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Tourism

Canada needs a new approach to water management

Pollution Probe report presents a vision for change and strategy to improve water management in Canada and meet the environmental needs of watersheds across the country.

OTTAWA - Pollution Probe released a report titled, "A New Approach to Water Management in Canada" that presents a national vision and a strategy to guide water management.

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Great Lakes Region

EPA adds Elkhart, Ind., site to Superfund list

Chicago, Ill. - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named the Lusher Street Ground Water Contamination site in Elkhart, Ind., for addition to the National Priorities List.

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Bike Fest

Town of Banff Comes Alive with Pedal Power

BANFF, AB - A first for Banff National Park and sanctioned by the Alberta Bicycling Association (ABA), Banff will host a one?km criterium road race on June 21, 2008. Cyclists are expected to race wheel to wheel through the streets of Banff during Banff National Park's Bike Fest.

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Media Investment CFO

CFOs 2008: When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Really Do Get Going

Institutional Investor Magazine Unveils Results of America’s Best CFOs 2008 Survey

New York, NY – For the fifth year running, Institutional Investor magazine asked investment professionals at the world’s most influential money management firms to name the top CFO in 56 sectors.

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March is Fraud Month

Competition Bureau Provides the "FACTs" on Fraud Targeting SMEs and NPOs

CALGARY, ALBERTA- - The Competition Bureau launched the FACT Campaign (Fraud Awareness for Commercial Targets), an outreach and education initiative that provides businesses and not-for-profit organizations with the tools necessary to avoid becoming victims of fraud, which costs them millions of dollars annually.

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Education Cybercrime

UOIT unveils plans for Centre for Cybercrime Research

New centre will fight exploitation of children, cyberbullying

OSHAWA, Ont. – The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) took another significant step forward today in the global fight against cybercrime, including the exploitation of children through the Internet, as university leaders officially announced plans for UOIT’s first-ever research centre.

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World Markets

Thinking Globally, Acting Globally

International Business on the Rise for Many Canadian Companies, Survey Shows

TORONTO - Barriers to world markets have been steadily eroding for many firms in recent years. In a survey of senior executives from across Canada, half of respondents (51 per cent) said their companies are doing more international business today than five years ago.

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WLU Part-Time Strikers

Contract academic staff at Laurier elect to strike

University remains committed to reaching a fair and responsible deal as quickly as possible

WATERLOO — The union representing contract academic staff at Wilfrid Laurier University has directed its members to go on strike as of 6:01 a.m. Wedneday March 19.

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Free Trade

UN Trade Agency Chief Warns Against New Waves of Protectionism

Doho - The head of the UN Trade and Development Organization (UNCTAD) says developing countries are playing a greater role in the global economy and they should push for a successful resolution to the six-year-old talks to revise free trade rules, known as the Doha round of negotiations.

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Energy Green Industry

Taiwan to focus on solar, wind, bio energies: official

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The government will focus on developing solar power, wind power and bioenergy industries, which are estimated to churn out at least a combined NT$2 trillion (US$64.8 billion) in output value by 2025, a top energy official said.

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New Union at U of W

New page in labour history

LONDON, ON - The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is writing a new page in Canada's labour history by defending the rights of Postdoctoral Fellows and Postdoctoral Associates to form a union at the University of Western Ontario in London.

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Earth Hour March 29

Canadians will 'switch off' then 'strip-off' for Earth Hour

- Survey reveals the Top 5 things Canadians will be doing in the dark on March 29

- 70% of Canadians say they will take part in Earth Hour

TORONTO - Along with star gazing, throwing a party and chilling in the dark, Canadians will also be getting down to their "bare necessities" on March 29 according to a new survey.

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Leading indicators

The smoothed composite index dipped 0.3% in February after a 0.1% gain in January.

Ststacan - Overall, 4 of the 10 components increased and 6 decreased. Most of the weakness originated in a sharp contraction of manufacturing, especially autos, at the turn of the year.

