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Competition

Competition Policy Review Panel report misses the mark, says CFIB

Ottawa – The Competition Policy Review Panel report released this morning ignores half of Canada’s economy – small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by recommending policies that would hurt rather than help the engine of Canada’s economic growth.

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Distribution Cost Increase

Canada Post Responds to Cost Pressures with 2009 Pricing Strategy

OTTAWA - In response to rising cost pressures, Canada Post is proposing an amendment to the Letter Mail Regulations to establish the rates of postage for domestic Lettermail for the next three years.

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Canada & Competiton

Competition Policy Review Panel Releases Report

OTTAWA – The Competition Policy Review Panel, chaired by L.R. Wilson, on June 26, 2008 provided its report to the Government of Canada, titled Compete to Win. The report puts forward a series of policy recommendations aimed at making Canada a more attractive destination for talent, investment and innovation, as well as a sweeping national Competitiveness Agenda based on the proposition that Canada’s standard of living and economic performance will be raised through more competition in Canada and from abroad.

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Competition Policy

Competition Policy Report: A Bay Street Manifesto

TORONTO - The Competition Policy Review Panel Report released June 26, 2008 fails to address legitimate concerns about foreign takeovers say the United Steelworkers (USW).

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Morning Column

Re-ignite Your Passion at Work
By Gary Bradt

Follow your passion is a popular prescription for achieving career success and personal fulfillment and early in a career, it's easy to do. There is so much to learn and every encounter is so new that even routine duties can seem flush with opportunity. Nothing's mundane. Passion's flame is fresh.

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Healthcare

The Cholesterol Scare: Are You One Of Millions Of Victims?
By Dr. David Tanton

Every year, millions of people fall victim to the very deceptive, highly profitable cholesterol scam … are you one of them? If you are taking a cholesterol lowering medication, also called statins, the answer is an astounding yes! It's time to take action: Get off them immediately, before they do any more damage.

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Fast Growth

Virtual Causeway Selected – for the Second Consecutive Year – as One of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by PROFIT Magazine

Waterloo Region - Virtual Causeway is pleased to announce that they have been named, for the second consecutive year, as one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies in PROFIT magazine.

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Housing Design

Construction of 42,000 sq ft Interior Design Facility a Sign of Confidence in South-western Ontario's New Home Construction Industry

Kitchener - It was a groundbreaking of a different kind as Eastforest Homes kicked-off construction of the largest design studio in the region this morning. Not only is the sheer size and scope of the new facility a first in the region but more importantly putting interior design and lifestyle at the heart of construction is an industry innovation.

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Communication

Answering the Call for Better Business Communications- the Future Revealed

Waterloo - Global leaders Vodafone, Cisco and Research In Motion (RIM) join forces to deliver a world-first business communications solution for small business:

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Investments

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: The Role of Investment Advisors Becomes Increasingly Critical As Overall Satisfaction With Investment Institutions in Canada Declines Amid Volatile Market Conditions

Edward Jones Ranks Highest among Full-Service Investment Firms for a Third Consecutive Year

TORONTO - As the investment market experiences increased turbulence amid economic uncertainties, the expertise and guidance of investment advisors is becoming more important in enhancing overall customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Canadian Investor Satisfaction Study(SM) released June 25, 2008.


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Morning Column

Overcome the Four Barriers of Change
By John Baker

What is the opposite of growth? Some would say it is "status quo," but that's not true. The opposite of growth is death: Whether in your personal life or work life, if you're not growing you're dying.

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Entrepreneurship

$16.89M funding boost from Ontario Government creates opportunities for province’s students, businesses

New internship program to place 1,750 students in businesses province-wide

Toronto, ON - Graduate students across Ontario are receiving $16.89 million in new funding from the Government of Ontario in an effort to place student interns into businesses province-wide. The goal of the funding – announced June 25, 2008 by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities - is to move more students from the classroom into the workforce for hands-on experience.

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Appointment

Henry Lee Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada

OTTAWA, ONTARIO - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), today announced the appointment of Mr. Henry Lee to the Bank's Board of Directors.

