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TFcon – Canada’s Transformers Collectors Convention – returns July 27-29, 2012 to the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre in Mississauga for its 10th anniversary. The convention’s organizers are happy to announce they will be holding their first ever charity auction July 28th for Make-A-Wish Canada. The charity auction will feature many great unique items and we hope our community will help raise as much as possible for the Make-A-Wish foundation. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc., a Toronto-based multi-platform deployer of games, had announced its CEO & President, Vikas Gupta, will present two sessions in The Founders Room at Benaroya Hall during Casual Connect Seattle this Wednesday, July 25th. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 Canadian Wireless Trade Show will feature the seminar, “Making Money in Wireless: How To Grow Your Business by $20-30K Per Location in 2012” in Toronto this September. The workshop is being offered by show organizers and Corporate Dynamics, the industry’s leading training and consulting firm. Read the rest of this entry »

Shopping for new school supplies is a cherished end-of- summer tradition for families across Canada. When the school bell rings in September however, many Canadian families struggle to provide their children with the supplies they need to succeed. Staples Canada and its customers are banding together for the 7^th annual Staples School Supply Drive. The 2012 campaign will officially kick off July 29 and run until September 9, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

HP Canada has announced that floor-to-ceiling life-like graphics produced on HP latex printing systems are helping visitors dive into the world of dinosaurs at an exciting new exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). The exhibition creates a view of the world during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods through the use of scientific fossil evidence. Read the rest of this entry »

Innovative motion technology developer D-BOX Technologies Inc. has announced today that it will debut its D-BOX MFX Systems in two new theatre chains with the release of Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight Rises, opening in select theatres this July 20th. Read the rest of this entry »

This week, MaRS Discovery District is hosting one of Canada’s most influential city-building gatherings. On July 18 and 19, more than 300 local, national and international delegates and speakers are coming to MaRS for The Innovation City, a two-day conference that will explore and highlight the partnerships, ideas and innovation models that will lead to building the great cities of the 21^stcentury. Read the rest of this entry »

Preschoolers and their families in Ottawa and Nepean will be treated to a summer reading visit from TVOKids host Gisèle for the second year in a row. The star of TVO’s early learning program block Gisèle’s Big Backyard brings her Read with Gisèle Tour to two branches of the Ottawa Public Library on Saturday July 28th. Last year’s popular events saw over 800 people turn out to share the magic of reading with Gisèle and get her autograph. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain, is celebrating .CA’s pivotal role in bringing Canadians together online and building Canada’s digital brand abroad. In 1987, responsibility for the .CA domain was assigned to John Demco at the University of British Columbia by Jon Postel, operator of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). The first eight .CA domain names were registered on January 12, 1988, with the very first one claimed by the University of Prince Edward Island. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday during the second day of Microsoft Corp.‘s annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), top executives from the company announced new training, tools and other programs that enable partners to deliver compelling new cloud services to their customers. Read the rest of this entry »