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Education Conservation

Students go green in tri-university challenge

Waterloo - The University of Waterloo has won a two-month-long Residence [Water and Electricity] Reduction Challenge, coming out ahead of the University of Guelph and Queen’s University and winning a solar panel to be installed on campus.

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March is Fraud Month

Adult Entertainment Operator Jailed for Tax Fraud

NEWMARKET - Riccardo Di Giuseppe, of Vaughan, was sentenced today to six years in jail and fined $2 million. Di Giuseppe was found guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice, under the Criminal Code on August 27, 2007, of one count of fraud over $5,000.

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Philanthropy

Recruiting company donating 25 cents for every hour worked to SEDI

TORONTO - Head2Head, a Canadian recruiting services company, is kicking off their 'H2H Gives Back' program with the Every Hour Counts initiative: They will donate 25 cents for every hour worked by their contractors in March to Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI).

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Retirement

Retire to Something . . . Not From Something!

Waterloo - This statement succinctly describes the “new retirement.” Retirement today is about deciding what you want to do in the future and what kind of life you want. Although we all know that money is a key issue, it is only one of a number of factors that will determine your degree of life satisfaction in retirement.

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Morning Column

3 Keys to Plug the Leaks in Your Company's Cash Flow
By Jay Arthur

Companies across the country face the same challenge: Their cash flow leaks like a sieve and they have no idea how to fix it. Sure, the executive team and managers may have an idea where the leak is occurring, but unfortunately, their hunches and gut feelings about the source of the leak are usually wrong.

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Labour Relationship

ArcelorMittal and Steelworkers relationship offers new opportunities at Dofasco

HAMILTON, ON - A new chapter in steel sector labour relations is unfolding this week between the United Steelworkers (USW) and ArcelorMittal Dofasco.

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Workflow Progress

GNC Selects Open Text's Artesia to Manage Marketing Assets and Streamline Creative Workflow Processes

Open Text's Artesia Digital Asset Management (DAM) Solution To Manage All Marketing Assets in One Location

CHICAGO - Open Text(TM), a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), announced that GNC, the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional products, has selected Open Text's Artesia Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution to manage corporate content and marketing materials; and to streamline creative workflow processes.

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Restricted Chemicals

New Regulations Tighten Controls on Restricted Chemicals

OTTAWA — The Government of Canada is taking action to better control the sale of chemicals that can be used to make explosives. The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, announced that new regulations for these chemicals, known as explosives precursors, will be implemented under the Explosives Act.

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Biofuels - Standards

Dutch minister sees no need for biofuels moratorium
By Catherine Hornby

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A national moratorium on the use of biofuels would not stop other countries producing unsustainably and a better strategy would be to develop industry standards, the Dutch environment minister said on Wednesday.

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Spring Swan Release

Stratford Launches Spring in Ontario with Parade of Swans

STRATFORD - Stratford Ontario announces the annual spring release of the Swans will take place on March 30th at 2:00 pm. This year the celebrations will expand to a weekend of musical concerts for the Stratford Summer Music.

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World Water Day:

Global Water Challenge and Ashoka's Changemakers Tap Local Solutions to the Water Crisis

Online Competition Galvanizes Innovations

WASHINGTON - Global Water Challenge (GWC) and Ashoka's Changemakers invite everyone to join "Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis," an online competition to discover and support entrepreneurs with groundbreaking approaches to the world's water and sanitation challenges.

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Mortgage Consumers

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Education - Science Engineering

Physics Prof Wins Premier Science Prize

Guelph - A University of Guelph physics professor has received a 2007 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, considered one of Canada's premier science and engineering prizes.

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Environment - City Standards

Kitchener joins elite group of Canadian cities in setting higher environmental standard for future buildings

KITCHENER - During its meeting last evening, city council took another major step forward in fostering a greener community by voting in favour of setting a LEED Gold standard for the construction of all future municipal buildings larger than 5,332 square feet.

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Water Poll

Canadians over-confident in country's supply of fresh water

Canadian Partnership Initiative UN for Life Decade expert says findings "disconnected with reality;" economy and environment "impaired."

