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Tuesday July 28, 2009

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Ted Talks

The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames




The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process.

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Intellectual SDovereignty

Ontario wants Nortel division sale stopped: report

(Reuters) - Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan is pressing the Canadian government to block the proposed $1.13 billion acquisition of Nortel Networks Corp's wireless division, Toronto's Globe and Mail reported on its website.

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Communication

MTS Allstream Announces Strategic Wireless Agreement with Rogers

Agreement Allows Cost Effective Deployment of HSPA Wireless Network; Allstream Gains Access to National Wireless Business Offering

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., including its principal operating subsidiary, MTS Allstream Inc. today announced an innovative agreement with Rogers Wireless Partnership ("Rogers") that will see both companies share the cost to deploy a Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems/High Speed Packet Access ("HSPA") wireless network across the existing MTS Allstream regional wireless footprint.

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New Deals

BIOREM awarded three projects in China

GUELPH - BIOREM Inc. announced today the receipt of three new municipal orders from our China office. The three orders totaling CAD $450,000 were all for wastewater odor control systems located in different cities.

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Closing

Canadian Artist Peter Etril Snyder to Retire

Waterloo - After more than forty (40) years as one of the region’s most successful artists, painter Peter Etril Snyder (b.1944) is announcing his retirement. His gallery on Erb Street will close on December 31, 2009 and he will no longer be issuing reproductions of his famed works after that date.


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Environment

Community Environmental Improvement Grant application deadline fast approaching

KITCHENER - Go green -- to get green! The city's Community Environmental Improvement Grant (CEIG) program is now accepting applications from organizations, associations and groups working towards building a cleaner, healthier more environmentally sustainable Kitchener.

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Finance

Creeping Credit Crunch Hitting Travel

TORONTO - While you routinely surf the web for travel deals, does it ever cross your mind that credit card you whipped out to pay for the trip is slowly bringing the travel industry to its knees? Probably not -- it isn't your problem. Yet.

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Incentive Rates

WSIB Announces Preliminary Premium Rates for 2010

TORONTO - Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) announced yesterday that it will freeze premium rates for employers in rate groups with good health and safety records.

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Cold but Worth It

Defence, diplomacy and development essential to Canadian government’s Arctic strategy

Toronto – It is time for the Canadian government to unveil a comprehensive Arctic strategy that focuses on a 3-D approach – defence, diplomacy and development – states a new report released today by the Canadian International Council (CIC).

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Global Trade

Negotiators Struggling At WTO Despite G8 Pledge.

"The G8's pledge to complete a new global trade pact by the end of next year has been met with caution and skepticism by negotiators who have seen a string of similar promises fail to deliver over the last eight years. 'Mismatch' was the word used by ambassadors Friday at the 153-member World Trade Organization (WTO) in comparing that promise to reality on the ground.


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Health Care

GPs HAVE DIFFICULTY SEPARATING THOSE WITH AND WITHOUT DEPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE

Lancet - A meta-analysis of more than 50,000 patients has shown that general practitioners (GPs) continue to have difficulty separating those with and without depression, with substantial numbers missed and misidentified.



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