Regional Economic Development News
Media coverage of the Waterloo Region
3 February 2012
FORGING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
CANADA’S TECHNOLOGY TRIANGLE PLANS BUSINESS MISSION TO CHINA
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 – Kitchener, ON – Canada’s Technology Triangle's (CTT) first international business mission of 2012 will be to China, with targeted activities in Hong Kong, Chengdu and Shanghai. The mission, led by Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig (representing the Region Read More...
2 February 2012
February 2, 2012, Cambridge Times -
A private, U.S.-based company is investing $30 million to convert the former Fasco Motors building on Conestoga Boulevard to a single-stream recycling plant that will accept industrial and commercial waste.
When completed, the newly renovated 126,000-square-foot facility will produce 80 full-time positions, ranging from drivers and Read More...
2 February 2012
February 2, 2012, The Record -
KITCHENER — Despite the bleak news about the larger economy, the technology sector in Waterloo Region celebrated big expansions with announcements of more space and hundreds more jobs in the Tannery building on Thursday.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was on hand for the announcements, which included Read More...
1 February 2012
February 1, 2012, The Financial Post -
One month into his new job running Canada’s largest software company, Mark Barrenechea delivered his predecessor’s final victory.
After markets closed Wednesday, Open Text Corp. reported revenue of US$321.5-million and US$1.39 in adjusted earnings per share for the second quarter of the Waterloo, Ont.-based company’s Read More...
1 February 2012
February 1, 2012, Market Watch -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Feb 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Research In Motion (RIM) RIMM +0.48% CA:RIM -0.18% today announced that BlackBerry(R) smartphones running on the powerful new BlackBerry(R) 7 and BlackBerry(R) 7.1 Operating Systems (OS) have been awarded FIPS 140-2 certification by the National Read More...
31 January 2012
January 31, 2012, Financial Post -
Jim Balsillie may have lost his position of co-chairman of the board at Research In Motion Ltd., but he still holds the position of chairman at Igloo Inc., a Waterloo, Ont.-based company that is attracting lots of attention from Canadian venture capitalists.
On Thursday, Igloo – Read More...
30 January 2012
January 30, 2012, PR web -
Bigger is not always better, at least when it comes to quality products in the world of natural healthcare alternatives. Aromatic Health, a small independent company based in Waterloo, Ontario was selected, among hundreds of competing companies, to showcase its product line in association with Read More...
30 January 2012
January 30, 2012, Cambridge Time -
“Today the vision has become a reality,” said Craig Richardson, chair of Conestoga College, during Friday’s official opening of the Cambridge campus.
“We’ve gone from corn fields to careers in just 24 months,” said Cambridge MP Gary Goodyear, minister of state for science and technology.
Two years Read More...
25 January 2012
January 25, 2012 - Market Watch -
WATERLOO, Ontario, Jan 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Maplesoft today announced a major adoption of its products by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). JPL is implementing Maple, MapleSim, and MapleNet in its various projects. Whether creating America's first satellite, Explorer 1, sending the first Read More...
25 January 2012
January 25, 2012, The Cord -
This past weekend 40 Laurier business students made it three in a row.
The contingent from Wilfrid Laurier University took home school of the year honours as the overall champion at the Jeux de Commerce Central (JDCC) business competition, hosted by Carleton University.
This marks the third Read More...
24 January 2012
January 24, 2012, The Start -
The BlackBerry may have been the first smart phone to wow the business world, but it also opened the eyes of Research in Motion co-founder Jim Balsillie to the importance of making the planet a better place.
Since 2001 Balsillie has devoted well over $100 million Read More...
24 January 2012
January 24, 2012 The Record -
Transitions are terrifying, especially when the people on the way out are more like gods than men.
How will Research In Motion, and the city that houses its global headquarters, ever be the same without Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who stepped down Sunday as co-CEOs Read More...
23 January 2012
January 23, 2012, digitaljournal.com -
WATERLOO REGION, ON, Jan. 23, 2012
WATERLOO REGION, ON, Jan. 23, 2012 /CNW/ - Tech sector momentum continues to grow in Waterloo Region, as Communitech reports that 450 startup jobs and 300 new companies emerged in the Region during 2011, along with continued hiring in established Read More...
20 January 2012
January 19, 2012 - The Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver ranked fifth among Canadian cities on CIBC World Markets' third-quarter 2011 index of national metropolitan economic activity, which was released Thursday.
That was an improvement on its previous, thanks to above-average population growth, job creation and employment quality.
"While improving recently, the unemployment rate Read More...
20 January 2012
January 20, 2012, businessinsider.com -
Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT) is a not-for-profit organization that markets the investment opportunities and businesses of the Waterloo Region to attract foreign investment. They provide services to the businesses around the K-W and Cambridge Regions to help them improve their global marketing campaigns and accelerate the process Read More...
18 January 2012
January 18, 2012, The Record -
CAMBRIDGE — The automotive industry was one of the hardest-hit sectors in the global financial downturn of 2008, resulting in numerous layoffs and plant closures in recent years.
