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Social entrepreneurs who contribute to the economy and the community are setting new standards for business excellence, Ernst & Young said today when underlining the accomplishments of three such Canadians. Social entrepreneurs lead organizations that catalyze change by challenging the status quo and transforming traditional business practices by introducing innovative ideas, methodologies and changes in attitude to the market. Read the rest of this entry »

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) – Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Customs & Excise Section have disrupted a crime group allegedly involved in a multi-million dollar illegal DVD manufacturing & distribution operation within the GTA. Read the rest of this entry »

Rebellion Media has added a critical component to its strategy with the acquisition of Jingu, the first mobile-only social discovery platform that allows users to find mobile messaging users around them and connect with them instantly. Jingu’s platform has grown aggressively since its launch and is currently processing over 100,000 messages per day.  Read the rest of this entry »

Following legal proceedings that stretched out over seven years, Quebecor Media Inc. welcomes with great satisfaction yesterday’s Quebec Superior Court findings blaming Bell TV (formerly Bell ExpressVu) in judgments stemming from lawsuits brought on by Videotron Ltd. and TVA Group Inc. charging that Bell TV had failed to protect its satellite television distribution signal against piracy. Read the rest of this entry »

Uniserve Communications Corporation has announced their title sponsorship for the Vancouver Startup Weekend taking place this August 17^th-19^th. As the title sponsor each team involved in Vancouver Startup Weekend will be building their startup using the Uniserve Cloud platform. In addition, Uniserve will be providing the winning team free Cloud Services in an effort to help the winning team get started and running smoothly. Read the rest of this entry »

With affordable housing issues and cost of living on the rise, more Canadians than ever are finding themselves faced with the all-too familiar dilemma – urban or suburban. But families coast-to-coast who are battling between urban and suburban are finding help from the lively brother-sister real estate team of Philip DuMoulin and Sarah Daniels in the second season of Urban Suburban. Produced by Force Four Entertainment, the new season premieres with back-to-back episodes on Tuesday August 28 at 8pm ET/5pm PT on HGTV Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

American legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa has announced the placement of Steven E. Zipperstein as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Research in Motion, Limited. Reporting to the President & CEO, Zipperstein, as the senior-most legal executive, will oversee legal, compliance, communications and government relations functions for the company. Read the rest of this entry »

Visier Inc., a Vancouver-based provider of workforce analytics, has published a new white paper: “From HR Metrics to Workforce Analytics: Five Key Workforce Insights That Every Employer Should Capture for Greater Business Impact,” that addresses the need for HR professionals to move beyond collecting individual HR metrics to measuring comprehensive workforce topics. HR metrics alone will not help HR professionals understand the contributing factors and drivers impacting their organizations. Note: you must provide contact information in order to download the whitepaper. Read the rest of this entry »

SUTUS Inc., a Vancouver-based technology specialist for the pizza franchise industry, announced today that the company has partnered with the Domino’s Franchisee Association (DFA) to help Domino’s franchisees improve their businesses through the use of technology. Read the rest of this entry »

Flowfinity Wireless Inc., a Vancouver-based provider of enterprise mobile apps for business process automation, has announced support for RFID scanning with Android smartphones. Leveraging built-in Near Field Communication (NFC) features of popular smartphones, Flowfinity software allows companies to customize their own data collection apps and mobile forms that perform interactive or background RFID scanning without the need for peripheral hardware. Read the rest of this entry »