Media big shot Felix Dennis roars his fiery, funny, sometimes racy original poetry, revisiting haunting memories and hard-won battle scars from a madcap -- yet not too repentant -- life. Best enjoyed with a glass of wine. ____________________ Digital Media
STRATFORD – Demand to make entertainment and content-rich applications accessible on all types of portable devices is changing the game for broadcasters and legislators in Canada, say broadcasting industry leaders participating in the Canada 3.0 forum today and June 9.
First major event starts today for media network Canada 3.0 June 8 and 9
WATERLOO – The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) announced the formation of its Advisory Board including industry leaders from across the country. The Board will set strategic direction for the Network, enabling collaboration between researchers, academics, private industry and government to further the digital economy in Canada.
Riders, walkers raise $220,000 for cardiac care in Waterloo Region
WATERLOO - More than 1,200 cyclists, walkers and volunteers took part in the 17th annual Manulife Bike and Hike for Heart today to support local heart health. Organizers continue to tally donations, which will exceed $220,000 for St. Mary's Regional Cardiac Care Centre in Kitchener.
The public is invited to participate in the World Economic Forum on Africa through its social media platforms to Vote on key challenges facing Africa
Cape Town, South Africa – The public is invited to participate virtually in the 19th World Economic Forum on Africa through direct interaction on numerous social media platforms with world leaders who will gather in Cape Town from 10 to 12 June. The public can engage with participants by directly addressing them at press conferences that will be live streamed as well as plenary sessions; answering the Davos Debates in Africa; joining the Africa Brainstorming; following the meeting’s key outcomes on Twitter and the Forum’s blog.
Waterloo Region - Residents of Waterloo Region will benefit from federal and provincial infrastructure funding to upgrade and enhance local facilities and repair local roads. The governments of Canada and Ontario will each invest up to $25,591,268 in the projects, and the Region of Waterloo and City of Kitchener will contribute the balance of the total eligible project cost of up to $76,773,804.
EDMONTON - At its June Board meeting in Edmonton, the Board of Directors of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce expressed its support for efforts by the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to pursue bilateral discussions with the United States on to ensure that companies from both countries can bid on government procurement contracts.
WHISTLER, B.C. - Mayor Basil Stewart of Summerside, P.E.I., was today acclaimed President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) by municipal government delegates attending FCM's 72nd Annual Conference in Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. - Statement by Jean Perrault, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and Mayor of Sherbrooke, Que., on June 6, 2009 adoption of a fair trade resolution by FCM's membership:
Waterloo - DALSA Corporation announced June 5, 2009 that it has been served with a Statement of Claim commenced by Cold Creek Enterprises and Bob DaSilva (the "Plaintiffs") against DALSA Corporation and certain related entities, Savvas G. Chamberlain, Brian C. Doody, and John H. Simons in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the "Claim").
Statscan - The unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage points to 8.4%, the highest rate in 11 years. Since the employment peak of last October, employment has fallen by 363,000 or 2.1%.
OTTAWA - The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), was at Waterloo's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics today to release Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada's Advantage: Progress Report 2009.
As a business owner, you already know the importance of utilizing traditional PR - print, radio and TV exposure - to keep your name circulating in the marketplace. Now, however, there's a new PR outlet you need to become familiar with. It's called Social Media Marketing, and when combined with your traditional PR efforts, Social Media Marketing can help you penetrate the marketplace with your message quicker and easier than ever before.
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Trails Open Ontario 2009 promotes province's vast trail systems
TORONTO - International Trails Day and Trails Open Ontario will once again showcase Ontario's remarkable natural heritage by featuring several free special events. Many of the province's trail systems, programs and organizations are participating in this year's program.
Mexico City - "Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, on Thursday launched a joint 100 million dollar project to protect Mexico's environment with the government and the World Wildlife Fund.
How to Use These Applications to Make Your Company Recession-Resistant By Daniel Burrus
Most people are familiar with the term "Web 2.0," which refers to a second generation of web development and design that focuses on fostering social networking via the web. Innovative companies are beginning to embrace Web 2.0 as a way to enhance communication, information sharing, and collaboration, thereby allowing them to work smarter rather than harder.
OTTAWA — Associate professor and University Research Chair in novel catalytic transformations Keith Fagnou received the OMCOS award in organometallic chemistry.
Canada – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, is pleased to announce another measure to address the H1N1 flu virus. The Government of Canada will fund a national influenza research network focused on pandemic vaccine evaluation. The network will strengthen Canada’s capacity to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a pandemic influenza vaccine and vaccination programs.
The Innovation Analysis Bulletin (IAB) provides statistical and analytical updates on government science and technology activities, industrial research and development, intellectual property commercialization, advanced technology and innovation, biotechnology, information society, telecommunications and broadcasting, and electronic commerce.
At Funding, Credit Facility Will Complete An Approximately $738 Million Financing for Globalstar 2.0 Second-Generation Satellite Constellation and IP-Based Ground Segment
MILPITAS, Calif., - Globalstar, Inc., announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with a syndicate of banks for a $586 million credit facility to be supported by credit insurance from Coface, the export credit agency acting on behalf of the French government.
VANCOUVER & TORONTO – Sam Feldman and Steve Macklam are pleased to announce that Darren Gilmore, Senior Vice President, Watchdog Management, has been promoted to Executive Vice President, effective immediately.
Guelph - Why in a modern world do more people believe in ESP, ghosts and angels than in scientific theories such as evolution? A University of Guelph psychology professor tackles this question and others in a new book, Caveman Logic: The Persistence of Primitive Thinking in a Modern World.
TORONTO - Labour market figures released Friday by Statistics Canada show that 42,000 more Canadians were thrown out of work in the month of May, with an estimated 18,000 of them joining the already swelled ranks of unemployed workers who cannot receive benefits through Canada's fractured unemployment insurance (EI) system.
"Deflation is a concern for the global economy, World Bank Chief Economist and Vice-President Justin Yifu Lin said Thursday. 'Of the two, deflation is a bigger concern,' Lin told a news briefing in Warsaw when asked if he saw inflation or deflation as a greater concern. He said that low capacity utilization, running at 50-60 percent in a number of large economies was an underlying reason. 'When capacity is underutilized deflation becomes a risk.'..." [Dow Jones/Factiva]
TORONTO - The National Magazine Awards Foundation (NMAF) announced the winners of the 32nd annual National Magazine Awards at the Carlu in Toronto. The complete list of winners is online at www.magazine-awards.com.
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