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The Comox Valley Airport is pleased to offer its passengers free Wireless Internet in partnership with BOLDstreet Wireless.  Guests in the terminal building now have access to up to two hours of free internet service while they await the departure or arrival of YQQ flights. Read the rest of this entry »

Desjardins Group is announcing that Desjardins Card Services, a national provider of merchant payment and financing solutions, has entered into an agreement with Staples Canada and Citi Cards Canada to acquire a substantial part of Staples Canada’s store credit card portfolio. The transaction should be finalized during the first quarter of 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Transcontinental Media is pleased to announce the roll-out of The Mega Catch, a group buying site powered by Dealstreet.ca, in Prince Edward Island and in the cities of New Glasgow, Truro and Amherst in Northern Nova Scotia. Based on the group buying model, The Mega Catch offers its subscribers the chance to catch mega deals of at least 50% on selected local products and services. The Mega Catch and its French counterpart La méga prise were first launched by Transcontinental Media in Quebec City and St. John’s back in February. Read the rest of this entry »

Beginning today, the third edition of the Get-Entrepreneurial Rally will enable you to discover and vote for the Quebec entrepreneur whose path is most inspiring. Organized by the Réseau des carrefours jeunesse-emploi du Quebec (RCJEQ), this online contest helps promote new entrepreneurs from across Quebec. As part of National Entrepreneurship Day (NED), celebrated annually on November 16^th, it stimulates the entrepreneurial potential of Quebec residents aged 35 and under. It also gives youth the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship as a career choice through meetings with local entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »

Best Buy Canada is opening a new store in Brossard, Quebec this weekend, with the celebrations beginning on Friday, November 4 at Quartier DIX30, 8480 Boulevard Leduc. Customers can line up to win a $1,000 Best Buy gift card each morning and a 3DTV giveaway will be held on Sunday. The new store will be the fifth in Canada to include a full musical instruments section. There are hundreds of different instruments available and a free music lesson with the purchase of an instrument. Read the rest of this entry »

In honor of Halloween, Absolute^®Software Corporation, a leading provider of firmware-embedded endpoint security and management solutions, is reminding consumers that the do-it-yourself approach to recovering a stolen laptop can lead to scary situations and encounters with dangerous individuals. Read the rest of this entry »

Title: Game On: Energize Your Business with Social Media Games
Author: Jon Radoff
Publisher: Wiley (2011)
Pages: 390
List Price: $35.99 CAD Disclaimer: Clicking the cover graphic or the book title will link you to Amazon.ca through our Associate account. Purchasing the book through this link will help us earn money for the site.

I’ll admit that I was leery of reading this book, mainly because I’ve grown tired of the over-used buzz term gamification, which is a main topic area for this title. I’ll also admit that I was quickly converted – not to gamification of business, but to delving into the contents laid out by Mr. Radoff. Read the rest of this entry »

ConnectED Canada is a brand new conference focused on involving teachers, students and parents in the drive to move Canada’s educational system forward into the future. The inaugural event will be held on May 25th through 27th 2012 at the Calgary Science School.

The organizers want to focus on establishing a dialogue between those most effected by the evolution of our schools and curriculum, and want to find those who are interested in sparking inspirational and productive conversations. If you have a topic that fits within this model, please fill in the submission form so that organizers can consider your proposal. Deadline for proposals is December 8th, with speaker notifications going out on December 22nd, which is also the date when registration is scheduled to open.

Mobilicity has announced the addition of two Wi-Fi hotspot devices to its roster of smartphones with built-in hotspots to give productivity-driven customers an array of options for easily and affordably accessing the Internet through its industry-leading unlimited data offering. Read the rest of this entry »

The trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation are pleased to announce CBC Books as a Media Partner for the upcoming 2012 prize. Noreen Taylor, prize founder and chair of the board of trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation, made the announcement last evening at the International Festival Of Authors (IFOA) Charles Taylor Prize gala, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the prize at Harbourfront’s Fleck Dance Theatre in Downtown Toronto. IFOA celebrated the prize on stage salon-style with some of Canada’s best writers: Stevie Cameron, Charles Foran, Richard Gwyn, and Margaret MacMillan, hosted by author Paula Todd. Read the rest of this entry »