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In light of its outstanding results and strong growth in recent years, Videotron has announced that it is creating a new Office of the President for Consumer Services, to be headed by Manon Brouillette, until now Executive Vice President, Strategy & Marketing. Read the rest of this entry »

Torstar has announced that the company has acquired an approximate 25% interest in Blue Ant Media Inc., a newly established independent media company led by media veteran Michael MacMillan. In addition to a controlling interest in GlassBOX Television, which operates specialty channels Travel+Escape, Bite TV and AUX TV, Blue Ant Media owns a minority interest in Quarto Communications (Cottage Life, Outdoor Canada, Explore and Canadian Home Workshop). Read the rest of this entry »

Best Buy Canada and Future Shop today became the first major retailers in Canada to offer customers personalized eGift Cards through a partnership with US-Based CashStar, a digital gifting and incentives company. The service went live today and consumers can now easily purchase and send personalized eGift Cards that can be redeemed for any Best Buy Canada or Future Shop purchase online or in store. Read the rest of this entry »

With the holiday season underway, many Canadians are getting into the spirit and showing their generosity to various charitable causes. According to a recent BMO Harris Private Banking survey, Canadians are no Grinches – almost 70 per cent indicated they plan on donating a total of $487 to charities in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Wi-LAN Inc. has announced that Jim Skippen, Chairman & CEO was named Canadian Tech Stock Executive of the Year in the second annual Cantech Letter Awards. The award winner is determined with input from a panel of technology analysts and an online people’s choice vote. Mr. Skippen was the top choice with both the panel of technology analysts and online voters. Read the rest of this entry »

Doc.It, the leading provider of practice-wide document management and archiving solutions, proudly announces the new Doc.It .NET Client Portal which accelerates workflow by allowing firms and their clients to efficiently send and receive documents and files of any size in a secure manner. Read the rest of this entry »

Deal community BargainMoose.ca has launched an application to give smartphone savvy shoppers the advantage in the battle for boxing day sales. Using the power of online community, the app helps Canadians discover the best discounts without visiting a store or viewing a flyer. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation announced today that it is proceeding with a normal course issuer bid for up to 3,067,322 common shares of the Company, representing approximately 10% of the public float of the Company.  On December 16, 2011, the Company had 43,361,866 common shares outstanding. The Company has received approval from the TSX to commence this bid on December 23, 2011.  Purchases will be made on the TSX at the market price at the time of acquisition. Read the rest of this entry »

Management consulting firm The Manta Group has announced the launch of their Knowledge Centre – where you can take online courses and obtain certification in best practice methodologies.  The Knowledge Centre eLearning portal provides visitors with easy access to training materials for IT management solutions that Manta has implemented or they may already have in place. Read the rest of this entry »

CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. (CBL), a trusted name in emergency data recovery services, has proactively opened a Flood Relief Receiving Centre in Bangkok to receive water-soaked digital media from businesses that have been affected by the recent disaster in Thailand. Read the rest of this entry »