But a Cambridge company, Upland Technologies, has shown that it is possible to survive and even grow in Read More...
17 January 2012
January 17, 2012, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION—The Region of Waterloo and several employers have partnered under a new program that encourages people to walk, cycle, ride buses or car-pool to and from work.
The program, called the TravelWise Transportation Management Association, was unveiled at the University of Waterloo on Tuesday.
Individuals can Read More...
15 January 2012
January 15, 2012, The Record - WATERLOO REGION — As you might expect, one of the first local events marking Black History Month will offer a heritage lesson and a positive example for young people.
But there’s another reason Lauris DaCosta booked Joe Sealy & Co. for a Waterloo church performance next Read More...
15 January 2012
January 15, 2012, The Record -
WATERLOO — The start of 2012 carried apocalyptic prophecies, but the Chinese lunar calendar offers a more optimistic outlook when its new year begins next week.
The Year of the Dragon will bring wealth and fortune when it arrives January 23. As the most powerful sign Read More...
13 January 2012
January 13, 2012, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION – A local group of service providers, health care representatives, business people and politicians have come together to create the Immigration Partnership Council to help immigrants and refugees integrate into Canadian society.
For two years, the group met to talk about how to better Read More...
13 January 2012
January 13, 2012, Market Watch -
WATERLOO, Ontario, Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Raytheon Canada Limited has been awarded a Technology Demonstration Program for its Next Generation High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR) by the Canadian Department of National Defence, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC). A system will Read More...
11 January 2012
JANUARY 11, 2012 – KITCHENER, ON - John G. Jung, CEO at Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc. (the economic development organization representing Waterloo Region) will participate as part of the C-11 Consider Canada coalition in the Financial Times Global Investment Series: Focus on Canada event, held in San Francisco January 18, Read More...
11 January 2012
January 11, 2011, Cambridge Times -
As the steel continues to rise on the new Cambridge Performing Arts Centre, city council cemented a 50-year operating agreement with Drayton Entertainment, Monday night.
Although council put its unanimous support behind the project, public opposition to the project hasn’t gone away.
Failed council candidate Thomas Vann Read More...
11 January 2012
January 11, 2012, Cambridge Times -
Officials are optimistic the city’s newest industrial park will be ready for pre-sales this summer.
The 110-acre Boxwood Industrial Park is being created behind the massive Toyota plant on Boxwood Drive, but unlike its predecessors, this new subdivision is going green.
“We are for eco-friendly, sustainable Read More...
11 January 2012
January 11, 2012, - The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — If fast trains are ever built, make sure they stop here, local politicians plead.
Regional councillors are dismayed that Waterloo Region has been left off a proposed route for high-speed rail between Ontario and Quebec. They complained this week to senior governments, Read More...
10 January 2012
January 10, 2012, Daily Commercial News -
With the aim of providing a forum for networking and other activities, the Grand Valley Construction Association (GVCA) is launching a young leaders’ group. Membership is open to individuals who are under 40 years of age and are employed by GVCA member companies.
Association president Read More...
10 January 2012
January 10, 2012, Guelph Mercury -
WATERLOO — Hongwei Liu is not one to be turned off by a stale idea.
When the University of Waterloo student moved into Velocity, the on-campus residence and business incubator 18 months ago, his goal was to come up with a product or service to build Read More...
10 January 2012
January 10, 2012, techvibes.com -
This week Waterloo startup BufferBox will launch the first parcel delivery kiosk service in Canada. The full day launch event will take place on January 12th in the Student Life Center at the University of Waterloo.
Founded by three uWaterloo Mechatronics Engineering graduates as their final culminating Read More...
9 January 2012
January 9, 2012, The Record -
KITCHENER — A plan to increase spending on three parks, trails and a tree-killing beetle by discontinuing a program that funds grassroots environmental projects will be considered by Kitchener councillors today.
A city staff report recommends ending the Local Environmental Action Fund and spending that money Read More...
7 January 2012
January 4, 2012, Federation of Canadian Municipalities -
Berry Vrbanovic, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and councillor for the City of Kitchener, Ont., and Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, announced a Green Municipal Fund™ (GMF) grant to the City of Waterloo. The city will use the Read More...
6 January 2012
January 6, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — The growing community of technology startups in this region and around southern Ontario now has a magazine dedicated to that dynamic sector.
Pivotr is based in Kitchener; the second issue will be released in early February.
The number of startups in this region is Read More...
5 January 2012
January 5, 2012, Daily Exchange -
Kitchener - Canadian Solar Inc., and the Ningxia Electric Power Group today announced the successful completion and grid-connection of a 10 MW ground mounted solar project, a part of a 50MW solar plant, in Hongsibao, Ningxia, in northwest China at the end of 2011.
This 10 Read More...
5 January 2012
January 5, 2012, Daily Exchange -
WATERLOO - Sandvine announced its Network Analytics product, featuring the Real-Time Entertainment Dashboard, has been selected by Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's leading rural broadband provider. Xplornet Communications Inc. became a Sandvine customer in 2008 and purchased the Network Analytics product in fiscal 2011.
Xplornet has been Read More...