TORONTO - Canada may be on the brink of a fresh water crisis and unless Canadians start taking notice, our economy will suffer. That's the conclusion of a leading water expert following the release of a new poll commissioned by Unilever, RBC and the Canadian Partnership Initiative of the UN Water for Life Decade

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Manufacturing Results

ARISE Technologies Corporation Reports 2007 Year-End Results

WATERLOO - ARISE Technologies Corporation, posted a net loss for 2007 of $11.5 million ($0.18 per share) and reaffirmed that it is dedicated to becoming a leader in high-performance, cost-effective solar technology.

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Morning Column

The 'Hows' and 'Whys' of Organizational Culture

It’s all about culture. Period.

It doesn’t matter whether you are talking about leadership, innovation, diversity, change-management, training, quality improvement/assurance, engagement, sales, delivery, customer service, communication, etc., it is all about culture.

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Education - First Place

Laurier takes first place in University of Ottawa Financial Case Competition

WATERLOO — Laurier School of Business & Economics students finished first at the recent University of Ottawa Financial Case Competition for the second year in a row.

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Eduaction - Health Care

Rising Obesity Rates Prompts New Fitness Degree

Guelph - Skyrocketing rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease have prompted the University of Guelph and Humber College to develop a new degree that teaches students interested in becoming personal fitness and nutrition instructors how to prescribe exercise and diet to an unhealthy population.

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Human Resources

Workplace environment improving, say employees

TORONTO - North Americans were happier at work this past year than they've been in more than half a decade. Employees across the continent feel they have greater control over their future, more support in carrying out their tasks and a better compensation overall.

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Import Export - Canton Fair

Introduction to the 103rd Session of China Import and Export Fair

Guangzhou, China - China Import and Export Fair, also renowned as the Canton Fair, has been held successfully without any suspensions for 102 sessions in Guangzhou every spring and autumn since its inauguration in 1957.

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The ABC's of Condominiums

Types, Styles - and How to Choose the One That's Right For You

Ontario - As anyone who's ever looked into buying a condominium knows, there are almost as many types of condos as there are kinds of people who want to live in them.

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Amalgamation

Addenda Capital Inc. mails management information circular

GUELPH, ON and MONTREAL- The Co-operators Group Limited and Addenda Capital Inc. announced that Addenda took a key step toward obtaining shareholder approval of its agreement to amalgamate with a subsidiary ("Newco") of The Co-operators (the "Amalgamation").

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Genetically Modified Food

GM food wins backing from Country Life
By Nick Britten

The campaign for genetically modified food will receive a significant boost when Country Life, the influential countryside and property magazine, calls for its widespread introduction to help feed the world's starving.

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Top 300 Tech Companies

Local Companies Recognized for Top Tech

Waterloo - Communitech sends out congratulations to local big winners among the recently announced Branham 300. Backbone Magazine`s Branham 300 recognizes top Canadian tech every year, and always has a strong showing. Among winners this year:

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JAVA

RIM Announces BlackBerry JDE Plug-in for Eclipse

Streamlines creation of robust Java applications for the BlackBerry platform from within the Eclipse development environment

Santa Clara, CA - EclipseCon 2008 Research In Motion (RIM) announced a BlackBerry® Java® Development Environment (JDE) plug-in for Eclipse – a new development tool that enables Eclipse developers to create and test robust wireless applications for the BlackBerry platform seamlessly from within the familiar Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

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Liquid Trading

NASDAQ OMX Announces Pan-European Market for Blue Chip Stocks

First Platform to Connect Liquidity Pools With Pan-European Routing

LONDON - The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. announces a new pan-European market to serve customers seeking a highly liquid trading and routing platform for the most actively traded European stocks. NASDAQ OMX Group is the first market to connect major European trading centres through a sophisticated pan-European routing system.

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Investor Conference

OPNET to Present At the B. Riley & Co. 9th Annual Las Vegas
Investor Conference

BETHESDA, Md. - OPNET Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of solutions for managing networks and applications, announced that company representatives will be presenting at the B. Riley & Co. 9th Annual Las Vegas Investor Conference at the Palms Casino Resort.

