A unique ecosystem of plants, birds and monkeys thrives in the treetops of the rainforest. Nalini Nadkarni explores these canopy worlds -- and shares her findings with the world below, through dance, art and bold partnerships.
TORONTO - Manulife Financial Corporation ("Manulife") today announced that it has completed its offering of 18 million Non-cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Class A Shares, Series 4 (the "Series 4 Preferred Shares") at a price of $25 per share to raise gross proceeds of $450 million.
KITCHENER, ONTARIO – Sharks, known for their uncanny ability to sniff out a meal, have been spotted in Kitchener, nosing around the Grand River at the Old Highway 8 Intersection.
Guelph – Two Aboriginal high school students from Kahnawake, Quebec, and Ottawa, Ontario, will get a taste of a unique experience as they spend a week at a University of Guelph science lab working alongside some of Canada’s top scientists to conduct experiments in cutting-edge food and nutrition research.
KITCHENER WATERLOO – Friends and volunteers gathered at House of Friendship’s annual Community Potato Lunch to wrap up the charitable organization’s month-long Potato Blitz and to celebrate a record haul of potatoes and donations.
Kitchener - Music Director Edwin Outwater unveiled the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony’s (KWS) 2009/10 Season at a launch held at the Centre In The Square.
Kitchener - Karen Redman, in conjunction with the Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, is hosting the Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast on March 6th.
TORONTO - Rogers Cable Communications Inc. and PROFIT Magazine announced the winners of the second annual Innovations@Work Awards - iMD Health, Mad Rock Marine Solutions Inc. and VitaSound Audio Inc.
TORONTO – 61 per cent of Canadians admit they have no plan ready in the event they are diagnosed with a critical illness, reveals a recent survey of more than 1,600 Canadians by Ottawa-based polling firm, Redfern Research.
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TORONTO - The hiring of full-time accounting and finance professionals is expected to increase slightly in the second quarter of 2009, according to the Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index.
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TORONTO - CAW National President Ken Lewenza said the magnitude of the depressed auto industry is having grave implications right across the economy. Lewenza was responding to the announcement by Chrysler to eliminate the third shift from the minivan assembly plant in Windsor, effecting 1,200 workers.
TORONTO - NAV CANADA, operator of Canada's civil air navigation services, has announced additional cuts and facility closures to the already dwindling air navigation system (ANS), says Derek Yakielashek, President of Air Traffic Specialists Local 2245 CAW-Canada.
TORONTO - Ontario and national leaders of the United Steelworkers (USW) say the recent announced shutdown of US Steel operations in Hamilton and Lake Erie, ON, is a devastating blow to Canada's industrial heartland.
Hamilton - When Hamilton, Ont.-based florist Rosanna Yeomans received an order on Jan. 2 for $44,000 worth of flowers from a church in Ghana, she thought her small business was off to a great start in the New Year.
Washington, D.C. - EPA is seeking public comment on the annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007 draft report. This report will be open for public comment for 30 days after the Federal Register notice is published.
Guelph - Roni Horn, an internationally recognized American artist, will give the third annual Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art at the University of Guelph March 11 at 5 p.m. in War Memorial Hall.
WATERLOO — Renowned clarinetist James Campbell will visit Wilfrid Laurier University March 12-15 to lead master classes for Laurier music students and to perform in a free public concert as part of the MWM Financial Group Distinguished Artist Series.
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