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Bell has announced that its $1 million annual Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund will again distribute grants of up to $50,000 for community-based mental health initiatives across the country this year. Registered not-for-profit organizations, charities, local hospitals and social services agencies are encouraged to apply for funding. The 2012 application period is open until March 31 and grants will be disbursed before December 31, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

OneMove Technologies Inc., provider of the leading web-based real estate transaction platform in Western Canada as well as the creator of the largest and fastest growing online community of conveyancing professionals. OneMove announces that Parminder Virk P. Eng, the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technical Officer of the Company, has been appointed as the interim CEO because Martin Johnson, due to health reasons, is unable to continue to perform his duties. The Company wishes him well and a speedy recovery. Read the rest of this entry »

Aspen Skiing Company has announced a new partnership with community-based digital signage solutions provider ScreenScape Networks. In using ScreenScape, Aspen/Snowmass will develop its own place-based media network to provide rich media content, promotional messages, news, weather and other information to locations throughout the resort area. Read the rest of this entry »

On-demand Software Asset Management (SAM) & License Analytics company AssetLabs has announced the availability of Win7Assist, empowering corporate SAM teams and Microsoft SAM Partners to forecast the times and costs of migration paths to Microsoft Windows® 7, as well as identifying applications that may hinder a Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade. Read the rest of this entry »

IBM partners who are looking to integrate their technologies with IBM’s LotusLive will gain valuable insight from Silanis’ technical presentation offered as part of Lotusphere 2012’s Best Practices track. Senior Technical Lead for Silanis Technology Inc., Bogdan Chifor, who managed the integration of his company’s e-signature cloud-based technology with IBM LotusLive to create Silanis’ new e-SignLive™ Software as a Service product, will present the learnings the development team made during the software development process. Read the rest of this entry »

Tasha Zimich, a student graduating Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Arts Visual Art Program, decided to tackle on a long-time dream of illustrating and self-producing her own graphic arts books. Thanks to crowdsourced funding at IndieGoGo, her dream is becoming a reality. At the close of her campaign, Tasha has achieved and exceeded her $1600.00 funding goal. Read the rest of this entry »

Movie Seals Digital is proud to announce the upcoming release of their Heroes of the North related novella, Manon of the Frozen North aka Nordik diaries, about a troubled but very intelligent teen growing up in a remote, desolate area full of loneliness, fear and danger. Her diaries entries reveal her inner struggles and ends just before the events of Episode Four: Nordik Origins in the award-winning Canadian superheroes web series, as part of the series innovative transmedia storytelling. Read the rest of this entry »

Janitorial companies have long used the clipboard and pen to record inspections. This process is a familiar method to any industry but, the days of performing routine inspections with the old clipboard and pen are numbered. Hand-held devices like the iPhone have reduced the need to collect inspection data by pen. Tapping down notes on your iPhone is now the norm for professional janitorial service companies using this new app. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Media and L’Oréal Canada embark on a nationwide search to discover Canada’s most talented hair and makeup artists in the new original six-part digital series Canada’s Best Beauty Talent. In each webisode, 12 of Canada’s aspiring hair and beauty experts will showcase their skills and compete for beauty talent recognition, prestige, and the ultimate in beauty stardom. Read the rest of this entry »

Colin Carrie, Member of Parliament for Oshawa, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), has announced that the Government of Canada will invest up to $1.5 million for FIRST Robotics Canada. The funding will create opportunities for students in southern Ontario to participate in robotics competitions and real-world engineering challenges, encouraging them to look at science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields as potential study and career paths. Read the rest of this entry »