4 January 2012
January 4, 2012, Daily Exchange -
Waterloo - VeloCity, the University of Waterloo's innovative student startup incubator program, has appointed two leaders to its team.
Mike Kirkup (left) is VeloCity's new Director. He comes to the University of Waterloo from Research In Motion, where he was Senior Director, Global Developer Relations. "He Read More...
4 January 2012
January 4, 2012, Daily Exchange -
WATERLOO – Wilfrid Laurier University continues to excel at providing students with a positive university experience, according to results from the 2011 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).
The results support Laurier’s “integrated and engaged” learning model, which provides students with an effective mix of in-class Read More...
3 January 2012
CTT is pleased to announce the formal release of a new animation entitled Waterloo Region - Take Root and Thrive. The animation was created in conjunction with Machteld Faas Xander, a corporate partner. The content will be used as an introduction during presentations to and meetings with international stakeholders.
Canada's Technology Read More...
3 January 2012
CTT's Ann Gray, Director of Corporate Development & Administration recently participated in a panel discussion run by Laurier's School of Business & Economics as part of the Economic Outlook speaker series. The panel, hosted by CTV's Daiene Vernile, also included Dr. Rammy Schirle, Associate Professor, Economic, Wilfrid Laurier and Mike Read More...
3 January 2012
December 29, 2011, The Globe and Mail -
Google marked its 10th year in Canada by nearly doubling the size of its staff here and the Mountain View, Calif.-based company intends to make its Canadian presence even larger in 2012.
“Canada is one of the fastest growing markets for Google Read More...
3 January 2012
January 3, 2012, Market Watch -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Jan 03, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- TurboSonic Technologies, Inc. TSTA -16.67% , a global provider of clean air technologies, today announced receipt of a US$2.7 million order for turnkey supply of a SonicKleen(TM) Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) to control particulate emissions Read More...
30 December 2011
December 30, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — There’s no reason to spend New Year’s Eve at home when there are festivities awaiting you all around the region.
One of the biggest public celebrations is slated for Kitchener City Hall. The evening is divided into child-friendly activities from 4 p.m. to Read More...
28 December 2011
December 28, 2011, The Record -
Whatever the season of the year, there is almost nothing more pleasant — and affordable — than strolling along a nature trail.
To their credit, many residents in Waterloo Region understand this and know how important a well-developed trail system can be for individuals and communities. Read More...
25 December 2011
December 25, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Maybe Drew Higgins will knock one out of the park one day.
Maybe, as the 26-year-old PhD student in chemical engineering toils in a lab on the second floor of the new five-story, $42-million dollar Engineering 6 building at the University of Waterloo, he’ll Read More...
22 December 2011
December 22, 2012, The Record:
Who needs an arena to have a hockey practice?
Former NHLers team up to provide innovative training tool
CAMBRIDGE — Todd Harvey and Todd Hlushko weren’t superstars, but the pair tasted glory during their professional hockey careers.
Harvey captained Team Canada to two gold medals in the world Read More...
22 December 2011
December 22, 2011, Digital Journal -
A joint task force between the City of Kitchener and Maple Leaf Foods -- comprised of two members from Maple Leaf Foods, two from the city and the local ward councillor - held its first meeting on December 20, 2011.
"This meeting was very productive in Read More...
22 December 2011
December 22, 2011, Stratford Gazette -
The Intelligent Community Forum named Stratford one of the Top 7 smart cities in the world last year.
And now it wants to know how we’ve done it.
At City Hall on Monday, it was formally announced that Stratford will be the home of the Intelligent Community Read More...
22 December 2011
December 22, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — GO Transit will expand its bus service beginning Dec. 31 with the implementation of Route 30 — a GO Bus linking Kitchener and Bramalea GO Stations.
The new, eastbound bus trip will depart Kitchener at 7:55 a.m. and run express to the Bramalea Read More...
21 December 2011
December 21, 2011, Market Watch -
TORONTO, Dec 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ontario, Canada is helping Novocol Pharmaceuticals of Canada Inc. expand and modernize its Cambridge facility, including converting an outdated production line into an R&D centre. The entire project will help the company diversify and develop new infection Read More...
21 December 2011
December 22, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER – Kitchener City Hall now has more ways to bring art to life, with its two indoor galleries and an outdoor one at the top of city hall’s Berlin Tower.
Rotunda Gallery: Into Thin Air by Sandra Martin will be exhibited through the month of Read More...
21 December 2011
December 21, 2011, The Record -
Tumultuous economic conditions, regional security crises and consistent summit malaise challenged the world’s global governance mechanisms in 2011. As we enter a new year, the global community will face ongoing and new challenges that test how the world comes together to find and enact Read More...
20 December 2011
January 2012 - Exchange Magazine
John Jung is CEO of the Waterloo Regional Economic Development group, made up of community leaders in government, local institutions and the private sector. As a follow-up to Canada’s Technology Triangle trade mission to Brazil (see Exchange, November/December 2011), Exchange asked Jung a number of questions Read More...