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Air Travel

International Network With Two New Sun Destinations Bridgetown, Barbados, and La Romana, Dominican Republic

CALGARY, ALBERTA - WestJet announced the introduction of seasonal non-stop service to two new international sun destinations in the Caribbean: Bridgetown, Barbados and La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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Human Resources

More than 18,000 Skilled Workers Needed in Atlantic Canada Major New Projects Stretching Available Workforce

ST. JOHN'S - Major engineering and industrial construction projects in New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador will stretch Atlantic Canada's workforce to the limit, according to the Construction Sector Council.

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Bill C-2

New law puts alcohol and drugs on an equal footing in roadside checks for impaired driving, and promises to reduce driving "high"

OTTAWA - The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), Canada's national addictions agency, welcomes new legislation set to go into effect on July 2 that, for the first time in Canada, establishes parity between drug- and alcohol-impaired driving under the law. Bill C-2, the Tackling Violent Crime Act, comes into force after a decade of rising rates of drug-impaired driving in Canada.

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Cottage Properties

Young professionals likely to take advantage of stabilizing cottage market

- Survey finds cottages are the preferred long-term investment, compared to stocks and bonds -

TORONTO - Echoing the trend observed in Canadian cities this year, the country's recreational property market is returning to a more normal state, with price increases moderating when compared to the frenetic pace experienced in 2007. In almost all of the nation's summer hotspots, prices have continued to rise in 2008, but at a considerably slower rate than in the previous year.

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Business Barometer

High energy costs and economic uncertainty fuels decline in business optimism

Toronto – Expectations among Canada’s small- and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) took a sharp tumble in June, according to the latest survey of business optimism by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Latest expectations push the Business Barometer index down for the third consecutive quarter, to its lowest level since third quarter 2001.

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Investments

International Survey Confirms Petroleum Industry Views Saskatchewan as Better Bet Than Alberta for Upstream Oil and Gas Investment

CALGARY, ALBERTA - Saskatchewan is now the jewel of Canada's oil patch, surpassing Alberta as the preferred choice for upstream oil and gas investment, according to an international survey of petroleum executives released today by independent research organization the Fraser Institute.

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Recognition

DSA HONOURS THE BEST OF ITS BEST

2008 awards handed out at organization’s annual conference

TORONTO – The Direct Sellers Association of Canada is pleased to recognize its 2008 award recipients as announced on June 2, 2008 at the association’s annual conference held in Charlottetown, PEI.

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Appointment

NCR Names John Di Leo Vice President, North America Region Sales

DAYTON, Ohio – NCR Corporation announced that John Di Leo has been appointed vice president, North America Region Sales. In this role, he is responsible for leading sales of NCR’s complete portfolio of solutions and services in the United States and Canada.

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Appointment

Brian Hayward Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada

OTTAWA - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), today announced the appointment of Mr. Brian Hayward as a member of the Board of Directors.

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Energy index

NASDAQ OMX and Clean Edge Introduce the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index

Invesco PowerShares to Launch Exchange Traded Fund Based On New Index

NEW YORK - The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. and Clean Edge, Inc. announced the introduction of the NASDAQ OMX(r) Clean Edge(r) Global Wind Energy Index(sm) (Nasdaq:QWND), a new benchmark for the global wind energy sector.

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Health Care

Two-thirds of world health leaders see problems with payment systems

TORONTO - The way that healthcare is paid for is in flux as governments around the world seek ways to control costs without further compromising quality at a time when the needs of the aging population threaten to overwhelm health system resources.

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Relationships

Lake Huron Treaty Commission established

WHITEFISH RIVER FIRST NATION, ON - Chiefs of the Anishinabek Nation have moved another step forward in reclaiming their jurisdiction over traditional territory by establishing a Lake Huron Treaty Commission.
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Waste Management

City of Ottawa moves forward with 400 tonne-per-day PlascoEnergy facility

OTTAWA- Plasco Energy Group Inc. of Ottawa announced that the Ottawa City Council unanimously agreed to issue a letter of intent to PlascoEnergy to build, own and operate a 400 tonne-per-day waste conversion facility that will process residual household waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill.

