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The Okanagan Drupal Users Group is pleased to announce the creation of a monthly Drupal Users Meetup. The casual meetings will be held on the second Thursday of each month, and are expected to last about two hours each. The first meeting is scheduled for July 11, 2013 at the Kelowna Innovation Centre located at #201-1405 St. Paul Street, Kelowna. All who are interested are encouraged to attend. Read the rest of this entry »

With the largest production company in the world investing large sums of money in Electronic Dance Music, there is no shortage of buzz surrounding this new sound. This movement began with Disc Jockeys sampling and remixing records to create their own interpretations of songs. This innovative way to create a new and dynamic sound out of past songs was key to the development of this new genre. Vancouver company We Make Dance Music is now embracing this same idea with a modern twist, giving the user complete creative freedom over pieces of music. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has announced the release of “Watch Dogs Live”, an immersive multiplayer mobile gaming experience giving players the opportunity to become Canada’s ultimate hacker. Inspired by Ubisoft Montréal’s highly anticipated open-world action game, the Watch Dogs Live application is now available for free through Apple App Store? and Google Play. Read the rest of this entry »

Scotiabank has launched the Summer of FREE – a national movie tour that gives Canadians an opportunity to vote for and see free movies in unique outdoor venues along with a chance to win free movies. Scotiabank’s Summer of FREE movie tour kicks off in Montréal on Wednesday, July 10 at the Parc Jean Drapeau Beach. What better place to see the classic summertime thriller Jaws than by the water? From there, the tour will move west with a new screening every Wednesday of a movie with a theme tied to the venues and chosen by the public: Read the rest of this entry »

EY is proud to announce the 2013 Entrepreneur Of The Year finalists today. The announcement marks 20 years of shining the spotlight on leading entrepreneurs revving the job creation engine across Canada and around the world. The theme of job creation was very clear at EY’s World Entrepreneur Of The Year (WEOY) awards held in Monaco last month. Together, the 47 companies gathered at the event represented a remarkable 59,000 jobs created in the last three years alone. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced a contribution of $4.4M to twelve projects that applied to the Aboriginal Program’s first round of funding. The funds were distributed amongst 12 projects—three Children’s & Youth productions and nine documentaries, all of which have a digital media component. Read the rest of this entry »

FinanceIt has announced the launch of their iPad app which will be available in early August. The app will make it easy for businesses to offer consumer financing by using the iPad camera to scan a photo ID for an instant loan approval. This feature, along with a completely paperless process, will reduce the entire funding process to less than 5 minutes. Access to the first release of the app will be limited, and granted on a first come, first served basis for those who register. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada has announced its support for the production of nine English-language feature films from all regions of the country through the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF). The total amount granted to produce the projects retained, for the fourth quarter of 2012-2013, is $13.8 million. Read the rest of this entry »

Pertinent information for the game development industry: The average British gamer is married, aged 35 and earns £23k a year, a study from Paris-based social media network Pixwoo revealed yesterday. Researchers found that while the stereotypical gamer is a student with plenty of time on their hands, it is actually settled, working Brits who are most likely to unwind playing videogames – and female gamers spend just as much time indulging in their videogame hobby as their male counterparts. They will spend around two and a half hours a day – five days a week – in front of their console and stay up until 10.58pm playing computer games. It also emerged that gamers own two different consoles, 18 games and take around a month to complete one game. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian comedy trio of Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay and Mike Smith, also known as Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, are thrilled to announce they have acquired the rights to the ‘Trailer Park Boys’ franchise from the show’s original producers, Mike Clattenburg, Barrie Dunn and Mike Volpe. The ‘Boys’ are widely considered by some to be Canadian comedy icons and the ground-breaking mockumentary series has lived in the hearts of fans for more than a decade.  Mike, Robb and John Paul are extremely excited to announce to the fans around the globe that a brand new season of Trailer Park Boys is already in pre-production and will be available on their new internet channel, SwearNet.com. Read the rest of this entry »