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Originally posted on June 8th, reposting at the request of Lynda Brown-Ganzert as today is the last day to complete the survey, so if you haven’t yet done so, please do. The Government of BC, Vancouver Economic Development (VEC), the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC, the Canadian Media Production Association – BC Producers’ Branch, British Columbia Film + Media, Wavefront and DigiBC are undertaking a strategic review of BC’s screen-based industries to help support their collective future. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada Post has launched the Canada Post E-commerce Innovation Awards, a competition designed to recognize and reward successful innovation in e-commerce in Canada, and aiming to further boost the growing e-commerce sector. E-commerce retailers will compete in five categories for prize packages worth a total of $1 million. Read the rest of this entry »

Traditional ideas of 9-5 office workers heading home and putting all thoughts of work aside until the following day no longer apply for many of today’s employees. According to Randstad Canada, the country’s leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services, in order to achieve work life balance, it’s important for workers to set boundaries between their work and personal lives as the line between work and home continues to blur. Read the rest of this entry »

rabble.ca is making history with a bit of the past. Its “Best of rabble.ca” is now available for free as a rich-media ebook for the iPad. This is the first time iBooks Author has been used for this kind of longform journalism in Canada. The iBook was created by online journalism students at the University of Western Ontario.  Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed The Fall is now available for download exclusively on the iPad, starting at $.99. In Assassin’s Creed The Fall, comic book fans will seamlessly slide from one page to the next as they learn about new characters and a new storyline.  With features exclusive to the iPad, fans will also have a choice of navigation, view, and whether or not they want to read it in color or black and white. Read the rest of this entry »

What do rock & roll, fashion modeling, kite surfing, and a tropical island have in common with a family from Canada? The new reality show – Culture Shock: A Rockin’ New Life, which is currently filming its pilot episode. Tired of the rat-race and bored with their conventional lifestyle, a family sells everything to move to a tropical island. What they didn’t expect was the “culture shock” they would experience in this new life. Read the rest of this entry »

After shenanigans and capers a-plenty, Robots and Pencils, together with First Star Software, Inc. and Warner Bros. announced today that the landmark hit “Spy vs Spy” will be sneaking onto iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads this summer featuring the Black and White spies from DC Entertainment’s MAD Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »

As doubts re-emerge about the strength of the global economic recovery, and questions persist about Canada’s productivity gap, a new Global Workforce Study by global professional services company Towers Watson shows that the majority (67%) of Canadian workers are not fully engaged in their work and are frustrated by insufficient support from their organizations.  After almost a decade of pressure to do more with less, the study suggests that Canadian workers are finding themselves unable to sustain the kinds of positive associations with their employers that lead to greater productivity. Read the rest of this entry »

Minority, a Montreal-based independent game development studio, along with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), have announced that Papo & Yo will be coming to the PlayStation®Network on August 14, 2012 for $14.99 ($11.99 for PS PLUS members) as part of the second annual PlayStation Network (PSN) PLAY promotion. Read the rest of this entry »

SHOP.CA, Canada’s largest online eCommerce marketplace, is using analytics software from IBM’s Smarter Commerce Initiative to help engage increasingly empowered online consumers in a unique shopping experience, and build loyalty and a sense of community. Read the rest of this entry »