Natasha Tsakos presents part of her one-woman, multimedia show, "Upwake." As the character Zero, she blends dream and reality with an inventive virtual world projected around her in 3D animation and electric sound. ____________________ Moving Forward
TORONTO - After one week of around-the-clock contract talks the CAW has reached a tentative settlement for a new three-year collective agreement with Air Canada Jazz early this morning. The agreement covers 1100 customer service agents and airport services employees in over 50 bases across the country.
TORONTO - CSA Group officially announces the launch of its new Environmental Solutions website, a comprehensive online portfolio of environmental management tools and solutions for organizations throughout North America.
HAMILTON - Although warfarin has been, for more than 20 years, the gold standard for reducing stroke in atrial fibrillation, it has many problems. Warfarin therapy needs to be monitored by blood test measurements. Many patients cannot take this drug and there is a significant risk of increased bleeding.
Quentin Tarantino Selects Canadian Filmmaking Brothers for Pulp Fiction Spoof
TORONTO - A spoof on the famous "Royale with Cheese" scene in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction is fast-tracking the career of a Canadian filmmaking duo. The legendary filmmaker publicly selected Vancouver-based brothers Matt and Mikey Granger as the winners of MTV's "Bastardize Tarantino" contest.
Statscan - Total non-farm payroll employment fell by 47,000 in June, down 0.3% from May, bringing total losses to 442,600 since the peak in October 2008. The proportion of industries experiencing job losses in June edged down to 60%.
CHICAGO (Reuters.com)-There's no stopping it. If the latest generation has its way, the work force that fuels tomorrow's small businesses may largely be a stay-at-home crowd.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Worries over high unemployment pushed U.S. consumer confidence to a four-month low in August, while spending rose modestly in July, indicating the economy's recovery from recession would be lethargic.
Parents to spend more than $300 on getting their children back-to- school and an additional $400 on incidentals throughout the year
TORONTO - Canadians with children in pre-school through grade 12 are planning to spend an average of $310, around the same as last year, to get their children ready for going back-to-school, according to a recent Scotiabank study. Throughout the year, parents expect to spend an additional $406 on school-related incidentals. From field trips to pizza lunches, incidentals affect all parents with school age children, yet 71 per cent say that they have not budgeted for these costs.
"The true global cost of adapting to climate change is likely to be many times greater than official United Nations' estimates: in 2030 alone, the world could be spending more than three times the annual budget of the NHS, a study has found. A team of British experts has discovered that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has seriously underestimated the expected annual cost of dealing with climate impacts..." [The Independent]
The BBC reports "Last week the H1N1 virus was found in turkeys on farms in Chile. The UN now says poultry farms elsewhere in the world could also become infected. Scientists are worried that the virus could theoretically mix with more dangerous strains.
"G20 finance ministers meeting in London next Friday will face concerted pressure to introduce a tax on financial transactions as a coalition of anti-poverty campaigners aim to force the issue onto the agenda.
WINNIPEG - In an all-out effort to take away some 35 per cent in wage and benefit concessions from United Steelworkers and Canadian Office and Professional Employee Union members, Tembec Inc. negotiators have informed the unions that it will lock out its Manitoba Newsprint Operations in Pine Falls on September 1, 2009.
Guelph - Ontario’s $80-million Innovation Demonstration Fund helps companies commercialize promising new clean technologies by supporting them at the pilot or demonstration project stage. These projects help companies attract the customers and investors they need to move their technology to the global marketplace.
Kitchener - Conestoga will soon establish a new training facility in Ingersoll, with an initial focus on electrical utilities training, advanced manufacturing technologies and skilled trades programming. The expectation is that the new, 12,000 sq. ft. facility will be open in the spring of 2010.
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