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BCIC – New Ventures has named the 25 companies moving on to Round 3 of its competition. These companies will now be paired up with team mentors and will participate in the mentors’ panels and seminars. The Round 3 submission deadline is August 8th and the top 10 companies moving on to Round 4 will be announced on September 4th. Read the rest of this entry »

The JFL42 Festival, presented in association with Air Canada, has announced that headliner Louis CK will be joined by Patton Oswalt, David Suzuki, Chris Hardwick & Nerdist Industries, Reggie Watts, Amy Schumer, Pete Holmes, Sam Simmons, Neal Brennan, Todd Barry, Ari Shaffir, Moshe Kasher, Kelly Carlin, Mark Little, DeAnne Smith, Kate Beaton, The Second City, Yuk Yuk’s, Comedy Bar, Skinjackin’, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and Toronto Poetry Slam at its inaugural event in Toronto from September 21-28, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI) has announced an animation-focused pitch event, Pitch-a-Palooza, and two supporting events, Pitch Lab and The Monkeyworks. TAAFI, widely supported by Canada’s animation community, is the inaugural three-day festival celebrating the best of animation arts from around the world from July 6 – 8 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that it will be an exceptional year for Canadian cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, held annually in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic (June 29 to July 7). Ten Canadian films will be screening, including three world premieres from Quebec’s emerging talent. Read the rest of this entry »

Best Buy Canada teamed up with nine communities in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto to help collect and recycle electronic waste as part of the Tech it Away program this year. As a result of this one-day event, the stores collected more than 42,000 pounds of e-waste from local residents, with TV and computer monitors making up the majority of items returned. Read the rest of this entry »

Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the Alice Munro Writers and Readers Festival’s 2012 Short Story Competition. The competition, originally hosted by the Wingham Horticultural Society, is being revitalized by Huron Arts & Heritage Network this fall with a new name and new dates. Designed to provide a forum for writers to develop their craft and connect with like-minded literati, committee members are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of unpublished and emerging writers of short fiction. Read the rest of this entry »

According to a report commissioned by Music Canada and released today at NXNE Interactive (NXNEi), Toronto is one of the greatest music cities in the world, and yet it could be doing much more to maximize the economic benefits of the music cluster. Read the rest of this entry »

Bruno’s Blues premieres in Toronto at the Carlton Cinema. The film, with an indie, cult and jazz audience appeal, opens in Late Night Summer Madness screenings from June 23 – 30 coinciding with the Toronto Jazz Festival. Set and filmed in Vancouver, the locally produced feature length music mockumentary, about the life of Bruno Hubert, a talented but irresponsible jazz pianist with its tragic and comedic turns, also showcases such acclaimed jazz artists as Juno award winner Brad Turner, Mike Allen, Bill Campbell and Denzal Sinclaire. Read the rest of this entry »

California-based cloud communications company Twilio and SendGrid, a Colorado-based email deliverability company, have announced the inaugural DOer Express, a bus for entrepreneurs en route to the International Startup Festival in Montreal. The DOer Express, in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Microsoft, will be leaving from New York City on July 11, and will transport 46 early stage startup founders while offering mentoring from top entrepreneurs, members of the startup community and technical advisors, such as Craig Kitterman, Technical Product Manager on the Windows Azure team at Microsoft. Startups can apply for a free spot on the bus online.  Read the rest of this entry »

Responding to an increasing need for digital content knowledge, Agility has taken its previous blog to new levels with the launch of Unbound Media. Geared towards the media industry – specifically publishing – Unbound Media is chock-full of current and relevant resources. This non-traditional blog is rich with visuals, videos and expert tips, offering its audience a plethora of news from the digital front. Unbound Media provides a comprehensive, progressive and refreshing take on managing online content. Read the rest of this entry »