Nick Veasey shows outsized X-ray images that reveal the otherworldly inner workings of familiar objects -- from the geometry of a wildflower to the anatomy of a Boeing 747. Producing these photos is dangerous and painstaking, but the reward is a superpower: looking at what the human eye can't see.
Relocation offers opportunity to create brand new customer experiences for clients and teammates
Waterloo – Quarry Integrated Communications announces that it will be moving its main Canadian office from Waterloo to the Riverworks building in St. Jacobs, Ontario in the spring of 2010. ____________________ Recognition
WATERLOO - The Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging (RIA) has won an innovator's award from the International Council on Active Aging for adapting a ground-breaking program in order to encourage senior citizens to become more active.
OTTAWA - Canada earns top marks for its Education and Skills performance, according to the Conference Board's How Canada Performs comparison with 16 other developed countries.
TORONTO - The full recovery of the market for initial public offerings of new equity will have to wait for the new year, the annual PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey of IPO activity on Canadian exchanges in 2009 has revealed.
Kingston - Staying in a multi-bed hospital room dramatically increases the risk of acquiring a serious infectious disease, Queen’s University researchers have discovered.
One of the key challenges we mere mortal ** men and women have is who gets to define “abusive” use of tax havens. The phrase itself infers there are non-abusive uses of tax havens.
Lexus sets new annual sales record, and Toyota, Lexus and Made-in-Canada vehicles set December records
TORONTO - Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) set a new December sales record, as did the Lexus brand, Toyota brand and all four Canadian-built Toyota and Lexus models, which accounted for 54% of 2009 sales.
Manulife Investor Sentiment Index eases after three quarterly gains
WATERLOO - After three straight quarters of rising interest in investments, more Canadians say they're focused on paying down debts as they head into the New Year, according to a national poll for Manulife Financial, Canada's leading insurance and wealth management company.
Arcola Theatre’s Ben Todd delivers the 2010 Wendy Michener Lecture at York U
TORONTO - Dr. Ben Todd, an engineer, technology broker and executive director of Arcola Theatre, Britain’s groundbreaking green performance venue, will give the annual Wendy Michener Lecture at York University on Thursday, Jan. 14.
Knit Cambridge, coordinated by Sue Sturdy, fibre artist, the Main Street Bridge in Cambridge will be encased in a multi-coloured and textured layer of knitting. The work will engage knitters of all levels from the Region and will be installed during the early fall of 2010.
Our World Festival of Music, produced by Lawrence McNaught, will form part of the Tapestry Celebrations being held in Kitchener in June. Reflecting the region's rich cultural diversity, the Festival will feature world musicians as well as workshops, music video presentations and much more.
JamCycle will happen on some of the Region's trails and in Waterloo and Victoria Parks between March and June. The project will include an interactive theatre adventure with support from the Pat the Dog Playwrights' collective, inviting cycling participants to reflect on experiencing their environment.
Kitchener – The Region of Waterloo Arts Fund has awarded grants totalling $106,650 to artists and arts organizations in response to proposals submitted from throughout Waterloo Region.
TORONTO - Employees say they expect the unexpected when it comes to their careers, yet a new survey suggests there may not be a lot of action to back up that claim. Although nearly three in four (73 per cent) workers polled said they would be ready to conduct a job search if they lost their jobs tomorrow, only 34 per cent had updated their resumes in the last three months. Thirty-three per cent hadn’t revised their resumes in more than a year.
Kingston - New research led by Queen’s University Psychology professor Meredith Chivers finds that men’s reports of feeling sexually aroused tend to match their physiological responses, while women’s mind and body responses are less aligned.
HAMILTON - A Nobel-winning process for testing new drugs to treat diseases such as Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, and muscular dystrophy is getting an electrical charge.
January 25-29, 2010 is the time for a serious Inbox Detox
READING, PA. ― January is a time for new beginnings, and with a new decade upon us, Marsha Egan is challenging businesses to rethink the way they use email.
Newmarket – Staying healthy is not only a top priority for athletes participating in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. It’s also the number one concern of the people responsible for preparing their food, who will be relying on an innovative Canadian technology to ensure food safety throughout the games.
Ottawa – Demolition is scheduled to resume on the historic Downsview Hangars (Buildings 55 and 58) at former CFB Downsview air base in Toronto, Ontario.
AJAX - Volkswagen Canada announced that it increased its sales in 2009 versus 2008 as it sold 40,059 (2008: 40,026) new vehicles. With the announcement that the Canadian light vehicle market was down 10.7% overall during the past year, Volkswagen increased its share of the overall market to 2.7%, an increase of 30 points versus its performance in 2008 (2.4%).
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