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The Government of Canada and partners Telefilm Canada and Export Development Canada are supporting Canada’s leading game development industry at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco with prestigious meeting space, a networking event and a matchmaking program. Read the rest of this entry »

CharityFocus.ca, a new bilingual web site developed by Imagine Canada, provides detailed financial information based on an organization’s filings to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). But more importantly, charities now have the opportunity to start supplementing this information with details about their programs and accomplishments. Together, the information found in CharityFocus provides a balanced picture of Canada’s charities – their work, their funding and their people. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) completed a comprehensive review of over 80 telecommunications regulations, which resulted in the elimination or streamlining of over 60 per cent of these regulations. Regulations that are in the public interest, such as those relating to 911 services, accessibility and customer privacy, were left unchanged. Read the rest of this entry »

New mobile applications launched by the Government of Canada will encourage Canadians from coast to coast to coast to celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee and learn more about Canada’s traditions, history and institutions. The Crown in Canada iPhone application and mobile site were launched today by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, as part of Diamond Jubilee week. Blackberry and other mobile platform users can access The Crown in Canada content that is optimized for mobile use at m.CanadianCrown.gc.ca. Read the rest of this entry »

In addressing the Government of Canada’s  role in ensuring the safety of our children online, The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, issued the following statement recognizing Safer Internet Day: Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario’s film and television industry recorded its best year ever in 2011 contributing $1.26 billion to the provincial economy – a $300 million increase or 31% over the previous year – according to figures compiled by the Ontario Media Development Corporation and announced today in remarks at the Economic Club of Canada by OMDC President and CEO Karen Thorne-Stone. It was the strongest performance since 2000 ($1.01 billion) and the highest since the agency started keeping records in 1986. Read the rest of this entry »

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) is offering Canadian students the chance to win one of three laptop computers while they learn about budgeting, savings, credit, debt and financial planning. The City provides students with a fun and effective way to learn important money management concepts. Using The City and entering the contest is class work that really pays off. Read the rest of this entry »

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund and the Research & Development Corporation (RDC), a Crown corporation of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, has announced a combined $542,000 investment in the development of a new and innovative marketing analytics tool from adfinitum Networks Inc. Read the rest of this entry »

The AuroraMAX Online Observatory and the International Space Station (ISS) are on a quest to capture the Northern Lights from Earth and space as part of a new pilot project to compare and share images and videos of Canada’s aurora. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor, today announced the addition of more than 6,000 data sets to the Open Data Portal.The Open Data Portal now has more than 271,000 data sets from 17 participating organizations. Read the rest of this entry »