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As aging baby boomers create a growing market for brain-teaser games and memory improvement workshops, two University of British Columbia researchers are uncovering new evidence that childhood remains the most crucial period for enhancing – or undermining – a person’s cognitive abilities. Read the rest of this entry »

The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF), Toronto’s one and only international women directors film festival celebrates its 10th Anniversary, March 28th – April 1st, 2012. The Female Eye presents cutting edge live action features and shorts, experimental, animation and explicit documentary films from debut, emerging and internationally recognized directors. Read the rest of this entry »

In addition to broadcast coverage of the 32^nd Annual Genie Awards on CBC-TV, the CBC Live Red Carpet will capture all the glamour of the celebrity arrivals online, along with special pre-show coverage and backstage exclusives during commercial breaks at the awards gala. The CBC also announced today that rising TV and film star Rossif Sutherland will serve as the voice of the broadcast on March 8, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Looking for love in all the wrong places? Look no further! Citytv is launching a nationwide search to find the most eligible bachelorettes in the country for the first-ever season of original reality series The Bachelor Canada. Beginning Sunday, Feb. 19 in Vancouver, the six-city casting tour will also make stops in Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. The Bachelor Canada begins principal photography this spring and will debut on Citytv this fall. Read the rest of this entry »

On Thursday February 9^th Torstar Digital employees will gather after work to begin the ambitious task of building a new business in just 54 hours as part of Startup Weekend. The event is not part of their regular work, but a voluntary activity that provides all employees with the opportunity to make their mark in the organization by pitching an idea for a new venture they want Torstar Digital to pursue. They will form into teams based on their favourite ideas and spend the next two days turning these ideas into real ventures. All the teams will make final presentations and one will win. Read the rest of this entry »

Strong authentication and password management solutions provider for IT Service Providers and IT departments Scorpion Software has announced integrated support for AuthAnvil Password Solutions with Level Platforms, provider of remote monitoring and management (RMM) solutions for managed service providers (MSPs). Scorpion Software’s AuthAnvil Single Sign On will provide direct access to Level Platforms Managed Workplace without needing to know or enter a traditional password. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada announces the Top 10 Canadian films, funded through the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF), with the highest foreign and US gross sales since the creation of the Fund 10 years ago. The Top 10 brought home a combined total of $140.2 million. What’s more, gross sales made between 2006 and 2010 ($126.5 million) represent an increase of more than 200% over the five years previous ($41.9 million), from 2001 to 2005. Read the rest of this entry »

App-Promo, a proud sponsor of BlackBerry® DevCon Europe, is making sure that developers don’t leave this year’s conference without understanding that app success is as much about code as it is about business. The firm is committed to working with the attendees giving away services, tools and providing free app consultations at their sponsorship booth. Read the rest of this entry »

Halifax is in the midst of nature’s charm and this spring, creativity is expected to flow from the heart of the city.  During March 23-25 2012, Startup Weekend will inspire minds at the Dalhousie University campus. This will be the second Startup Weekend for Halifax. Last March, the Government of Canada announced over $61 million in funding for research and innovation projects throughout Atlantic Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

A state-of-the-art downtown venue, new dates and fresh celebrity guests mark the third Wizard World Toronto Comic Con, which today announced its standout lineup scheduled to attend the event, April 14-15 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC). Popular screen stars Paul Wesley, Jeri Ryan, Scott Bakula and Amy Acker will be joined by WWE® Superstar Edge® and dozens of standout celebs and talented comic book artists and writers at the convention, which promises to be even bigger and better in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »