27th
August
2013
Scoring consistently high on nearly all categories of the entrepreneurial environment, Canada ranks among the top five countries in the EY G20 Entrepreneurship Barometer 2013, which was released today. The EY G20 Entrepreneurship Barometer 2013 introduces a model for scoring countries across the five pillars of entrepreneurship. The purpose of this model is to help identify areas of relative strength by country and where opportunities for improvement lie. The model is composed of qualitative information (from our survey of more than 1,500 entrepreneurs) and quantitative data based upon entrepreneurial conditions across the G20 economies. Read the rest of this entry »
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27th
August
2013
Frank D’Angelo‘s first movie production – Real Gangsters, a star-filled mob film – continues to receive accolades by picking up four more awards this past weekend at the ‘Action on Film International Film Festival’ in Pasadena California, including Best Teleplay, Best Screenplay, Best Soundtrack and Best Picture. The film was nominated for a total eight awards including Best Supporting Actress for Margot Kidder’s role. The film has now won awards at two consecutive film festivals, most recently winning best Canadian movie at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »
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27th
August
2013
Vancouver’s UrtheCast Corp. is pleased to announce that Roscosmos has successfully installed the Bi-axial Pointing Platform (BPP) on the Russian module of the International Space Station (ISS). The BPP is the structure to which the UrtheCast cameras will be attached. Read the rest of this entry »
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27th
August
2013
Paymobile, an Ontario-based mobile financial services company and developer of the leading white label mobile wallet solution today announced its partnership with Finnish global entertainment company Rovio Entertainment, for an Angry Birds prepaid Visa card for Canadians. Read the rest of this entry »
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27th
August
2013
The latest Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag walkthrough video from Ubisoft showcases the new, exciting naval fort gameplay. The walkthrough opens with our new hero, Edward Kenway and his companion Adewale as they discuss the “country called Jackdaw” before diving into the thrilling excitement of a fort raid from sea. The gameplay includes commentary from game director Ashraf Ismail. Read the rest of this entry »
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27th
August
2013
Teletoon At Night is upping the ante on Thursday nights as the Fred at Night programming block moves to Thursdays starting September 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Fred at Night’s heavy-hitting lineup premieres with Season 9 of Futurama at 9 p.m. ET/PT, classic Family Guy episodes at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, new episodes of Seth Green’s brainchild Robot Chicken at 10 p.m. ET/PT, a brand new season of the cult hit animated spy series Archer at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT and Season 2 of TELETOON Original Series Fugget About It at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Read the rest of this entry »
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