While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the globe skimmer, only to discover that it had the longest migratory journey of any insect in the world.
Waterloo – The Accelerator Centre (AC), an award-winning and world-renowned centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship, announced it has struck a partnership agreement with Waterloo’s Maplesoft, to provide the Accelerator Centre and its technology start-up clients with unlimited access to Maplesoft’s technology suite, during their tenure with the AC. ____________________ Recreation
Kitchener - Chicopee is opening this weekend, Saturday December 19th 0830 – 1630 and Sunday December 20th 0830 - 1630. With a combination of recent colder weather, fresh natural snow and skilled snowmaking, we are ready and excited for our 75th season to begin.
Statscan - The rise in the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) was due primarily to gasoline prices. Prices at the pump are now exerting upward pressure on the CPI after an extended period in which they were the main contributors to year-over-year declines in overall consumer prices.
Promise of liberalized air service agreement is a win-win
OTTAWA - Canada's airports congratulated this government for the historic signing a new air service agreement with the European Union. "Moving to free trade of the skies is about creating greater choice and opportunity for our Canadian communities, carriers and our neighbours in the European Union." said CAC Chairman Barry Rempel.
Statscan - On average, each Canadian household spent $71,360 in 2008, up 2.0% from 2007. This was slightly below the rate of inflation of 2.3% as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
Waterloo Region – As part of an enhanced summer schedule WestJet, Canada’s leading low cost airline announced yesterday that they will launch seasonal non-stop daily service to Vancouver from the Region of Waterloo International Airport starting June 27, 2010.
TORONTO - Beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder but also in the relationship of the eyes and mouth of the beholden. The distance between a woman's eyes and the distance between her eyes and her mouth are key factors in determining how attractive she is to others, according to new psychology research from the University of California, San Diego and the University of Toronto.
TORONTO and COPENHAGEN - Leaders of Canada's largest private industrial and public sector unions are issuing a rare joint call to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, demanding he lead the global effort to reach a fair, ambitious and legally-binding international agreement as the high level segment of UN climate talks begin in Copenhagen.
TORONTO - The Ontario Institute of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (OIPMAC) and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto announced a new program that will offer seasoned business professionals a flexible and efficient path to the Purchasing Management Association of Canada's (PMAC's) professional designation in supply chain management. ____________________ R&D
London - Using a microscope the size of a football field, researchers from The University of Western Ontario are studying why some insects can survive freezing, while others cannot.
TORONTO - After a year of financial upheaval in Canadian workplaces, it is more important than ever before for employers to pay close attention to employee stress this holiday season, says Shepell-fgi, a provider of employee health and productivity programs.
TORONTO - The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) announced yesterday that it has completed its previously announced offering of $200 million Series A Senior Unsecured Debentures. The 5.217% 40-year debentures will mature on December 16, 2049.
MONTREAL - Canadian teenagers are among the largest consumers of cannabis worldwide. The damaging effects of this illicit drug on young brains are worse than originally thought, according to new research by Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a psychiatric researcher from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.
Automation Lowers Invoice Processing Costs While Adding New Tools to Help Companies More Easily Prevent and Detect Fraudulent Activities
WATERLOO - U.S. companies lose nearly $1 trillion annually to fraudulent activities that come from their own employees, say top corporate anti-fraud experts. But according to Open Text(TM) effectively optimizing business processes combined with automation, through solutions such as the SAP(R) Invoice Management application by Open Text, go a long way in helping companies bolster accounts payable (AP) fraud prevention efforts. AP fraud is the single biggest source of corporate theft.
Ottawa – On December 16, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced funding for two Carleton University researchers. They received a total of $218,468, allowing them to pursue research to promote nerve repair and build a low-speed impact testing centre.
TORONTO - Ontario's power producers congratulated the Government of Ontario and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure on the announcement of the initial uptake for the new Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program.
Hamilton — Nine projects involving researchers from the faculties of science, health sciences and engineering have been awarded $1.9-million by the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Leaders Opportunity Fund.
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