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Waste

Ontario Wasting More Resources and Money

Statistic Canada Bi-Annual survey report finds Ontarians generating more garbage than ever before

TORONTO - On June 23, 2008, Statistics Canada released its biennial report on the waste management industry revealing Ontarians are generating more waste than ever before, at a cost of $870 million to taxpayers each year.

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Political Profile

Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr profiled in current issue of Statements

TORONTO - From the lumber yards of Baden to public office, Kitchener mayor Carl Zehr exemplifies community service.

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Global Philanthropy

MEDA project to preserve Peru’s mangroves

Waterloo, ON – A new approach to creation care is being explored in Peru’s mangrove forest by Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA).

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Carbon Foot Print

Richest 10% create bigger ecological footprint

TORONTO - The richest 10 percent of Canadians create a bigger ecological footprint - a whopping 66 percent higher -- than the average Canadian household, says a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).

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Health Care

Pesticide use once again prohibited in July and August

Waterloo Region – July marks the beginning of a two-month period in which pesticides cannot be used in Waterloo Region. The Pesticides By-law, which came into effect at the beginning of 2007, requires 24 hour notification with a lawn sign before a pesticide can be applied year-round.

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Morning Column

The Four Fatal Assumptions of Executive Communication
By Ron Crossland

I stand in front of high potential leaders every month, at least, conducting a seminar, giving a speech, or discussing leadership development. One of the standard scenarios I ask these busy, engaged, and effective managers to consider is, “have you ever left a meeting with a colleague and as you travel down the hallway talking about what you just heard, you look at each other with that ‘were you in the same meeting I was in’ expression?”

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Education Entrepreneurship

Laurier students travel to China to lead business workshops

WATERLOO – Senior business students from Wilfrid Laurier University will travel to post-secondary schools in China July 4 to lead workshops in business and entrepreneurship.

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Innovation

Natalie E. Dakers Appointed to Board of Directors of Canada Foundation for Innovation

OTTAWA - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), today appointed Ms. Natalie E. Dakers to the Board of the Foundation.

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Venture Capital

C.A. Bancorp Inc. Announces $5 Million Investment in Everus Communications Inc.

Kitchener - C.A. Bancorp Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of a $5,000,000 investment in Everus Communications Inc. (“Everus”), a privately held company based in Kitchener, Ontario. As the largest wireless broadband provider in rural Ontario, Everus seeks to provide affordable, accessible and efficient broadband access for public and private sectors in rural areas that cannot access broadband through digital subscriber lines (“DSL”) or cable.

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Life Sciences

Open Text Introduces Quality Management Solution for Life Sciences Companies

Flexible Solution Manages Product Quality Issues and Compliance for Pharmaceutical, Medical Device Companies

BOSTON - Open Text(TM) Corporation announced a new solution that helps pharmaceutical and medical device companies manage quality and quality compliance issues in the development and manufacture of new products.

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Energy

Canadian Power Developer Expands Footprint in World's Largest Power Market: India

TORONTO - Canasia Power Corp., a Canadian private power developer, has increased the first phase of its 800MW (2x400MW) sub-critical thermal power project in India to 1320MW (2x660MW) supercritical, clean-coal technology power plant, thereby increasing the size of this phase by 65%.

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Water

Laurier launches new Institute for Water Science

New research centre will examine and protect Canada’s water supply

WATERLOO – Wilfrid Laurier University’s new Laurier Institute for Water Science (LIWS) will develop solutions-based research and policy recommendations to protect and sustain Canada’s water supply.

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Travel Tips

Two-thirds of Canadians Will Hit the Road This Summer

According to Uniroyal survey: gas prices will affect duration and distance of road trips; quirky driving behaviours include singing, grooming and yelling at traffic

LAVAL, QC - The Canada Day holiday weekend typically signals the beginning of summer road trip season. And despite rising gas prices, Canadians will hit the road in large numbers, as more than two-thirds of Canadians (68 per cent) plan to take a road trip this summer.

