Every day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But where does all the food come from? Architect Carolyn Steel discusses the daily miracle of feeding a city, and shows how ancient food routes shaped the modern world.
Canada's Vital Signs also highlights trends in aboriginal education, violent crime
OTTAWA - Canada's youth jobless rate has soared under the economic pressures of the past year and even the lucrative summer months were a bust, with young people's hours of work hitting 30-year lows, according to Canada's Vital Signs 2009, the annual report card on quality of life from Community Foundations of Canada.
Waterloo Region - The Waterloo Region Small Business centre in cooperation with the Small Business Community Network will be hosting a Small Business Showcase: Bridges to Better Business event on Wednesday, October 7th from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Waterloo Inn and Conference Hotel.
WATERLOO - Open Text(TM) Corporation, announced that Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining and exploration companies, has transformed its Web presence through the implementation of Open Text Web Solutions.
Cambridge - MedShare announced an agreement with Qualicode Inc. to provide MedShare™ for BlackBerry® to the home health care industry in the Province of Quebec. The partnership brings Canada’s leading BlackBerry point of care solution to Qualicode’s predominantly French customers.
VANCOUVER - HSBC launched the largest survey of emerging markets economic data - the HSBC Emerging Markets Index (EMI) - which suggests emerging markets are likely to lead the global economic recovery.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Private banks in Asia have not learnt the lessons from last year's financial crisis, risking even worse performance if the same mistakes are made ahead of the next economic downturn, PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Tuesday.
Guelph - An art show of evolution-inspired works that provide diverse views of ideas contained in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is coming to the University of Guelph.
Ottawa – Sandra Dyck, curator with the Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG), was recently presented with an Ontario Association of Art Galleries’ Curatorial Writing Award in Toronto.
"Finance chiefs from the G7 industrial powers will assemble Saturday in Turkey for a regular but unusually short gathering to reaffirm their commitment to resolving global economic imbalances and discuss a range of other macroeconomic issues such as currency.
Announcement Leads Comprehensive Business Strategy For Acclaimed 'itiBiti' Desktop, Mobile Platforms
TORONTO and NEW YORK - David Lucatch, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Intertainment Media Inc., together with the Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Brad Parry as Chief Marketing Officer.
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TORONTO - Pensioners, long-term disabled and former Nortel employees are declaring they want justice and action now from the Government of Ontario and the federal government, to overhaul the country's unfair bankruptcy system.
CAMBRIDGE AND WATERLOO - Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) and MP for Cambridge, along with Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Leeanna Pendergast and John Tibbits, President of Conestoga College, celebrated groundbreakings at the Cambridge and Waterloo campuses of Conestoga College.
VANCOUVER - Ballard Power Systems congratulates BC Transit, the Province of British Columbia, the Government of Canada, and its consortium partners on the introduction of the first bus in BC Transit's fleet of 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses.
KITCHENER-WATERLOO – The 531 homes sold last month through the MLS® System of the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board (KWREB) may be a mere one percent increase relative to one year ago, but is still the most ever recorded in a single September of the board’s history, which has been "formed" since 1937 to manage area MLS listings. ____________________ Global Finance
"The Obama administration wants to ensure multilateral development banks (MDBs) have adequate resources, but any capital increase must be tied to reforms, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday.
TORONTO - The Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) introduces an online collaboration and professional networking service for Ontario researchers and educators. Being launched at the Royal Ontario Museum today.
"The World Bank forecast 2010 growth of 4 percent for the Middle East and North Africa region and said a projected oil price of $63 a barrel next year was sufficient to avoid a major crisis in oil producing states.
Waterloo - Cinematheque Waterloo’s fall programming continues with two screenings of Vittorio De Sica‘s Oscar-winning classic Bicycle Thieves. The presentation will be in keeping with the local film group’s goal of showing motion pictures as they were intended to be seen
OTTAWA - On October 5, 2009, at a ceremony on Parliament Hill, the Honourable Tony Clement, minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), commemorated the 25th anniversary of Canada's first astronaut in space.
Fundraiser scheduled to support National Team’s quest for gold at Vancouver 2010 Winter Games
Kitchener - With Biathlon (the combination of high intensity cross-country skiing with the extreme concentration of precision rifle shooting) possibly being one of the most difficult Winter Game sports to master, the National Women’s Team has managed to overcome many challenges and excel in spite of very little formal support.
Kitchener - Enrolment in full-time, post-secondary programs at Conestoga College stands at 8,650 as of September 2009, according to the Office of the Registrar. This marks an increase of 15.38 per cent over the September 2008 figure and 26.03 per cent compared to the September 2007 enrolment. It also marks a record enrolment for Conestoga.
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