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Intertainment Media announced today that the Company has made an investment in Los Angeles, CA and London, UK based theAudience, Inc., recognized innovators and leaders in social media distribution for entertainment brands. Read the rest of this entry »

BMO Bank of Montreal has announced that it is making $10 billion available to businesses across Canada over the next three years. The financial institution recognizes that 16 per cent of SMEs are led by women and employ over 1.5 million people. BMO also notes that Aboriginal entrepreneurs are increasing at a rate of over three times faster than the rest of entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »

At today’s annual general meeting of Cogeco Cable, Louis Audet, President and CEO of COGECO Inc. and Cogeco Cable Inc., presented Cogeco Cable’s first Corporate Social Responsibility report. “In our 2011 Annual Report to shareholders, we made a commitment to publish our first CSR Report in 2012 and to build it in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, which are the benchmark in extra-financial reporting,” stated Mr. Audet. Read the rest of this entry »

Buy Real Marketing – a provider of Web 2.0 Business Applications owned by Clicking Labs Inc.,  celebrates its first year in business of providing Facebook fans and Likes. Buy Real Fans and Likes, a service that assists individuals and businesses grow their presence online has made a successful year of 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Online competitive gaming site Virgin Gaming continues to grow at a rapid rate as the company today announced that they have surpassed the one million member milestone. To date, over $7 million in cash prizes have been awarded; over four million game challenges have been issued and registered members are spending an average of 72 minutes per visit logged onto VirginGaming.com. These numbers continue to increase daily as publishers continue to integrate the Virgin Gaming platform into their franchise properties. Read the rest of this entry »

IGLOO Software, a provider of cloud-based social business software, has announced that the company has received $5 million in Series B financing. RBC Venture Partners led the second round investment, with the Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund (OETF) also participating. Read the rest of this entry »

Wondering what the most in demand IT jobs are, and which skills will best advance your IT career? According to a recent survey of Canadian business decision-makers commissioned by Randstad Technologies and IBM Canada, companies in 2012 are looking for IT professionals with project management, security and architecture skills, as well as strong interpersonal abilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Tucows Inc., a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today the final results of its modified “Dutch auction” tender offer, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 20, 2012.  Tucows will purchase 7,570,178 shares of its Common Stock at a purchase price of $0.77 per share, for a total cost of $5,829,037, excluding fees and expenses related to the tender offer.  Payment for shares accepted for purchase will be funded from a combination of available cash and two demand loan revolving facilities Tucows currently has with the Bank of Montreal. Read the rest of this entry »

Empire Theatres, Canada’s 2^nd largest movie exhibition company announced today that it will open a new 8-screen theatre complex in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Construction on the land will begin in 2012 with the theatre complex opening in 2013. The new Empire Theatre will be located in Field Power Centre on Torbay Road, another project led by KNK Capital Group of Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Calgary’s Trilogy Software Inc. has released the first production version of DoxCycle for the 2012 tax season. DoxCycle helps Canadian professional tax preparers electronically organize and manage tax source documents like T-Slips, receipts and statements. Read the rest of this entry »