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Legal

Law Offices Rethink Hiring and Retention Strategies

Social, Economic, Demographic Trends Reshaping Legal Field, New Report Finds

TORONTO - Recent developments in the legal profession are prompting law firms and corporate legal departments to employ increasingly progressive recruiting and talent management strategies

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Morning Column

How Leaders Lose Their Voice
By Ron Crossland

Communication is at the heart of every interaction between a leader and a constituency. Business, political, social, and religious leaders all understand the power of communication – many are moderate in this skill set, but some excel. And leadership research is clear – the better you are as a communicator, the more your leadership ability can move others to action.

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BioDiesel

EPA, partners announce diesel vehicle retrofit program: City and County of Honolulu, Grace Pacific "cleaner" vehicles to be demonstrated

HONOLULU – Yesterday at the City and County of Honolulu’s Alapai Bus Facility, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region Air Division Director Deborah Jordan announced accomplishments of a diesel engine retrofit program.

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Education Competition

Conestoga Baja Race Team Posts Outstanding Effort

Kitchener - A Baja racer is a rugged, off-road vehicle valued for its durability, traction, maneuverability and endurance. Each year, SAE International sponsors a competition for Baja racers designed and built by teams of college and university students representing institutions from throughout the Western hemisphere.

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Canada Day

Canada Day celebration at UW feature Kreesha Turner, Chad Hatcher, The Guys

WATERLOO - Kreesha Turner, whose debut album Passion blends soul, jazz and rhythm and blues, Chad Hatcher, who mixes folk, soul and hip-hop, and The Guys, selected by Billboard Magazine as a top emerging rock band, will be among the big attractions at the University of Waterloo's Canada Day celebration.

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Energy

Majority of Ontarians expect Ontario to get their energy from renewables by 2018

Poll results released as World Wind Energy Conference 2008 begins in Kingston, Ontario

Kingston - Over 600 people have descended on the City of Kingston today as the World Wind Energy Conference 2008 kicked off with a series of session which included speakers Dr. David Suzuki, Hon. Vilas Muttemwar, Indian Minister for New and Renewable Energy and Hon. George Smitherman, Ontario Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.

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Shareholder Rights Plan

MKS Announces Notice of Intention to Purchase Shares and Reinstitutes Shareholder Rights Plan

Waterloo – MKS Inc. announced Wednesday that the Toronto Stock Exchange has accepted its notice of intention to conduct a normal course issuer bid, pursuant to TSX rules, to enable it to purchase up to 3,849,611 of its common shares (“Common Shares”), representing approximately 10% of MKS’ public float of 38,496,113 Common Shares and approximately 7.5 per cent of the approximately 51,552,335 Common Shares outstanding, in each case as of May 31, 2008.

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Climate Change

Major Carbon Emitters Draft Statement For July Summit

“Major carbon-emitting nations on Monday wrapped up a meeting on measures to fight global warming by working out a draft statement for adoption at their summit meeting set for July on the sidelines of the G8 summit.

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Energy Environment

Louisiana signs "non-corn" ethanol bill into law: efficiency and sustainability boost to industry

US - Louisiana's governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, the most comprehensive and far-reaching state legislation in the United States, enacted to develop a statewide advanced biofuel industry.

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Innovative Energy

Small power producer makes green energy from landfill gas

THOROLD/CAMBRIDGE - In just seven years since its inception, a small private Ontario company has grown to be one of the largest generators of energy from landfill gas in Canada.

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Marketing Appliances

Economic concerns keep Canadians in the kitchen

TORONTO - An unsteady economy coupled with rising food and fuel prices is compelling North Americans to cook at home more and eat at restaurants less often.

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Human Resources

Google, RIM and Waterloo Region tech firms infiltrate Markham to attract tech talent

WATERLOO REGION - Waterloo Region tech companies are aggressively pursuing Markham’s best and brightest with an offer to “get a life” west of Toronto. Canada’s fastest-growing tech cluster is on the hunt for top talent, using print and radio advertising, billboards on tech commuter routes, and hosting an event in the midst of the Markham tech community to show off the thousands of opportunities available in Waterloo Region.