20 December 2011
December 20, 2011, Bloomburg Businessweek -
TransCanada Corp. agreed to buy its first solar power plants, acquiring nine projects in Ontario from Canadian Solar Inc. for C$470 million ($456 million).
The projects, which are scheduled to begin operating between late 2012 and mid-2013, will generate 86 megawatts of power and have Read More...
19 December 2011
December 19, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — Passengers were in a festive mood when the first-ever GO train left Kitchener Dec. 19, heading to Union Station in Toronto. Here’s how it went.
5:45 a.m. Maggie Dempster waits on the platform. She’s returning to her Toronto home and job after visiting family Read More...
18 December 2011
December 18, 2011, Daily Commerical News
A Grander View, the headquarters of Enermodal Engineering, won the 2011 Livable Building Award from the Center for the Built Environment at the University of California, Berkeley.
The award was based on two elements: results from an occupancy survey of Enermodal employees working at A Grander Read More...
17 December 2011
December 17, 2011, Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
As a shop that specializes in the production of high-precision aerospace components, Chicopee Manufacturing, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, has built a worldwide reputation working with titanium and other difficult-to-machine metals. To do so, it has developed efficient systems for producing low-volume assemblies that include a wide Read More...
16 December 2011
December 16, 2011, The Record
The Region of Waterloo International Airport is about to take off again. Starting in June, it will be serviced by daily flights to and from Chicago.
This arrangement is good news for the airport as well as for local businesses and general passengers who will have easier Read More...
16 December 2011
December 16, 2011, The Globe and Mail
The Donor: John Vellinga
The Gift: Co-founding the Waterloo Engineering Endowment Fund
The Reason: To finance projects for engineering students at the University of Waterloo
One day many years ago, John Vellinga and his buddy, Avi Belinsky, took a break from their engineering studies at Ontario’s University Read More...
16 December 2011
December 16, 2011, physorg.com -
PhysOrg.com) -- It typically takes a day or two to prepare quantum dot solar cells in the conventional multifilm architecture. Now a team of researchers is reducing the preparation time of quantum dot solar cells to less than an hour by changing the form to a Read More...
15 December 2011
December 15, 2011, Quality Magazine -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO—Teledyne Dalsa, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global machine vision technology corporation, will partner with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), a provider of operational and commercial satellite programs, to develop a multispectral sensor for an advanced earth observation application.
With the help of Read More...
15 December 2011
December 15, 2011, Financial Post -
John Shackleton will ring in 2012 by ending his 13 years at the helm of Canada’s largest software company and stepping into retirement, Open Text Corp. announced Thursday.
The Waterloo, Ont.-based leader in enterprise content management (ECM) will be headed by Mark Barrenechea, previously chief executive Read More...
15 December 2011
December 15, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — Plans for hundreds of residential units and commercial space on King Street East may hinge on whether the developer qualifies for millions in incentives provided to other builders in the core.
And Coun. Frank Etherington, who represents that part of the city, supports the Read More...
15 December 2011
December 15, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — The educational arms of Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Waterloo and Conestoga College continue to embrace each other like never before.
Waterloo and Laurier have a joint math-business program. Conestoga and Waterloo are partners in The Research Institute for Aging. Laurier and Read More...
14 December 2011
December 14, 2011, The Record -
CAMBRIDGE — A Cambridge pharmaceutical company is getting a $10 million interest-free loan from the Ontario government to help it expand.
Novocol Pharmaceutical of Canada Inc. is building a $54-million addition at its plant on Wolseley Court.
The loan will help the manufacturer of dental anesthesia Read More...
14 December 2011
December 14, 2011, The Record -
In these challenging economic times, the residents of Waterloo Region are fortunate to live in an area with so many high-tech companies. Communitech, the technology association, says the region’s 800 high-tech companies have more than 1,000 vacant jobs at present.
The strength of the high-tech sector Read More...
14 December 2011
December 14, 2011, Daily Exchange -
Continues to Push Forward on Key Initiatives Including Cloud-Based Content Management, Mobility, Social Business, BPM
Waterloo – OpenText announced that it has been named a Leader in the latest Gartner, Inc. “ Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management ,”(1) based on the company’s ability to execute Read More...
13 December 2011
December 13, 2011, 570 News -
American Eagle Airlines will join the fold in June
Another airline will soon be flying in and out of the Region of Waterloo International Airport.
Officials from the Region and the airport are holding a news conference this morning at ten where they will officially announce Read More...
13 December 2011
December 13, 2011, The Record -
Local artists play a vital role in the life of Waterloo Region. They make us feel; they make us think; they make us better.
Indeed, while Waterloo Region may increasingly see its future as a high-tech area, we should realize that most high-tech workers want to Read More...
13 December 2011
December 13, 2011 - 4-trade.com -
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MANTECH's Read More...
13 December 2011
December 13, 2011, Daily Exchange -
WATERLOO - For the second consecutive year, a recent graduate from the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) at the University of Waterloo has won the national and provincial gold medals for the Chartered Accountancy Uniform Final Examination (UFE).
Juliana Yuen of Waterloo's Master of Accounting Read More...