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Business Leader of the Year

Dominic D'Alessandro Named Ivey Business Leader of the Year

TORONTO - Dominic D'Alessandro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Financial will receive this year's Ivey Business Leader Award at a gala dinner on October 8, 2008.

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Great Lakes Air Quality

EPA reaches agreement with Kerry on clean-air violations

CHICAGO - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Kerry Inc. on alleged violations of EPA regulations to protect stratospheric ozone at the company's bread crumb manufacturing plant at 100 E. Washington St., Millstadt, Ill.

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Global Carbon Credits

First Carbon Delivery Guarantee Pact Signed In India

India - “The International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed its first carbon delivery guarantee agreement in India to boost returns for carbon credits in the country.

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Just Browsing

Apple Releases Safari 3.1

The World’s Fastest Browser Now on Mac and Windows

CUPERTINO, California— Apple® introduced Safari™ 3.1, the world’s fastest web browser for Mac® and Windows PCs. Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2.

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Energy - By the Busel

Renewed energy: US crop report inflection point for small ethanol
By Brian Baskin

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)- The fortunes of small U.S. ethanol producers, who as recently as a year ago reaped outsized profits, may now be so fragile that they hinge on the next crop report.

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Understanding Water

"Virtual Water" Innovator Awarded 2008 Stockholm Water Prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Professor John Anthony Allan from King's College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies, a pioneer of concepts key to the understanding and communication of water issues and how they are linked to agriculture, climate change, economics and politics, was named the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.

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Wholesale trade January 2008

Wholesalers shook off a disappointing December to start the New Year with a flourish

Helped in part by a price driven surge in the sale of agricultural chemicals.

Statscan - Sales by Canadian wholesalers rose a healthy 2.6% in January to $44.1 billion, effectively offsetting the 2.6% drop recorded in December.

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Survey - Boomers Retirement

More than half of Canadian Boomers plan to stay put when they retire

Boomers also living with the boomerang effect

TORONTO - There truly is no place like home for Canada's Baby Boomers. In fact, 60 per cent of Boomers would prefer to stay in their current community when they retire, according to RBC's 15th annual homeownership study.

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Consumer Price Index

Consumer prices increased by 1.8% in the 12-month period to February 2008, the slowest rate of growth in six months

Marked slowdown from the 12-month increase of 2.2% in January. Less upward pressure from gasoline prices along with falling car prices accounted for most of this deceleration.

Statscan - The all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) excluding gasoline prices increased by only 1.1% between February 2007 and February 2008. This was the smallest growth in this index since March 2004.


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US Media - Improving Transparency

ABC Board Gives Initial Approval to U.S. Newspaper Rule Changes and Implementation Timeline

Establishes Guidelines for Magazine Rapid Report Filing, Elects New Directors

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - The board of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) gave its initial approval to a broad set of strategic rule modifications for U.S. newspapers. The changes will provide important data to advertisers, while more clearly defining paid circulation and creating a new "verified" reporting category for other circulation channels.

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Morning Column

Remove the Communication Quills That Slowly Kill Your Organization
By Roger Hall

Even on the best days, in many companies internal communications are suffering. People work in silos and are isolated from other departments. As a result, miscommunication is the norm, which creates suspicion between departments and resentment among co-workers. It's a prickly situation that can quickly flat line profits and kill morale.

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Business Travel

U.S. Business Travelers Identify Security as Chief Concern

Expedia Corporate Travel survey finds business travelers are taking specific measures to ensure safety in a chaotic travel environment

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Expedia(R) Corporate Travel today announced the results of a survey of over 1,000 U.S.-based business travelers that was conducted to better understand their security concerns while on the road.

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Media - Source Protection

Newspapers and Journalist Laud Ontario Court of Appeal's Dismissal of Spectator Reporter's Contempt Conviction and Fine

But CNA Questions Necessity of Endless Battles to Protect Journalistic Sources

TORONTO - The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) applauds the Ontario Court of Appeal for overturning a contempt conviction against Ken Peters, a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator who refused to provide information in a libel case that would have led to the disclosure of a source to whom he had made a promise of confidentiality.

