Carolyn Porco shares exciting new findings from the Cassini spacecraft's recent sweep of one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Samples gathered from the moon's icy geysers hint that an ocean under its surface could harbor life.
Waterloo Region - Through the efforts of two powerful groups – Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc & the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics – the Waterloo Region is reshaping the Canadian “brain drain” and becoming an international “brain gain” region, earning the Canadian Urban Institute’s 2009 Global City Award to be granted June 5 at the Urban Leadership Awards in Toronto.
Waterloo - Research In Motion Limited announced that Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, RIM’s Co-Chief Executive Officers, have each adopted new automatic securities disposition plans (“ASDPs”) in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Rule 10b5-1 (“Rule 10b5-1”)
TORONTO - The Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is proud to announce Louise Wendling, Senior Vice President and Country Manager for Costco Wholesale Canada as the 2009 Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year. The award will be presented to Ms. Wendling at RCC's Gala dinner on June 1, as part of their national STORE conference in Toronto.
Drayton Entertainment Consolidates Production and Administration in New Facility
Cambridge — Residents of Cambridge will soon benefit from a new performing arts complex, thanks to a joint investment by the city of Cambridge and the governments of Canada and Ontario.
CAMBRIDGE - On Friday, May 15, by a strong majority the workers at Gerdau Ameristeel voted to reject the company's final offer. The nearly 200 United Steelworkers have been on a legal strike since Saturday. During months of negotiations, and daily bargaining for the last two weeks, the union offered to work with Gerdau to bring in serious, temporary measures to deal with the current downturn.
Ottawa — Canadian automakers will lose more than $2 billion for the second consecutive year in 2009, and profitability for the industry is at least three years away, according to the Conference Board’s Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada’s Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry – Spring 2009.
BERLIN (Reuters) - The premier of Opel's home state of Hesse said on Friday that Magna had made the most attractive offer for the German carmaker, but the government in Berlin denied it had settled on a preferred suitor.
OTTAWA - Canada needs to boost Aboriginal education levels to address a shrinking labour force and lackluster productivity growth, urges the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, pointing to a potential saving to the government of $115 billion.
Flat fees tuition proposal passes; students outraged at decision and blocked from meeting by excessive police presence
TORONTO - Students at the University of Toronto are outraged at the Governing Council's decision to implement a flat tuition fee payment structure in the Faculty of Arts and Science. The new payment structure will require students to pay for five courses - even if they only take three. This is a 66% increase in tuition fees.
TORONTO - Freedom of inquiry by faculty and students is central to the mission of the academy. Academic freedom implies the freedom to teach, conduct research, disseminate knowledge and help shape public opinion and policy.
Mr. Shurman's motion is to be debated in the Ontario Provincial Parliament on Monday, May 25. - Motion would seek to curb public debate
Toronto - On May 11, Thornhill, MPP, Peter Shurman, filed a motion in the Ontario legislature condemning the use of the term "Israeli Apartheid Week". Motion #93 will come to a vote on Monday, May 25.
University community plays active role in promoting sustainable transportation practices
WATERLOO – Members of the Wilfrid Laurier University community will once again join organizations nationwide in the annual Canadian Commuter Challenge, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
WATERLOO –The Laurier Association for Lifelong Learning will mark its 12th anniversary on May 27 with a lecture by Laurier psychology professor emeritus Dr. Don Morgenson. Morgenson’s lecture, “Liberal Learning and Life,” will discuss the medical, societal and psychological implications of continued liberal learning.
TORONTO - Ontario universities welcome the Ontario government's new investment to support 100 additional medical spaces designed to help improve access to physician services. The Ontario government is providing operating funding and $35 million in capital funding to support these new positions.
Guelph - Researchers at the University of Guelph have used DNA barcoding techniques to shed new light on controlling the spread of the salmon louse, a parasite blamed for devastating wild Pacific salmon stocks and costing British Columbia's salmon-farm industry millions of dollars each year.
WORCESTER, Massachusetts (Reuters) -The U.S. economy may start to grow again by the end of this year, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said on Thursday, but he stressed that any recovery will likely be slow.
London - The careers of 15 PhD students changed dramatically yesterday thanks to $2.7 million worth of scholarships bestowed upon them by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. And Jeremy Schmidt, a doctoral student in the Department of Geography at The University of Western Ontario, was one of those whose lives changed.
The most debilitating mindset a person can have is blindly and uncritically accepting conventional wisdom. And while there are certainly concepts and widely accepted viewpoints that are based in fact and are worthy of your consideration, you must do your own research and make informed decisions based on your own points of reference. Unfortunately, many people let others determine their path rather than take the time to lay out their own.
Hamilton - Ontario is helping build its creative economy and enhance its quality of life by supporting a project led by Opera Hamilton. The province is investing $50,000 to develop a new Canadian opera based on the life of Chief Joseph Brant. The opera will help attract new audiences and generate more cultural tourism for the region.
Windsor - Increasing fuel efficiency, creating greener vehicle parts, preventing whiplash injuries and protecting newborns and premature infants through better car seats are just some of the ways Canadian automotive researchers are contributing to the car of tomorrow.
Guelph - Automobiles with bumpers and running boards made from composites of agricultural crops such as corn and wheat are closer to hitting the open road. A team of researchers - including two from the University of Guelph - has received $620,000 to create "green" car parts from biofibres and bioplastics.
OTTAWA — The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa will add 12 more first year medical students beginning this September thanks to funding from the government of Ontario. The University will also receive $ 200,000 to support the capital requirements associated with implementing those additional spaces.
TORONTO - In his remarks during the company's annual meeting of shareholders and policyholders today in Toronto, Sun Life Financial CEO Donald Stewart told the audience that despite the current economic environment, Sun Life is well-positioned to manage through this challenging economy.
Toronto - The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation is pleased to present the 10th annual Health Services Research Advancement Award to two outstanding individuals with an unwavering commitment to improving patient safety in Canada:
Toronto - An University of Toronto's finance professor's study of the psychological underpinnings behind investment decisions and a PhD student's proposal to research failing firms have received funding support from the Canadian Securities Institute Research Foundation.
GFI has simultaneously reinforced its leadership position in IT solutions consulting and development in Canada, topped $110 million in annual sales and added close to 250 new employees
Montréal, Quebec — GFI Solutions Group Inc. (“GFI”), a leading Canadian IT consulting firm, today announced the closing of the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Fortsum Business Solutions Inc. (“Fortsum Business Solutions”), a Quebec-based company solidly entrenched in the business, accounting and banking solutions market, which has recorded substantial growth in revenues, profitability and productivity in the past two years.
WATERLOO - The founding director of the University of Waterloo's school of pharmacy and health sciences campus will provide an insider's view of health research at the new downtown Kitchener site during a public talk next week.
China - "China said in a document putting forward its demands for December climate talks in Copenhagen that developed nations must cut their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels...
World News - "...Foreign investment flows to developing countries osedived in early 2009 as credit-starved companies in the industrialised world cut back on overseas expansion, a United Nations study said Wednesday...After holding up relatively well last year, foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging economies felt the full force of the global economic downturn in the first quarter of this year, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said
– Audience peaks at 3.575 million viewers in final Minutes of Finale –
– Season Finale up 18% over season average –
Toronto – Wednesday night, 2.62 million viewers tuned in to CTV to watch a shocked 23-year-old Kris Allen from Arkansas become the eighth AMERICAN IDOL, preliminary data from BBM Nielsen Media Research confirms.
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