12 December 2011
December 12, 2011, The Record -
When Grant Cleary was growing up in Hespeler, and later studying physics at the University of Waterloo, he turned his nose up at Cambridge.
“It was: ‘there is nothing, nothing here,’ ” he said.
Now, he and two other 22-year-old Jacob Hespeler Secondary School graduates Read More...
12 December 2011
December 13, 2011, Market Watch -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Dec 12, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- TURBOSONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. TSTA 0.00% , a global provider of clean air technologies, today announced the receipt of a US$1 Million order for a SonicKleen(TM) Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) to reduce submicron particulate matter and Read More...
12 December 2011
December 12, 2011, Market Watch-
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Dec 12, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.
Teledyne DALSA is pleased to announce the NASA-designed, Teledyne DALSA-manufactured CCD sensors are once again being used on a NASA mission to Mars. Successfully launched on Saturday, Read More...
12 December 2011
December 12, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — There are more than 1,000 vacant jobs in this region’s high-tech sector, highlighting the need to attract and retain creative-class workers, Iain Klugman, the head of Communitech, says.
Klugman and others associated with the creative sector will soon have new plans for Read More...
11 December 2011
December 11, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — There are more than 1,000 vacant jobs in this region’s high-tech sector, highlighting the need to attract and retain creative-class workers, Iain Klugman, the head of Communitech, says.
Klugman and others associated with the creative sector will soon have new plans for making Read More...
9 December 2011
December 9, 2011, National Post -
Peter Shawn Taylor complains that the Region of Waterloo has decided to move forward with a light rail transit (LRT) project on the basis of the multiple account evaluation (MAE) approach. ("Slapping lipstick on a money-losing pig," Nov. 9.)
We disagree strongly with Mr. Taylor's analysis Read More...
9 December 2011
December 9, 2011, Daily Exchange -
WATERLOO - Less than a year after spinning off from the University of Waterloo's faculty of engineering, Innovative Processing Technologies (IPT) has been recognized by the Ontario government for its breakthrough Multiple Memory Material (MMM) technology, known for making smart materials smarter.
IPT and a Waterloo Read More...
8 December 2011
December 8, 2011, The Waterloo Record -
[Photo] Engineering UW Electrical and Computer Engineering students Michael Morckos (left, holding laptop) and Jamil Abou Saleh demonstrate the PeopleBot using their software and algorithms for a cooperative robotic device.
WATERLOO — Look, a robot that can see colours! Over there, a mountain Read More...
8 December 2011
December 7, 2011 - The Waterloo Chronicle
Mayor’s trip to China builds important ties to world’s emerging economic power
Mayor Brenda Halloran couldn’t be happier with her most recent trip to Chongqing, China.
“The largest city in the world wants to learn from Waterloo,” Halloran said. “This is so good for our economic Read More...
8 December 2011
January 2012 - The Walrus
Canada’s Technology Triangle has spawned more than 450 high-tech companies, including BlackBerry pioneer Research in Motion. But it didn’t just happen: an upstart university had the brains to embrace mathematics.
On the surface, Canada’s Technology Triangle — comprising the twin cities of Waterloo and Kitchener, Ontario, and Read More...
7 December 2011
December 7, 2011 The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — Bureaucrats planning rail transit want to find a private firm to operate the $818-million system that launches in 2017.
Rapid transit director Nancy Button proposed Tuesday that council own the transit system and set standards and fares. A private partner would design, build, Read More...
7 December 2011
December 7, 2011, EFY News-
The new Stephen Hawking Centre is now open at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) in Ontario, Canada.
The state-of-the-art expansion will help advance scientific progress by providing the ultimate environment for physicists to interact, conceive, visualize, and understand the nature of physical reality, from Read More...
7 December 2011
December 6, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — Displays at the newly opened Waterloo Region Museum are proving more interactive than you might think.
Since its grand opening last month, patrons have been regularly offering their suggestions to museum staff, Tom Reitz, the museum’s manager/curator, said during a brief interview Monday.
“People are Read More...
6 December 2011
December 6, 2011, MarketWatch -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Dec 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- TurboSonic Technologies, Inc. TSTA -8.82% , a global provider of clean air technologies, today announced receipt of an order valued at approximately $650,000 for a SonicKleen(TM) Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) using its new conductive composite material, Read More...
5 December 2011
December 2, 2011, Ecostrategy.ca -
Dozens of impoverished villages in Brazil’s Amazonia region that do not have access to power will soon receive free, 21st century solar electricity thanks to an ocean container filled with 560 solar PV panels donated by Canadian Solar Solutions Incorporated (CSSI).
Recently manufactured at CSSI’s new plant Read More...
5 December 2011
December 5, 2011, The Record -
Governments are sometime criticized for interfering in the private sector when they try to pick economic “winners” from “losers.” While a government’s ability to pick winners may be debatable, there should be no doubt that governments do have a role in helping academics to conduct Read More...
5 December 2011
December 5, 2011, The Record -
CAMBRIDGE — Carpool lanes are proposed down the middle of Highway 401 as part of a suggested 10-lane widening of the freeway eastward from Hespeler Road to Halton Region.
