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Samsung Electronics Canada has announced that the company has achieved an incredible milestone with the shipment of 1 million flat panel TVs in Canada during 2011. In celebration of their achievement, Samsung Canada has partnered with CityLine on CityTV to hold an online contest that allows eligible Canadians to win one of Samsung’s flagship LED TVs, the UN55ES8000. The contest launches today, January 24th, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

For the first time ever, a Canadian production company has scored an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film two years in a row. Telefilm Canada congratulates micro_scope on the nomination of Philippe Falardeau‘s Monsieur Lazharfor Best Foreign Language Film. Read the rest of this entry »

The results of Randstad’s latest labour mobility index indicate the amount of Canadian workers actively looking for a new job has increased over the last quarter. Randstad’s employee mobility index tracks changes in the expectation of workers to be employed elsewhere over the next six months. It is measured every quarter as part of Randstad’s Workmonitor, which provides a comprehensive understanding of job market sentiments. Read the rest of this entry »

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Integrated Counterfeit Enforcement Team (ICET) cracked a major credit and debit card fraud ring on January 21, 2012. It is alleged the organization was responsible for the theft of credit and debit card data from unsuspecting victims throughout Canada. Investigators further advise the ring was allegedly “cloning” Pin Pads at local merchants throughout the GTA to obtain financial data. Data was then to be loaded on to blank or overwritten payment cards and utilized to fraudulently access cash from bank clients. Read the rest of this entry »

Aiming to continually meet the needs of international clients in the mining, oil & gas industries who are working in difficult conditions in the field, Borealis (Boreal – Information Strategies), now offers new mobile applications for Blackberry, Android, iPhone and iPad. Read the rest of this entry »

US-based firm Newport Creative Communications announced today that it has welcomed its first full-service client from Canada – Show Kids You Care – a significant first step of its expansion into this nation of generous givers. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Film Centre and Bell Media are pleased to welcome the three participants of the inaugural Bell Media Showrunner Bootcamp, a new initiative designed to furnish experienced TV writers with the knowledge and management skills necessary to become successful showrunners. Read the rest of this entry »

Job seekers who want potential employers to “show them the money” may be in luck, a new Robert Half survey suggests. More than one-third (38 per cent) of executives interviewed said they are more willing to negotiate salary with top candidates than they were one year ago. Just 5 per cent of respondents said they are less willing to negotiate. Read the rest of this entry »

Project X Labs and high density storage solution company Spacefile have announced a strategic partnership that will see the two companies develop a custom business intelligence (BI) visualization solution using Spacefile’s Asset RFID tracking system (SAT) and Project X Labs business intelligence (BI) visualization tools. Read the rest of this entry »

Kobo has announced today that Netherlands retailer Libris Blz. have begun selling the Kobo Touch eReader online at www.libris.nl  and www.blz.nl with free shipping and delivery, and it will be in select stores starting January 30th, for €129.00. Kobo offers one of the world’s largest bookstores of more than 2.5 million ebooks, which now includes thousands of popular bestselling Dutch titles. Read the rest of this entry »