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Port activity

Volume of cargo handled at Canada's ports edged down during the first half of 2006, compared with the same period a year earlier.

Statscan - The nation's ports handled just under 214.5 million metric tonnes of cargo from January to June 2006, down 0.2% compared with levels the same period a year earlier.

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Water

Report makes case for water exports

WINNIPEG - To make the case for selling water to the United States, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy will be releasing Water Exports: The 1% Solution on Tuesday, June 24 at 12:01 a.m.

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Education

Catholic Trustees Approve $211.6 Million Balanced Budget

Kitchener – Trustees of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board tonight approved the Board’s 2008-09 school year budget.

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Highest Honour

Institute of Actuaries awards Laurier professor with highest honour

WATERLOO – For the first time in 10 years the UK-based Institute of Actuaries has found a candidate for its highest honour: Laurier professor Dr. Phelim Boyle was awarded a Gold Medal for his 30 years of outstanding contributions to actuarial science.

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Quality of Life

UW researcher worried that youth survey finds smoking rates may have flatlined

WATERLOO - The results of the latest national Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) reveal that the percentage of young people who have tried a tobacco product has stopped declining, suggesting the issue of tobacco control requires continued attention in Canada.

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Energy

Oil and gas has lots of opportunities for success, but not an easy venture: PwC report

Toronto — Clearly the energy industry remains a cornerstone of the Canadian economy. There are a number of opportunities for businesses to succeed in Alberta in the oil and gas industry, but it is not an easy venture.

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Agriculture

Farm Product Price Index

Statscan - Prices farmers received for their commodities rose 12.7% in April 2008 from the same month a year earlier, as significant gains in crop prices offset declines in livestock prices.

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Innovative Ideas

Alan Kay: A powerful idea about teaching ideas

With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -– mathematically and scientifically -- that only computers can.

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Human Resource

Manpower Canada Research Reveals 83 Per cent of Employers Think Governments and Business Are Not Doing Enough to Slow the Outward Migration of Talent

Canada – Manpower Canada released today the results of its Borderless Workforce survey to determine employer views about the outward migration of talent. The findings reveal that only 17 per cent of employers in Canada think government and businesses are doing enough to slow the outward migration of talent and attract these people back to Canada. The survey gathered responses from more than 453 employers in Canada and 28,000 globally in 27 individual countries and territories.

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Auto Manufacturing

Canada's Auto Trade Deficit Goes from Bad to Worse

TORONTO - Official government data confirm that Canada's automotive trade balance is deteriorating dramatically in 2008 - coincident with continuing lay-offs and plant closure announcements in Canada's hard-pressed auto industry.

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Transportation

WestJet Comments on Announcement by Ottawa Airport Authority to Reduce Terminal Fees

Will Region of Waterloo International Airport Follow?

CALGARY, ALBERTA - WestJet commented yesterday on the announcement made by the Ottawa International Airport Authority to reduce terminal fees. In response to skyrocketing fuel costs and the weakened economies in Canada and the U.S., effective July 1, 2008, the Authority will reduce its general terminal fees by five per cent.

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Morning Column

8 Ways to Recruit Today's Best Teenagers
By Ken Whiting

It used to be fairly simple and routine. Need to fill a couple of positions? You simply placed an ad in the local paper, or asked your current employees if any of their friends were looking for work. That's all there was to it, and you could get back to running your business.

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Obit

Comedian George Carlin Passes Away at 71.

Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. Those words, uttered by Carlin during a 1972 show in Milwaukee made him "a footnote in American legal history, which I'm perversely kind of proud of," he told The Associated Press earlier this year.

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Air Quality

MTS Allstream exclusive telecom sponsor of Clean Air Commute

Company engages employees to help fight climate change

TORONTO - As the official telecom sponsor of Pollution Probe's 2008 Clean Air Commute, MTS Allstream Inc. ("MTS Allstream") is challenging its employees to find cleaner and more environmentally friendly ways to commute to work every day.