The idea was an option at a 2009 public information session that was part of an ongoing Read More...
5 December 2011
December 5, 2011, The Record -
I returned to Waterloo Region in 2003 after a decade-long absence. I found myself constantly asking what had happened to the community I remembered? Although familiar parts of the city remained, a definite transformation had occurred.
When I was accepted to university in 1987, I Read More...
2 December 2011
December 2, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Waterloo - Canada's Technology Triangle (CTT) held its Third Annual International Reception and dinner last night at the Waterloo Inn, Waterloo.
Joe Clark, Canada's 16th Prime Minister, was key note speaker. In a reference to the Mennonite heritage and barn building nature of the Read More...
2 December 2011
December 2, 2011, The Chronicle Harald -
Thursday was a landmark day for a Halifax file-sharing firm.
Less than a year since co-founder Milan Vrekic launched TitanFile, the cloud computing company opened its first satellite office in Waterloo, Ont.
The time was right to expand the company to a new area of Read More...
2 December 2011
December 2, 2012, 570 News:
Canada's Technology Triangle held its Third Annual International Reception and Dinner last night, featuring one of the most recognizable people in the Country.
The Right Honourable Joe Clark, the Country's 16th Prime Minister, gave a speech which had a fairly positive vibe. It focused on the current Read More...
2 December 2011
December 2, 2011, 570 News -
Conestoga College has added to its already impressive Health Sciences Program in a big way.
John Tibbits, the President of Conestoga College tells 570News that today is the Grand Opening of a brand new, 70-thousand square foot Health Sciences Centre, just south of the 401, near Read More...
2 December 2011
December 2, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — Big plans and high hopes are coming together around the planned multi-modal transit centre in Kitchener.
Urban-planning students at the University of Waterloo unveiled seven different plans Wednesday for transforming an area now dominated by surface parking lots into an attractive, walkable, mixed-use district.
At Read More...
1 December 2011
December 1, 2011, Market Watch -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Dec 01, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.
Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision technology, today introduced the Piranha(TM) HS NIR 8k camera. Featuring improved sensitivity in Read More...
1 December 2011
December 1, 2011, National Post -
Canadians are still buying BlackBerrys more than any other smartphone, in stark contrast to the mobile whims of their southern neighbours.
Research In Motion Ltd. held 35.8% of the Canadian smartphone market in September, according to new data from market research firm comScore Inc., giving the Read More...
30 November 2011
November 30, 2011, Daily Exchange -
City recognizes local properties for urban design and heritage conservation
Kitchener - The city of Kitchener shone the spotlight on creaby honouring the unique efforts of local residents, property owners and professionals during the ativity and culture by honouring the unique efforts of local residents, property Read More...
30 November 2011
Novvember 30, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — As the rest of the world gallops forward, there is a tradition that keeps people in Waterloo Region firmly rooted in the past, at least during Christmas.
The 15th annual four-day Christkindl Market opens Thursday in front of Kitchener City Hall, recreating a Bavarian Read More...
30 November 2011
November 30, 2011, Daily Exchange -
Downtown Kitchener BIA closes off a great season of programming in the Core with Waterloo Region Food and Drink EXPO
KITCHENER – All of the work which had been put into programming the Kitchener Downtown Core this year paid off in dividends this weekend as the Read More...
29 November 2011
November 29, 2011, The Street -
WATERLOO, Ontario (TheStreet) - Embattled handset maker Research in Motion(RIMM_) got some respite from its recent struggles on Tuesday by playing to its strengths in gadget software.
In a bold move, the Canadian company unveiled its BlackBerry Mobile Fusion software, which controls not only RIM devices, Read More...
29 November 2011
November 29, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — David Cory hopes the next industrial revolution will burst out of his unusual lab at the Institute for Quantum Computing, where grad students are manipulating invisible particles with giant magnets, cryogenic freezers and super-powered vacuums.
Cory, an American physicist lured from the Massachusetts Institute Read More...
29 November 2011
November 29, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Residents have a new vision for a troubled student neighbourhood. Now they have to figure out how to make it happen by 2029.
The neighbourhood is called Northdale, north of Wilfrid Laurier University. The new vision, drafted by a civic committee and endorsed Monday, Read More...
28 November 2011
November 28, 2011, KW Now! -
GO Train Service Finally Reaches KW
The much anticipated GO Train service to Kitchener will commence on December 19th making it much easier for commuters from Waterloo Region to travel to and from the GTA and downtown Toronto.
“The launch of GO Train service to and from Read More...
26 November 2011
November 26, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — They’re the people who take away your garbage and recycling every week.
Or those you trust to provide insurance in case of an accident.
They might even be trying to uncover the secrets of the universe.
This year, practitioners of these seemingly unrelated pursuits can Read More...
26 November 2011
November 26, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — The social networking giant Facebook is looking at space in a former auto-parts factory on King Street West, according to a published report in The Daily Commercial News and Construction Record.
Facebook is eyeing space in The Breithaupt Block, a collection of old industrial Read More...