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Education - Fine Fellow

Psychology Prof Named CIFAR Fellow

Guelph - Psychology professor Leanne Son Hing has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Successful Societies program.

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Community Foundations

Area Community Foundations Win Awards for Excellence in Communications

Waterloo —The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation along with the Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation have been named GOLD award winners for excellence in communications by the 2008 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program.

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Survey - Governance

Transparency and risk management ranked just as high as returns for investors

TORONTO – Transparency and risk management are considered by investors to be just as important as performance when deciding whether to retain their managers of alternative investments, according to a major new report on the industry by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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Technology - Upgrade

Apple Introduces New AirPort Express with 802.11n

All AirPort Base Stations Now Run Fastest Wireless Standard

CUPERTINO, California —Apple® updated its AirPort Express® mobile base station with 802.11n to deliver up to five times the performance and twice the range of the previous model*. Priced at just $99, AirPort Express is the world’s smallest 802.11n-based mobile base station.

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Energy Renewable

Shell CEO: no plan to spin off renewable energy ops
By Tom Bergin

LONDON, UK (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc is not planning to spin off or part sell its renewable energy businesses as rival BP is considering, and instead wants closer integration of the units with its core hydrocarbon operations, Shell's chief executive said on Monday.

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Fraud Detection Prevention

Telekom Srpske Places First Time Order for ECtel's Fraud Management Solution

The Order Strengthens ECtel’s Position in Eastern Europe

ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel, ECtel Ltd., a leading provider of Integrated Revenue Management™ (IRM™) solutions for communications service providers, announced today that Telekom Srpske, a leading operator based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, placed a first time order for ECtel's fraud detection and prevention solution, FraudView™.

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CD Scam

Competition Bureau Investigation Leads to Criminal Charges Related to Deceptive Telemarketing Operations

OTTAWA - Criminal charges were laid against four individuals allegedly involved in deceptive telemarketing activities in Quebec, the Competition Bureau announced.

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Morning Column

Balance - An Overrated Pipe Dream
By Kerul Kassel

Balance has been such a popular subject in the last five years that it's almost become passé. But that hasn't stopped many of us from continuing to pursue it.

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Working with Disabilities

Community Connections Resource Fair - For People With Disabilities

Kitchener – Community Connections is an information fair for people with disabilities and their families, a resource booklet, and now a dynamic and regularly updated website.

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Biotechnology - Diabetes

enGene Inc. Completes US$6.4M Series A Financing

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA- - enGene Inc., a privately held biotechnology company developing an innovative approach for the treatment of diabetes called GEMS(TM)-Insulin, announced it has raised US$6.4 million in a Series A financing, consisting of new investment and conversion of an existing convertible note financing.

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Aerospace Manufacturers and Suppliers

A first in North America - Aeromart 2008 International Business Convention Lands in Montreal this spring

MONTREAL - For the first time ever in North America, the Aeromart International Business Convention will be held at the Palais des congr?s de Montreal from April 8 to 10, 2008. More than 400 companies from Canada, the United States, France, Germany, China, India and Mexico are expected to attend.

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Human Resources - Hours Working

Study: Hours polarization revisited 1997 to 2006

Fewer full-time Canadian workers are putting in long hours on the job, but the decline has occurred mostly among men and older workers, according to a new study.

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Sound recording and music publishing

Canada's sound recording and music publishing industries maintained profitability for the second consecutive year in 2006, but not without a struggle.

Statscan - Operating revenues exceeded operating expenditures for each of the three major segments of Canada's music industry (record production, music publishing and sound recording studios), but music publishing was the only industry able to achieve true revenue growth in 2006.

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Education - Open Doors to Public

The Laurier Centre for Music in the Community opens its doors

WATERLOO – The Laurier Centre for Music in the Community (LcMc) will bring together unconventional performances, street music and well-known figures from the local arts scene when it officially opens its doors to the public March 28 and 29.

