Hans Rosling unveils new data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world's deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV. He argues that preventing transmissions -- not drug treatments -- is the key to ending the epidemic.
HAMILTON - Jim Balsillie issued the following statement yesterday: Mayor Eisenberger and Council, I'm writing to you about my longstanding commitment to bringing an NHL franchise to Hamilton.
Waterloo - Finalists in the 2009 LaunchPad $50K Venture Creation Competition competed this week to win a combined total of $50,000 in cash prizes and in-kind services. Founded in 2004 the competition is jointly delivered by Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo, University of Guelph, Conestoga College, McMaster University and community entrepreneurs to encourage and support the creation and development of businesses.
Statscan - Labour productivity rose in four provinces and one territory in 2008, led by Saskatchewan with a gain of 1.8% and Nunavut with an increase of 9.5%. The largest productivity declines were in British Columbia and in the Northwest Territories.
MARKHAM - Michael Stephens has been appointed Vice President, Marketing and Product Development at Atria Networks LP. He is located at Atria’s office in Markham, ON.
AECL president outlines potential for nuclear to become one of Canada's major industrial sectors
TORONTO - Canada's nuclear industry, largely based in Ontario, has the potential to become one of the largest industrial sectors in the country, says Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) president and CEO Hugh MacDiarmid.
Kitchener - CTV is holding an Open House on Saturday May 23rd from 10 AM to 2 PM at our Kitchener Location, to bring attention to the structural problems plaguing the over the air Television Industry. As a CRTC regulated media outlet CTV is wanting support for a change to over the air business model.
It's healthy and profitable to live green — even in a rental home. That's the message that University of Guelph student Arthur Churchyard and his four roommates want to send to other students and to the community.
Kingston - Two innovative Queen’s University health research projects have received a total of $2.85 million in Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) funding.
TORONTO - Ontario Power Generation Inc. announced yesterday the financial close of a $200 million private placement issue to fund the re-development of four hydroelectric generating stations that have reached the end of their service lives.
Ontario Government Modernizing Apprenticeship Through Proposed College Of Trades
TORONTO - Ontario is taking steps to establish the Ontario College of Trades, a regulatory college that would help modernize the province's apprenticeship and skilled trades system.
World News - "There is still a high degree of uncertainty regarding the outlook for the global economy... World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday. Speaking at the start of a two-day International Finance Corporation (IFC) conference on global private equity, Zoellick said views on the world economy's health ranged from cautious optimism that the pace of decline was slowing to lingering concerns over low capacity utilization...." [Reuters/Factiva]
OTTAWA — Dr. Paul Corkum, an attosecond science researcher at the National Research Council Canada (NRC) and professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Ottawa, is this year’s winner of one of Ontario’s most prestigious science prizes.
SAGUENAY, QC - Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) has undertaken a large scale restructuring. However, as revealed by a detailed analysis conducted by the CAW Research Department based on economic data provided by CRU,(1) Rio Tinto Alcan's Canadian aluminum smelters are among the most profitable in the world, even in the context of the current market lows.
Atlantic Superstore in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia, to gain energy efficiencies through the use of wind technology
BRAMPTON - Continuing to build on its position as one of the leaders in energy management and efficiency, Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) is pleased to announce the installation of a wind turbine at its Atlantic Superstore in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia.
Global Partner Awards Recognize SAP Partners that Made Exemplary Contributions to SAP's Ecosystem
WATERLOO - Open Text , a global leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), announced that it has been awarded a 2009 SAP(R) Pinnacle Award as the Regional Software Solutions Partner of the Year, EMEA. SAP Pinnacle Awards were granted to leading SAP partners that have excelled in enhancing the customer experience, addressing critical issues such as accelerating co-innovation and improving return on investment.
TORONTO - The Information and Privacy Commissioner has mis-stated the position taken by the University of Toronto in a recent case involving records belonging to Victoria University, a separately controlled and managed institution.
Waterloo - Brideau Design has recently announced the addition of Joseph Comacchio to their team. Charged with leading Brideau's Marketing & Business Development efforts, Comacchio's main focus will be to forge new relationships and deliver innovative marketing solutions to Brideau Design's impressive portfolio of clients.
Part of Continued Canadian Rollout of In-venue Electronic Ticket Validation Technology
Hamilton and WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Ticketmaster, a Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. operating business, today announced that Hamilton's Copps Coliseum will be Ontario's first live entertainment venue permanently equipped to validate Ticketmaster's Paperless Ticket(tm).
MetLife Canada's block of life and health insurance policies and annuities complements Unity Life's growth strategy
MISSISSAUGA - Unity Life of Canada, a Foresters(TM) company, and MetLife Canada, a subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Unity Life will acquire substantially all of the insurance business of MetLife Canada.
OTTAWA and ST. JOHN'S - CAW/FFAW President Earle McCurdy will be traveling from Newfoundland to Ottawa today to appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Fisheries & Oceans demanding action to deal with the lobster crisis in Atlantic Canada.
TORONTO - Lacking a mooring in a rich and textured sense of history, most Canadians today are adrift on an ever-thinning present moment, driven by consumerism, pop culture, and “politically correct” cliches about the past. Being a person of Polish descent and having studied history extensively, I have a certain insight into totalitarianism -- whether of the Nazi, Soviet, or politically-correct left-liberal variety.
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