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Strategic Steps

VIRTEK Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan

WATERLOO, ON - Virtek Vision International Inc. announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has adopted a shareholders rights plan (the "Rights Plan"). The Rights Plan is in the form consistent with plans that in the past have been supported by regulatory authorities and recommended by proxy advisory services.

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Video

George Dyson: The birth of the computer

TED - Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its 16th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers.

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Media Recognition

CTV Southwestern Ontario Wins RTNDA Awards

WATERLOO REGION – CTV (Southwestern Ontario), formerly known as CKCO-TV, was recognized for journalistic excellence at the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) Awards this week in Ottawa, winning three awards.

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Climate Change

Business Leaders Call For Global Warming Action.

"The world's developed countries should take the lead in the battle against global warming and push for halving global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, a group of business leaders said Friday.

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Media

Christie DLP Cinema(R) Projectors to Be Used at the Star-Studded World Premiere of Disney-Pixar's ''WALL-E,'' June 21

CYPRESS, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, is proud to announce that a pair of Christie CP2000-XB DLP Cinema(R) projectors will be used at the World Premiere of Disney-Pixar's WALL-E. The World Premiere will take place outside under the stars at the Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory on Saturday, June 21st.

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Media Merger

Cookie Jar and DIC Entertainment to Merge, Creating Independent Global Children's Entertainment and Education Powerhouse

Transaction to unite some of the world's most recognizable characters under the Cookie Jar brand

Merged company to own one of the world's most valuable animation libraries with nearly 6,000 half-hours of compelling entertainment

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA and TORONTO, ONTARIO - Cookie Jar Group and DIC Entertainment are pleased to announce that Cookie Jar has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with DIC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (DIC), a leading fully-integrated global brand management company headquartered in Burbank, California.

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Manufacturing

COM DEV Awarded AIS Micro-Satellite Contract with Canadian Government

Mission will support Canadian sovereignty, safety, security and communications needs

CAMBRIDGE - COM DEV International Ltd. announced June 23, 2008 that it has been awarded an $8.6 million contract to design, build and launch a micro-satellite for the Government of Canada.

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Energy

Harper suggests Liberal carbon tax plan would 'screw everybody' in Canada

SASKATOON — The prime minister had some uncharacteristically blunt words Friday for a carbon tax proposal by Stephane Dion's Liberals, saying it would "screw" the country.

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Energy

Saudi Arabia Boosts Oil Supply; Doubt Over Price Drop (Update2)
By Maher Chmaytelli and Ayesha Daya

Bloomberg - Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, plans to raise production for a third-straight month in July and make further increases as needed to curb record prices.

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Disrupting Everyone

CAW to ramp up protest at Woodbine Racetrack in support of OLG workers

TORONTO - On June 22, the CAW, the union representing the 100 striking workers at the Woodbine Racetrack (employed by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation), ramped up their protest, with hundreds more CAW members and community allies joining the picket lines.

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Fine Fellow

DALSA Chairman and Founder Dr. Savvas Chamberlain was inducted as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering at an awards ceremony on June 16 in Montreal.

Waterloo - The Canadian Academy of Engineering comprises many of the country's most accomplished engineers who have expressed their dedication to the application of science and engineering principles in the interests of the country and its enterprises.

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Reponsonsible Business

Cober Printing Certified to Three Standards of Forestry Management

Kitchener - Cober Printing, a leading edge printing business in Kitchener recently certified to 3 standards of responsible forestry management as part of their Corporate Social Responsibilty Policy.

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Energy

Ridgetown Campus Receives Federal Funding for Biodiesel Plant

Guelph - The University of Guelph's Ridgetown Campus is receiving $938,260 from the federal government to develop a functional, farm-scale oilseed processing and biodiesel plant on campus. The announcment ws made June 20, 2008

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Media Recognition

Global National named Canada's Best Newscast at the Radio-Television News Directors Association Awards

OTTAWA - Canwest Broadcasting is pleased to announce that Global National has won the coveted Best Newscast and Best Spot News Awards, in the network television category at the 2007 Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada Awards (RTNDA).