24 November 2011
November 24, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — Canada will certainly feel headwinds from economic storms pummelling Europe and the United States, but the country, and Waterloo Region, will sail through more easily than most, one of Canada’s top economists told a Kitchener audience Thursday.
The economy will grow, albeit at a Read More...
24 November 2011
November 24, 2011, RTT News -
COM DEV International Ltd. (CDV.TO: News ), a manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, Thursday said it has been awarded two follow-on contracts to provide equipment for a replacement commercial satellite. The contracts are fully funded with a combined value of over C $7 million.
COM DEV Read More...
24 November 2011
November 24, 2011 - Daily Exchange -
KITCHENER – Great food, good music, and wine, beer and spirits. It’s all happening this week as the Waterloo Region Food & Drink Expo takes place at the Kitchener Market, Nov. 24-26.
Featuring local chefs and celebrity guests, a variety of yummy dishes will be Read More...
24 November 2011
November 24, 2011, Mcleans -
Two Canadian schools dominate competition
Each year, thousands of math geniuses from hundreds of North American universities compete in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition, a six-hour test.
It’s one of the most prestigious—and lucrative—in the world. The winning team gets $25,000. The winning individual gets a scholarship Read More...
24 November 2011
November 24, 2011, Daily Exchange -
KITCHENER – All of the work that has been put into redesigning and revitalizing King Street downtown Kitchener paid off in dividends last night as the street was awarded the gold award for urban design at the Design Exchange Awards in Toronto - making it Read More...
23 November 2011
November 15, 2011 - Taipei, Taiwan
New Taipei City Mayor Eric Liluan Chu gathers with ICF Chairman as well as relevant experts and scholars for experience and vision sharing
PRNewswire-Asia - Intelligent City Forum of New Taipei City took place today. John G. Jung, Chairman and co-founder of the Intelligent Community Forum Read More...
23 November 2011
November 23, 2011, Daily Exchange -
Kitchener – A made-in-Kitchener solution designed for the city’s Victoria Park Lake clean-up project could have positive environmental impacts across the province.
Engineers and scientists at Kitchener’s Stantec, the consultant working with the city to help with the clean-up of Victoria Park Lake, are developing a Read More...
23 November 2011
November 23, 2011, Market Watch -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO AND MADRID, SPAIN, Nov 23, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.
Telefonica Digital and Research In Motion RIMM +0.80% CA:RIM -2.74% today announced a pilot program of the Telefonica Wallet for BlackBerry(R) smartphones.
In Read More...
23 November 2011
November 23, 2011, Daily Exchange -
Waterloo Region/Mississauga – Wednesday could be a lucky day for job-seekers looking to land a role in high-tech when 14 Waterloo Region companies participate in a Communitech TechVibe Recruitment Event at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga Wednesday (Nov. 23). The event is one of Read More...
23 November 2011
November 23, 2011, The Daily Courier
Kitchener continues to be a Canadian high-tech hub, so it’s no surprise that Facebook is planning a major presence a stone’s throw from the city’s downtown Google offices. The job of selective demolition and environmental abatement on the office site was awarded to the demolition Read More...
22 November 2011
November, 2011 - Exchange Magazine
Regional economic leaders get an immersion course in Brazilian Business Read More...
22 November 2011
November 20, 2011, The Record -
The $22.3-million Environment 3 building, which opened Friday at the University of Waterloo, features a greenroof balcony, a two-storey bio wall and four floors of windows.
WATERLOO — Another Friday, another mega-million-dollar building opens at the University of Waterloo.
This time, it’s Environment 3.
Another 57,000 Read More...
22 November 2011
November 21, 2011, The Record -
BRESLAU — A new subdivision proposed along Victoria Street North seeks to turn Breslau into a more complete community.
Guelph-based Thomasfield Homes has proposed a 135-hectare development that would offer more than 850 residential units and house about 2,200 residents in a mix of apartment-style, townhouse Read More...
22 November 2011
December 22, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — GO Transit will expand its bus service beginning Dec. 31 with the implementation of Route 30 — a GO Bus linking Kitchener and Bramalea GO Stations.
The new, eastbound bus trip will depart Kitchener at 7:55 a.m. and run express to the Bramalea Read More...
21 November 2011
November 21, 2011, Market Watch -
Economic Growth Will Slow Across Ontario in 2012, Pick Up in 2013, Central 1 Chief Economist Forecasts: Toronto Region Will Lead, Followed by Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie and London
The expected global economic slowdown will hit all regions of Ontario next year and will hinder economic growth in the Read More...
21 November 2011
November 21, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
WATERLOO - The Minto Group has donated $1 million to the University of Waterloo’s newest building in the faculty of environment, Environment 3.
The building showcases innovative sustainable design and is on track to meet exacting criteria for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Read More...
21 November 2011
November 21, 2011, Area Development -
Now more than ever, a community’s attributes are even more important than its spot on the map.
Those in the business of choosing sites have heard the advice so often that it has become tiresome: What matters is “location, location, location.” Now, Lou Zacharilla says Read More...