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Media - Protecting Sources

CAJ welcomes ruling that reverses contempt finding for protecting source

OTTAWA - An Ontario appeal court decision to overturn a contempt of court ruling and fine of more than $30,000 against a newspaper reporter for refusing to reveal a confidential source is a positive step toward protecting the public's right to know, the Canadian Association of Journalists says.

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Food Philanthropy

Successful First Weekend of Easter Food Drive

Cambridge - The Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank kicked off this year's Easter Food Drive on the 14th of March at Forward Baptist Church, Cambridge where a goal of 55,000 pounds of food was announced.

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Biotechnology - Detection

PREMIER Biosoft International releases PrimerPlex, a tool for designing oligos for a multiplexed nucleic acid sequences for use with xMAP® based multiplex array systems.

Palo Alto, California - PREMIER Biosoft International announced the release of their new product, PrimerPlex. PrimerPlex designs custom oligos for rapid and high-throughput detection of nucleic acid sequences for Luminex 100, Luminex 200 and Bio-Plex Suspension Array systems. The systems are based on Luminex's liquid bead array based xMAP® technology

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On the Fringe

Four-Time Yukon Quest Champ Lance Mackey Wins his Second Iditarod!

WHITEHORSE, YUKON - The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race wishes to congratulate Lance Mackey-the Yukon Quest's four-time reigning champion-for his second consecutive Iditarod win.

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Tourism - Destinations

COSTA RICA’S TOURISM SECTOR ON THE RISE

A successful 2007 leads to a promising 2008

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Unquestionably, 2007 was a year of growth for Costa Rica’s national tourism industry and the beginning of 2008 confirms consistency. January of 2008 marked a good start in tourist air arrivals according to the preliminary data gathered by the Costa Rica Tourist Board (ICT).

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Media - Ranking Young Companies

Young companies with fast growth - We want you!

TORONTO - PROFIT Magazine makes its final call for entries to the 2008 ranking of Canada's best and brightest growth stars, the PROFIT 100.

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Education - Exploration

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Motor vehicle sales

Sales of new motor vehicles began 2008 with the strongest month-to-month growth in two and a half years.

Statscan - Seasonally adjusted data from the New Motor Vehicle Sales survey show that 153,231 units were sold in January, up 8.2% from December. This was the largest monthly growth since June 2005 when sales grew 8.9%.

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Immigration - Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Speech discussion Panel

FREEDOM OF SPEECH panel 3-6 pm March 28 2008 at Kitchener City Hall during the full day events commemorating the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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Energy - Solar

Saskatchewan's Largest Solar Hot Water System Installed by Suncatcher Solar Homes

Saskatoon, SK – The Confederation Inn Saskatoon is leading the way in renewable energy with the largest commercial solar hot water system in Saskatchewan, and one of the largest in Canada. The $120,000 system, installed by Suncatcher Solar Homes, received 50% combined funding from the Government of Saskatchewan and the Government of Canada.

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Virtual Entrepreneurial

Virtual Meets Personal at the First Annual Forum on Virtual Assistance

TORONTO – Virtual Assistance, while still mostly unheard of by the general population, is an entrepreneurial career choice not only alive and well, but growing rapidly all over the world. Many of the industry’s leaders, who work tirelessly to increase awareness and educate small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) on the benefits of collaborating with Virtual Assistants (VAs), will meet in Toronto Canada May 2-4.

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Energy Biofuel

EPA to award $5 million for Midwest Clean-Diesel projects

CHICAGO - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative today announced that it expects to award some $5 million in grants for diesel-emission reduction projects in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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EPA Clears the Air:

New Standards Drastically Cut Locomotive and Marine Diesel Pollution

Washington - New tough emissions standards will slash pollution from locomotive and marine diesel engines by up to 90 percent, helping Americans to breathe cleaner air as soon as this year.

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Trading Milestone

OMEGA ATS Sets Record Volume

Surpasses one million shares traded in a single day

TORONTO - OMEGA ATS, single day trading volume surpassed 1 million shares for the first time since its launch on December 6, 2007.

