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Vistek’s third annual Photo Contest – the Every Picture Tells a Story Photo Challenge – has launched to great success and hundreds of entries thus far, with submissions being accepted up until February 24, 2012. Departing from its previous format of inviting participants to Capture Canada, the Every Picture Tells a Story Photo Challenge opens up submissions to a more artistic, interpretive bent. Read the rest of this entry »

The New Year will see cyber-criminals act with even more persistence and sophistication, as the world continues to shift from the PC-centric desktop toward mobile and cloud computing. IT administrators will be driven to approach security with a data-centric framework – protecting the data, not just the systems — according to Trend Micro’s threat researchers and analysts around the globe. The company has just released its “12 Threat Predictions for 2012” report. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to seeking out and securing great staff, 69 per cent of Canadian small business owners are confident in their ability to attract and keep good employees. However, when hiring, one in ten (11%) of small business owners (SBOs) reported never finding the right person and 28% had the job open for up to three months before finding the appropriate candidate. Read the rest of this entry »

Future Shop is launching a new retail concept in Quebec: a store dedicated to open-box and clearance-priced consumer electronics and appliances. This is the first of its kind offered by a national consumer electronics retailer.  The grand opening of Future Shop’s Liquidation Centre, located at 1,000 Avenue Auguste, Greenfield Park, takes place on December 29, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s most remarkable Holiday fundraiser, HoHoTO, takes over the Mod Club for the fourth consecutive year on Thursday, December 15, 2011. One of the largest third-party contributors to Daily Bread Food Bank, HoHoTO aims to raise over $65,000 this year, bringing total donations to more than $200,000 since the annual event launched in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

TBA Digital has released a wide selection of sports trivia games for mobile iOS and Android devices as well as iHockey Manager for iPad, which turns your iPad into a play board. Each trivia game is loaded with challenging multiple-choice questions that test your knowledge of leaders, jersey numbers, draft history, major award-winners and team firsts as well as player facts and figures. The easy-to-use interface features slick graphics, realistic sound effects and an instantly updated scoreboard that tracks your progress throughout the game. Read the rest of this entry »

New research from a joint TVO and OISE literacy pilot program, Literacy Fun for Families (PDF), showed that a test group of children who used TVOKids.com resources made “significantly greater gains” in key areas of early reading, writing and phonological awareness when compared to a control group who did not use the TVOKids materials. Read the rest of this entry »

Four Canadian book publishers will continue offering a rich selection of Canadian-authored books to readers everywhere, in both digital and print formats, thanks to an investment from the Government of Canada. This was announced today by the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Regional Minister for Manitoba, on behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. Read the rest of this entry »

#TAXI (PoundTaxi), a proud sponsor of MADD Canada and its Project Red Ribbon Campaign since 2003, has new Public Service Announcements (PSAs), a mobile app and a Holiday promotion to encourage Canadians to make the right choice any time they are considering getting behind a wheel, while potentially impaired, accepting a dangerous ride or letting someone drive who is impaired. Read the rest of this entry »

Extracting buckshot from the back of a hunter’s head in a mosquito-infested tent by a peat bog may not sound like medical school.  Nor does a four-hour snowmobile ride to a remote cabin in the bush.  But that’s the day-to-day reality at Hard Rock U, a fictional medical school at the heart of an upcoming television series announced today in Sudbury. Read the rest of this entry »