch of its next generation usage management solution, Usage Management 8.3 (UM 8.3). Read the rest of this entry »

LogiSense, an Ontario-based provider of Billing and OSS software, has reported its successful product launch with Stelera Wireless. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Stelera Wireless deploys broadband services to rural markets throughout the United States. The company services a unique and underserved market and has seen substantial growth in customers and bandwidth requirements. Read the rest of this entry »

BlackCherry Digital Media Inc. has announced the release of BC Gesture Library in the Unity Asset Store for $60.00 USD. An easy-to-use library of gesture scripts designed for the Unity3D community by a team of experienced Unity3D developers, BC Gesture Library comes with a rich graphical user interface allowing developers to explore the extensive collection of gestures and options for touch, drag, slice, swipe and many more. The user-friendly interface lets developers first test the gesture they want to use before applying it to a game object. Read the rest of this entry »

Litco Systems Inc., a Markham-based company and provider of Document Process Automation, Business Intelligence (BI) and Agile Development products, has announced the implementation of an Operations and Staffing Dashboard, built on the QlikView Business Discovery Platform, at Surrey BC’s Fire Service.

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