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Education - Learning

Lifelong learning courses offered at Laurier Brantford

BRANTFORD — Thanks to the Laurier Association for Lifelong Learning (LALL), Brantford adults “50 years of age and better,” will be able to take general interest, non-credit courses this spring at the Laurier Brantford campus for the first time.

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Education - Environment

Climate, Atmosphere and Health Topic of Hammond Lectures

Guelph - "Climate Atmosphere and Health" is the topic of this year's annual Kenneth Hammond Lectures on Environment, Energy and Resources running March 21 and 22.

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History Museum

Join us for a “sneak peek” into the future

Region of Waterloo - The Region of Waterloo invites you to attend a very special media event on Thursday, March 27, 2008 – a virtual tour of the future Region of Waterloo History Museum.

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Winter Forecast 2008-09

Environment Canada has early look at next year's winter: not too cold for most

TORONTO - CP — Most Canadians will probably welcome the official start of spring this week but for the minority who can't get enough of snow and cold, Environment Canada is already providing a prediction of what next year's winter might feel like.

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2008 RSA Conference

MicroWorld to exhibit Security Solutions at the RSA Conference 2008.

San Francsico - The advanced Security Solutions provider MicroWorld Technologies will be taking part in the most awaited information security event of the year, the RSA Conference 2008, to be held at the Moscone Center, San Francisco on April 7-11.

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Environment and Nasdaq

Semi-Annual Changes to the NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Index and the NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index

NEW YORK - The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. announced today the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ(r) Clean Edge(r) U.S. Index and the NASDAQ(r) Clean Edge(r) U.S. Liquid Series Index (the "Indexes"), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, March 24, 2008.

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Success of Converted Condo

SUCCESS STORY OF THE KAUFMAN LOFTS CONTINUES – RESALE ACTIVITY IS STRONG

Since June 2007, twenty-one units have resold from Phase 1, and the prices they are garnering are impressive.

Waterloo Region – The success story of the Kaufman loft development by Andrin Homes in Kitchener’s downtown is a well known one in this community.

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Transportation - London Terminal 5

Her Majesty The Queen Opens British Airways' Terminal 5

London - Her Majesty The Queen officially opens British Airways' exclusive new GBP 4.3 billion home -- London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.

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Media - Incomplete Reporting

Master pSan sparks discussion on and off campus

Fails to interview key executive members and creates confusion with respect to process

Waterloo - An article in the The newley named The Record of Waterloo Region published March 13, “Historic house may go as UW expands,” has attracted comment from the university’s Graduate Student Association (GSA).

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Education - Remembering

Wilfrid Laurier remembers Dr. Flora Roy

WATERLOO — Dr. Flora Roy, a former professor and chair of the English Department at Wilfrid Laurier University, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 12, in Waterloo, Ontario. She was 96 years old.

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Waterloo Library Development

Minister of the Environment Renders Decision – Individual Environmental Assessment Not Required

Waterloo, ON – The City of Waterloo has received word from the Ministry of the Environment that an individual environmental assessment will not be required on lands owned by the University of Waterloo. The lands in question would be leased to the City for a period of 50 years for the potential development of sports fields as part of the west side family YMCA and library development.

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Energy - Nuclear

British Energy in takeover talks

Press Association - Nuclear power station operator British Energy could fall into foreign hands after it confirmed talks about a possible takeover or merger.

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Energy From Waste

Vancouver company to partner with U.S. group to generate energy from waste

VANCOUVER — Green Island Energy says it will partner with U.S.-based Covanta Holding Corporation to develop a project to convert municipal waste into power at Gold River on Vancouver Island.

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Health Care - Prescriptions

Seven in ten Canadians feel that prescription medications are prescribed more often than necessary

TORONTO - The perceived over-prescribing of medication, a lack of emphasis on natural or alternative therapies and general frustration with Canadian healthcare are contributing to the idea that the current system is not meeting Canadians' expectations.