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Thursday January 7, 2010

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Ted Talks

Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+

To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. At TEDxTC, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.


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Award Recognition

Laurier Presents Mattamy Homes founder with Outstanding Business Leader Award

WATERLOO – Ginny Dybenko, Laurier’s dean of business and economics hosted Peter Gilgan, president and chief executive officer of Mattamy Homes Corp. in the Paul Martin Centre, June 6, 2010. Gilgan accepted the Laurier Outstanding Business Leader Award for 2009.


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Community Event

Chamber of Commerce Hosts David Johnston

Kitchener – On Thursday, January 26, 2010, from 7:30 am – 9:00 am, David Johnston, President of the University of Waterloo, will speak at a Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast Series exclusive event.

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Intrigue

Musical illusion fools audiences and performers, says researcher

Hamilton — Visual information can have a profound impact on how we experience live music, creating an illusion where percussive sounds seem longer or shorter than they really are.

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Housing

Toronto's house prices stabilizing, forecast shows sustainability for 2010

Royal LePage's Market Survey Forecast predicts five per cent average price growth

TORONTO - The three types of properties surveyed in Toronto's real estate markets made modest gains in the fourth quarter after soaring prices in the previous quarter, signaling to real estate brokers that house prices are stabilizing, according to the latest Royal LePage Market Survey Forecast and House Price Survey. House prices in Toronto are expected to grow another five per cent in 2010.

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Gaming

Game Developer Reveals 2009 Front Line Awards Winners, Bink to Hall of Fame

SAN FRANCISCO - The editors of Think Services' industry-leading Game Developer magazine have named the winners for the 2009 Front Line Awards, the twelfth annual ranking of the best tools enabling game development for professional video game creators. Front Line Awards are given every year in the categories of programming/production, art, audio, game engine, middleware, books, and the Hall Of Fame.

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MEDIA

Union calls for probe into Hollinger transactions

OTTAWA - Canada's largest media union is demanding an investigation into what appear to be certain questionable financial dealings revealed by Hollinger Canadian Publishing Holdings Co (HCPHC) in its recent filing under Canada's bankruptcy protection legislation, CCAA.

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Expansion

Honda Canada Commemorates the Opening of 'Honda Boulevard' at its New Head Office Campus in Markham, Ontario

MARKHAM - On January 6, 2009 Honda Canada Inc. commemorated the opening of "Honda Boulevard" off the Woodbine Road bypass leading to its new head office campus in Markham, northeast of Toronto.

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Lecture

World-renowned Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky to lecture at Carleton University

Ottawa – Edward Burtynsky, one of Canada’s most respected photographers, will present a special lecture about his work at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010 in Room 360, Tory Building at Carleton University.The talk, which is sponsored by the Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG), is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Edward Burtynsky: China Photographs at CUAG until February 7.

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Housing Market

Canada's real estate market expected to continue strong gains into the first half of 2010

Demand and supply finding balance in the second half of the year

TORONTO - Canada's residential real estate market is forecast to remain unusually strong through the first half of 2010 as economic conditions across the country improve and the stimulus impact of low interest rates continues to stoke demand, according to today's Royal LePage Market Survey Forecast and House Price Survey.

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Monitoring

Ford Motor Company Expands Collaboration with INRIX on Traffic and Routing

Global Partnership Enhances Ford SYNC and Powers Next-Generation Navigation Systems on All Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Vehicles

LAS VEGAS - 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) -- INRIX®, a provider of traffic and navigation services, announced at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) it will provide Ford Motor Company with real-time traffic information and enhanced routing for all Ford vehicles with SYNC.

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Aquisition

CHRISTIE® ACQUIRES ASSETS FROM LUMINETX® CORPORATION

CYPRESS, CA, Kitchener, ON – Christie® operating in Kitchener as Christie Digital, announced January 6, 2010 that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Luminetx® Corporation, a medical biosciences technology company.

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Travel Survey

Canadians Willing to Get Naked to Travel According to New Survey

TORONTO - Travelzest reported that Canadians are in favour of major airports across Canada installing the full body scanners in order to beef up security measures. Through the itravel2000 Vision Critical panel, 73% (n equals 403) of respondents said that they are in favour of airport scanners that would show the naked body to airport security but will blur the traveller's face. In addition, 95% of respondents said that they still plan to travel over the next 12 months.

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Fund Raiser - Social - Sport

Registering your corporate team in the ICEWAVE 2010 Volleyball Corporate Challenge for SickKids!

Team Entry Registration deadline is January 20 for Icewave Toronto 2010 and February 10 for Icewave Peel 2010.

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Year End Housing

K-W Home Sales end year on strong note

KITCHENER-WATERLOO – Another new record for residential sales was set by the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board (KWREB) in December. MLS® home sales hit 356 units to the end of December, a 60 percent increase from the same month one year ago, and a 15 percent increase from the previous record set in 2006.

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Olympic Celebration

Fire and Ice Collide in Banff National Park

Five Days of Olympic Celebration, Two Spectacular Backdrops

Banff National Park, Alberta - As the countdown to Canada's Games continues, Banff National Park is preparing to host an Olympic Torch Celebration unlike any other.

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Aquisition

CT-Payment Inc. Acquires TELUS Debit and Credit Card Processing Business

REPENTIGNY, QUEBEC - Central Tax Inc. through its subsidiary CT-Payment Inc., announced today that it acquired the Assure Pay Debit and Credit Card processing business from TELUS Corporation.



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