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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 CASSIES Awards come with bragging rights not just within the creative communications industry, but also within business boardrooms across Canada. The country’s only industry awards recognizing business effectiveness (based on rigorous published cases), has just announced its 2014 call for submissions and entries are due by Thursday August 1, 2013, 12:00pm ET. Read the rest of this entry »

Softchoice has announced its participation in the Microsoft Devices Program, which will empower the IT solutions and services leader to resell Surface Pro and Surface RT to U.S. clients. Softchoice’s participation in the program expands its growing portfolio of mobile products and service offerings. As one of North America’s top Microsoft Large Account Resellers, Softchoice also brings deep expertise in large-scale PC and Tablet deployments, including custom configuration, imaging and asset tagging, inventory and warehousing. Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Inc. announced yesterday that an expanded multi-year licensing agreement with PBS Distribution has been signed, making a wide variety of great PBS programming available to Netflix members in the U.S. and Canada. Beginning this fall, Netflix members can enjoy exclusive subscription video-on-demand access to all seasons of critically acclaimed The Bletchley Circle, a gripping murder mystery drama from the UK. In 2014, Netflix will become the exclusive SVOD home of Super Why!, the award-winning PBS KIDS hit preschool series which helps kids build critical literacy skills through storybook adventures. Read the rest of this entry »

MasterCard celebrated 40 years in Canada yesterday by announcing the corporation’s partnership with MaRS Discovery District to open a new networking space for entrepreneurs and announcing MasterCard N>XT, the first payment network developer challenge with Rogers and CIBC as co-sponsors, to be held at the MaRS Center. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Communications announced today a new customer loyalty program, Rogers First Rewards, to thank and reward customers for their business. Launching in key markets throughout 2013, Rogers First Rewards allows customers to get more of what they want by earning points on their eligible purchases that can be redeemed for a wide selection of Rogers products and services. Read the rest of this entry »

TC Media is pleased to announce the launch of the TC Media Incubator, a laboratory that will oversee the company’s creation, development and incubation of new digital products. The TC Media Incubator will be directed by Bruno Leclaire, who is appointed Chief Digital Officer of TC Media. The official start-up of lab operations is slated for the beginning of TC Media’s next fiscal year, in November 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

The Emily Carr University of Art + Design Campus Redevelopment Project reached a critical milestone today with the announcement of the three proponents shortlisted following the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to design, build, finance and maintain the new state-of-the-art campus at Great Northern Way. Eight national and international proponent teams responded to the RFQ. Following evaluation, three teams were shortlisted (team constituents listed in attached backgrounder): Read the rest of this entry »

Developed by musicians, for musicians, UK-based Music Gateway provides a global business platform for musicians and industry professionals to find session work or connect with the right talent to complete their projects. Music Gateway’s inbound and outbound payment processing capabilities are powered by the PacNet Services, a Vancouver-based international payment processing group of companies with over 19 years’ experience in fulfilling the payment processing needs of companies around the globe. Read the rest of this entry »