In his typically candid style, Richard St. John reminds us that success is not a one-way street, but a constant journey. He uses the story of his business' rise and fall to illustrate a valuable lesson -- when we stop trying, we fail. ____________________ Science Festival
Waterloo – For 10 exciting days this October, Perimeter Institute’s 10th anniversary science celebration "Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future" will take a global audience from the strange subatomic world to the outer frontiers of the universe.
Manufacturing sales levelled off between February and April, after falling by 18.7% between October 2008 and January 2009.
Statscan - Sizeable gains in the transportation equipment industry were offset by weakness in other industries. Excluding the transportation equipment industry, manufacturing sales decreased by 2.8%.
Excellent fit will deliver substantial benefits to customers and shareholders
TORONTO - Sun Life Financial Inc. announced it is acquiring the United Kingdom operations of Lincoln National Corporation. The value of the transaction is approximately (pnds stlg)195 million (CDN$359 million).
TORONTO - Amid difficulties in the manufacturing sector, weak external demand for products and continued job losses, Ontario's economy is projected to contract by 3.4 per cent this year, one of the biggest economic drops in Canada, according to a report by RBC Economics.
KITCHENER — The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), Harold Albrecht, Member of Parliament for Kitchener–Conestoga, and Leeanna Pendergast, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener–Conestoga, announced a Knowledge Infrastructure Program investment of just over $13 million for Conestoga College.
Waterloo Region - Canada’s most successful tech community needs more skilled talent, so it’s heading to London, Ontario to entice techies to move to Waterloo Region. ____________________ Guest Column
Political and economic influences have great implications for today's leaders as they maneuver their way through ever-expanding mine fields. This economy and political climate are forcing leaders to re-think their operating plan. This is a time for action not reaction; a time for decisive leadership to guide the company safely through a quagmire while preparing for the future.
OTTAWA — The Government of Ontario has awarded 4.5 million dollars to the University of Ottawa to support research in information technologies and green technologies as part of the Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence (ORF-RE) program.
Kitchener - On Monday, June 15th, the first annual George Voisin Invitational Golf Tournament will raise money for CFCC’s coordination of the Family Violence Project of Waterloo Region. The FVP is also a first – the first of its kind in Canada. Inspired by a successful program in San Diego, the Family Violence Project was formed in Kitchener-Waterloo in order to provide a more effective, welcoming, client-centred and easy to navigate system for women, children, and men who are victims of domestic violence.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Six Flags Inc. will not sell assets or reduce its workforce as a result of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing this weekend, the theme park operator's chief executive told CNBC on Monday.
Waterloo - The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation (KWCF) is hosting a Celebration of Giving to commemorate 25 years of generosity and philanthropy in Kitchener, Waterloo, and area this Sunday.
Service Provides Canadians with a New Way to Send and Receive Money Instantly Using a Mobile Phone
TORONTO - EnStream LP, a mobile commerce joint venture company owned by Bell Mobility, Rogers and TELUS -- Canada's three leading wireless operators, today launched Zoompass(TM), a breakthrough mobile money transfer and payment service. Zoompass gives Canadians a fast and convenient way to send and receive money securely using their mobile phone.
A seventh grade teacher once told his class that he didn't understand what "being nice" meant. "What is being nice?" he asked. He said that nice was such a nondescript word that really didn't give any direction of how to be or describe a set of behaviors.
WATERLOO REGION – IMPACT O9 is a groundbreaking theatre festival taking place in Waterloo Region from September 24 to October 3 in select venues across the region. “With more than 20 programs and over 70 public presentations, IMPACT 09 brings together the local with the international, the emerging with the established and the traditional with the contemporary.
RIALTO, California (Reuters) - Fifty miles east of Los Angeles, a small and inconspicuous facility is using something most of us would rather not think about -- household sewage -- to create a resource we can't live without -- fuel.
Kitchener - Friday's announcement of Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP) project funding will result in a major step forward in the breadth, depth and diversity of health sciences education at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.
"The World Bank said Thursday the global economy is set to contract some 3 percent this year, sharper than previously estimated, urging more aid for developing countries amid the spreading crisis.
MARKHAM – Hon. Peter Kent-Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas), M.P. Paul Calandra, Michael Chan, M.P.P. for Markham-Unionville and Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, M.P.P Helena Jaczek and Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti announced Markham has received $8.8M in grants through the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund.
The World - "The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an influenza pandemic on Thursday and advised governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable new flu virus. The UN agency raised its pandemic flu alert to phase 6 on a six-point scale, indicating the first influenza pandemic since 1968 is under way.
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