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19th February 2013

CRA Renews Focus On Cutting Red Tape On Small Business

cfibThe Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) applauds the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue, for her latest effort to reduce the impact of the “taxman” on Canada’s small businesses. Earlier this morning, Minister Shea held a joint roundtable with CFIB in Toronto to hear from small business owners on what the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is doing right and wrong. CFIB’s recent report card on the CRA’s Call Centre Business Helpline, released during Canada’s annual Red Tape Awareness WeekTM in January, gave the agency a C- on its performance. While accountability of CRA agents has improved, service standards and agent professionalism have declined. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th February 2013

ACL Delivers Audit and Compliance Management on the iPad

acl-softwareACL, the Vancouver company that is transforming audit and risk, announced today the expansion of its mobile audit and compliance management product offering with the launch of ACL™ Workpapers for the iPad. ACL Workpapers for iOS, an extension of the ACL Workpapers cloud-based audit and compliance management system, is available for iPhone® and iPad® as a free download on the iTunes App Store. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th February 2013

Assassin’s Creed III The Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy Available Today

ubisoft canadaUbisoft® has announced the launch of The Infamy, the first episode in the three-part Assassin’s Creed® III The Tyranny of King Washington downloadable content series for the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and Windows® PC. In the first episode of The Tyranny of King Washington, our hero, Ratonhnhaké:ton, awakens from an unsettling dream to find, despite his efforts to deliver justice in the newly founded United States of America, that a new king has been crowned: George Washington. The Infamy takes gamers through the beginning of the journey to dethrone this new king. Read the rest of this entry »

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18th February 2013

Toon Boom and ICTC Collaborate to Expand Youth and Education Initiative

Toon BoomICTC has recognized Toon Boom Studio and its curriculum as one of the best vehicles to teach 21st century business and technology skills to Canadian students. Montreal-based Toon Boom Animation Inc., the two-time Emmy award-winning digital content and animation creation software provider, has been approved as an official educational resource and curriculum to support the learning of 21st century skills among Canadian students through one of ICTC’s youth and education initiative programs, Focus on IT (FIT). Read the rest of this entry »

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15th February 2013

GDC Opportunities For BC Game Developers

Province of BCVia Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training: The Government of British Columbia will once again help to support B.C. companies at GDC in San Francisco this March 26-29 through the support of various venues and events. This year, there will be a British Columbia booth on the GDC trade show floor that we would like your company to leverage as much as possible. To complement the B.C. booth, we will include a marketing initiative on the B.C. videogame sector.  It will consist of graphics, literature, and video-footage.  The booth will also include meeting space for you use. Read the rest of this entry »

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15th February 2013

Coldsmoke Awards Tour In Whistler This Weekend

coldsmokeColdsmoke Films and the Coldsmoke Tour in association with Verde Media Group, Inc., the group’s media partner, are pleased to announce that the Coldsmoke Tour stop will be happening this weekend at the Longhorn Saloon & Grill in Whistler. The event will span over the weekend, kicking off Saturday, February, 16th and running through Sunday. The Coldsmoke Tour events are focused on showcasing a collection of amazing winter-sport films and filmmakers, networking, celebrating and strengthening the winter culture we love. Read the rest of this entry »

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15th February 2013

Method CRM Nabs $3 Million Series A Funding

Method CRMMethod, a high-growth Toronto-based startup and creator of the number one-rated CRM app on the Intuit Partner Platform, has just completed a deal for $3 million in Series A funding. Backed by Klass Capital, a North American VC supported by a $40 billion pension fund, the new investment will enable Method to engage in what it calls extreme product development: that is, a complete redesign of its platform so it fully integrates with Intaact, Wave, Xero, FreshBooks and other top accounting and SMB applications. Read the rest of this entry »

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14th February 2013

2013 Writer’s Guild Screenwriting Awards Nominations Announced

Writer's Guild of CanadaThis year, more than 145 scripts were nominated for awards. First-round judging put forward 29 finalist scripts across the Awards’ seven categories, with 37 screenwriters up for awards. Find out who will take home the trophies on April 22nd, 2013 when the Writers Guild of Canada presents the 2013 Screenwriting Awards at Toronto’s Uniun Nightclub. The ceremonies will be hosted by Ryan Belleville; the show will be written by Bob Kerr with Ryan Belleville. Read the rest of this entry »

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14th February 2013

Nintendo Declares The Year Of Luigi

Nintendo CanadaAfter decades of playing second fiddle to the No. 1 video game hero, Luigi is getting some love from Nintendo. Nintendo has named 2013 the “Year of Luigi,” thanks to the numerous appearances that Mario’s timid, green-clad twin brother will be making in games this year. In a Nintendo Direct video, Nintendo provided details about games on the way that feature Luigi, as well as information about more than two dozen upcoming games, including content for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS across packaged and digital formats. Read the rest of this entry »

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14th February 2013

Sprightly Software Introduces 2 Turntables And A Microphone For iPad

mini-orbySprightly Software is excited to announce the release of 2 Turntables and a Microphone 1.0 for iPad. This all-new DJ app includes two fully scratchable turntables, a microphone, an effects unit, an equalizer, and a mixer! Playing with your music just got a whole lot more fun! Users can pull in music from their music library with the tap of a button, adjust the equalizer, apply an effect, then cut, scratch, and mix to their heart’s content. 2Turntables And A Microphone is available worldwide on iTunes for $4.99 USD. Read the rest of this entry »

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