CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Care Factor - The Data Centre Company - has received a growth capital investment from Sverica International. Care Factor is a leading IT infrastructure solutions provider in Canada, and offers a full lifecycle of data center services to businesses, including designing, building, maintaining, relocating and co-locating data center facilities. Care Factor serves leading...
Two Davids, both readers of this blog, say, "Let them stay!" in letters to the editor. War Resisters Kim Rivera and Ryan Johnson recently spoke in London, Ontario; this from the London Free Press . Canada should be proud to welcome war resisters Why should Kim Rivera, or any other U.S. Iraq war resisters living in Canada, be separated from their kids, jailed and given a criminal record for...
KAIROS (the Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives) is a Toronto-based alliance of social justice coalitions. Within the past couple of days, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)--Bev Oda's department-- has cut all funding to KAIROS . In his latest, Dennis Gruending speculates as to why: Minister Oda did not communicate with KAIROS about its fate — she rarely communicates publicly...
CALGARY, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ - Greengate Power Corporation ("Greengate") announced today that it has signed a Contribution Agreement with the Government of Canada for funding of its Halkirk I Wind Project under the ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program.
Resources for Covering, Understanding Winter Storms We are experiencing sweater weather down here in Florida, but it’s nothing compared to Calgary and Regina, Canada, where I was working with the CBC last week. Having been there, I’m feeling ever so slightly more qualified to pass along some snow-coverage story ideas as the first big winter storm [...]
Few days ago, I conducted an exclusive interview with 2008 Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Ben Gulak from Milton, ONT where Ben gave an update of what happened after his 2008 TV pitch and shared some latest info happened after the Nov 11th, 2009 CBC Dragons’ Den update show. Read the watch the interview here. Posted in Calgary, Canada, [...]
CALGARY, Canada & SAN DIEGO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Alberta Centre for Toxicology (ACFT), University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Roche´s (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) cooperation partner ACEA Biosciences Inc., San Diego, CA, USA have entered into an agreement for the joint development of an in vitro cytotoxicity based human health risk assessment...
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Brookfield Special Situations ("Brookfield"), announced today that it has acquired 650,000 common shares of Insignia Energy Ltd. (TSX: ISN) (the "Corporation") under a Private Agreement Exemption. Under the agreement, Brookfield paid cash consideration of $2.10 per common share of the Corporation. Insignia Energy is a Calgary-based oil and natural...
The flag carrier airline of Canada, Air Canada is now making available flight to Maui to all its passengers. Air Canada flight to Maui will take off from Calgary. However the flight to Maui departing from Calgary proposed by Air Canada will be effective as from 5th December 2009. Air Canada flight between Maui and [...]
Breaking: ABC is confirming that 24 cougar bait Elisha Cuthbert is joining the cast of The Forgotten in a recurring role. According to the hot-of-the-presses ABC press release, Cuthbert will play Maxine Denver, a “strong and successful Chicago professional who is forced to put her skepticism of ‘amateur detectives’ aside when The Forgotten Network begins investigating a case close
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) American star Shani Davis set the track record in winning the men's 1,000 meters on Sunday at the World Cup, while Canadian speedskater Christine Nesbitt won a pair of gold medals and helped set a world record. Davis finished in 1 minute, 6.91 seconds at the Olympic Oval, well ahead of Lee Kyou Hyuk of South Korea in 1:07.61. Denny Morrison of Canada was third in 1:07.77.
MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF 2ND PERIOD SAVE - PHOTOS JON SWENSON Former Sharks goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff dropped a potential save-of-the-year candidate stop on Scott Nichol late in the second period of Calgary's 2-1 win at HP Pavilion on Saturday night. With the score tied at 1-1, and the Sharks on the power play, Manny Malhotra and Jamie McGinn set up in front of Kiprusoff as Nichol drove the slot and tried...
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) With thousands of Minky Dimples mitts, scarves and jackets sold in the past two weeks alone, Triple Flip, Canada's fastest growing private label retailer for active, stylish girls, has already set up a waiting list for its signature Minky Dimples attire this holiday season.
CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vermilion Energy Trust (VET.UN – TSX) Vermilion is pleased to announce that, beginning with the January 15, 2010 distribution, the Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the Plan) is being reinstated. The Plan allows eligible holders of Trust Units (available only to residents of Canada) to conveniently purchase additional Trust Units by reinvesting their cash distributions....
One of my favourite photo-related newsletters, Photojojo , had an interesting offer a few weeks ago: ScanCafe , a scanning service, was offering a free photo restoration . I decided I'd take them up on the offer, sending in a very beat-up photo of my grandfather. I'd restored a copy of this photo myself, so I was going to compare ScanCafe's work to my own. See the results after the break. Figure 1:...
Breaking: ABC is confirming that 24 cougar bait Elisha Cuthbert is joining the cast of The Forgotten in a recurring role. According to the hot-of-the-presses ABC press release, Cuthbert will play Maxine Denver, a “strong and successful Chicago professional who is forced to put her skepticism of ‘amateur detectives’ aside when The Forgotten Network begins investigating a case close to home.” Cuthbert
Ice Speed Skating European Union Ice Speed Skating is a very fast sport. The sport is very popular in the world. Some of the best countries are Netherlands, Germany, Canada, USA. But also China, Japan, Korea on the short distance. These countries compete in the ISU World Cup. Live World Cup Calgary Ice Speed Skating World Cup Calgary Match scheduled: Date: 05-12-2009 from 19:30 until 01:00 (GMT) 500m
Paramount Energy Trust (Paramount Energy) is a non incorporated energy royalty trust based in Canada. The trust was formed with the vast majority of the shallow natural gas properties in North East Alberta, which are discovered and developed by Paramount Resources Ltd. Paramount Energy holds 100% ownership in Paramount Energy Operating Corp., which operates as the administrator of the trust. Paramount
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