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Best Buy has revealed its plans for the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, including launch parties in Vancouver and Toronto as well as midnight opening events on Tuesday, November 8 at 12:01 a.m. at all stores except those in Sudbury and Quebec, which will open at 8:00a.m. on November 8th. Read the rest of this entry »

The Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS), presented by the Canada Media Fund, opens its doors today to 1,500 professionals from the video game industry, representing all four corners of the planet – and our @EmilyClaireAfan is there! Contact her via Twitter (or ‘hunt’ her down in the halls) if you’d like to get some coverage on Village Gamer. Follow hashtag #MIGS2011 for the latest goings-on from the conference. Read the rest of this entry »

The association representing Canada’s leading financial executives testified today at a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, calling upon the federal government to introduce a range of measures aimed at improving the economy, including suggestions to simplify and improve innovation programs and the tax system. Read the rest of this entry »

Movie Seals Digital, producer of the award-winning transmedia superhero web series Heroes of the North, is thrilled to announce that the company has partnered with Ardden Entertainment to bring their exciting line of web comics to the printed page! The first book, an 80 pages one-shot, will hit American and Canadian comic book stores in January 2012.?? Read the rest of this entry »

Approximately 25 Grade 3 students in Orleans will premiere their six new videos to highlight “Digital Citizenship”, the theme of this year’s Media Literacy Week. The Week is an annual event held jointly by the Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF). This year’s theme – “Digital Citizenship” – calls on Canadians to encourage young people to reflect on their online lives, and their rights and responsibilities as they navigate the digital world. Read the rest of this entry »

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will deliver the opening remarks at The Canada-U.S. Partnership: Enhancing the Innovation Ecosystem Conference, on November 2nd at 8:00 a.m. at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto preschoolers and their families are invited to share the magic of reading with host Gisèle, star of TVO’s early-learning program block Gisèle’s Big Backyard, when her Read with Gisèle tour visits the North York Central Library on Saturday, November 12 at 11 am. Read the rest of this entry »

The Directors Guild of Canada celebrated the 10^thanniversary of the DGC Awards in Toronto this evening. Three special career acknowledgments were handed out along with 19 awards honouring the best work created by members this past year. Renowned radio host Jian Ghomeshi hosted the Gala which was held at the historic Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Below is a full list of the awards presented at the annual awards: Read the rest of this entry »

The Conference Board of Canada has just released a report that identifies and provides ideas on building the kind of knowledge and understanding that we require to effectively contribute to our own personal digital security as well as that of organizations and nation-states that are increasingly dependent on digital infrastructure, devices, and applications. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday in Trenton the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a silver coin to commemorate the Highway of Heroes.  During the ceremony, the Mint also announced that $20 dollars from the sale of each $69.95 Highway of Heroes commemorative coin will be shared between the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial and the Military Families Fund. Read the rest of this entry »