21 November 2011
November 21, 2011, Area Development -
Canada's advanced manufacturing sector is attracting attention and new prospects. The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) business environment ranking places Canada first in the G7 and fifth in the world as the country in which to conduct business over the next five years (2010–2014). In 2010, Read More...
21 November 2011
November 21, 2011, Daily Exchange -
WATERLOO - Some of the best scientific minds from 13 research organizations across Canada and Japan are connecting at the University of Waterloo for a bi-lateral workshop in nanotechnology hosted by the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology.
The event is being held to strengthen and celebrate the Read More...
21 November 2011
November 21, 2011, Market Watch -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Nov 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Editors note: There is a photo and video associated with this press release.
Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in digital image sensing technology, will feature its latest advancements in digital X-ray imaging Read More...
21 November 2011
November 21, 2011, The Record -
The last few months should have been pretty gratifying for Waterloo residents, helping to reaffirm the belief that they live in an intelligent and engaged community that is growing in the right direction.
Despite qualms over the financial health of the city’s techno giant, Research In Read More...
21 November 2011
December 21, 2011, Daily Exhcnage -
KITCHENER – Kitchener City Hall now has more ways to bring art to life, with its two indoor galleries and an outdoor one at the top of city hall’s Berlin Tower.
Rotunda Gallery: Into Thin Air by Sandra Martin will be exhibited through the month Read More...
19 November 2011
November 19, 2011, Sun.Star -
ABOUT a few minutes from the high tech intelligent city of Waterloo is the charming Village of St Jacobs. Home to a population of approximately 4,000 Old Order Mennonites, their way of life is a total departure from its neighboring cyber metropolis. I never knew about Read More...
18 November 2011
November 18, 2011, Canadian Business -
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - A day after Toyota celebrated the start of Corolla production at its new Mississippi assembly plant in the United States, the big Japanese carmaker marked its 25th anniversary making vehicles in Canada on Friday.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada hosted a celebration in the Read More...
18 November 2011
November 18, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — Former Global TV and ABC News anchorman Kevin Newman is joining the board of directors of Communitech, the association representing tech companies in the region.
Newman was one of six new directors appointed to the 20-member board at Communitech’s annual general meeting Thursday Read More...
18 November 2011
November 18, 2011, Daily Exchange -
Waterloo - Sustainable Waterloo Region, in partnership with the German Consulate, Canada’s Technology Triangle, and WalterFedy, welcome bestselling Canadian author Chris Turner to Waterloo Region, on his speaking tour profiling the latest innovations in German cleantech and sustainable design.
For more than a decade, Germany has Read More...
16 November 2011
November 16, 2011 – Juan Carols Gonzales, Foreign Investment VP at Proexport will speak about international business opportunities in Colombia’s Emerging Economy at Canada’s Technology Triangle’s Chairmans Breakfast on November 22, 2011 at The Synergy Centre in Kitchener from 7:30 - 9:00 am.
According to the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2011”, Read More...
15 November 2011
November 15, 2011, Market Wire-
KITCHENER, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 15, 2011) - Housing demand in Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo will remain steady in 2012, despite slower economic growth and uncertainty in global financial markets, according to Erica McLerie, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) Senior Market Analyst for the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Census Read More...
15 November 2011
November 15, 2011 - Canada’s 16th Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Joe Clark will deliver a keynote address to attendees at Canada’s Technology Triangle’s 3rd Annual International Reception and Dinner on the theme of Economics Plus: Canada’s Significant Assets in a Changing World (abstract below). The event will take place Read More...
15 November 2011
November 11, 2011 - The Record
Canada can’t afford to hunker down in the midst of global economic turmoil, Governor General David Johnston said in an interview just before the start of a 15-day trip to southeast Asia.
He said the future is at stake.
“If we want our children to have lives Read More...
15 November 2011
November 13, 2011 - The Record
When Peter Bernhardt took his parents to the grand opening of the Waterloo Region Museum on Saturday, he didn’t expect to find his own family history on display.
But there it was, an old bottle with the words, “the property of George Bernhardt,” protruding from the Read More...
15 November 2011
November 12, 2011 - The Expositor
Patience, money and community involvement are keys to success for redeveloping brownfields.
Region of Waterloo brownfield co-ordinator Brooke Lambert, City of Kitchener brownfield co-ordinator Terry Boutilier and Ryerson University's Chris DeSousa shared these thoughts as part of the fourth Brownfield Forum, which packed the Polish Hall Read More...
15 November 2011
November 14, 2011 - Macleans
Six programs for ambitious undergrads
It’s the stuff of dreams: in early 2009, University of Waterloo engineering student Ted Livingston set out to design an instant messaging app while taking part in Waterloo’s VeloCity Residence program, an intense four-month incubator for student start-ups. The program provided Livingston Read More...
15 November 2011
November 14, 2011 - Taiwan News
A Canadian delegation arrived in New Taipei Monday and visited the headquarters of the city's police department, as part of a two-day trip to attend the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), which opens Tuesday. ICF chief and co-founder John G. Jung, accompanied by Brenda Halloran, the Read More...
15 November 2011
November 15, 2011 - Taipei Times
A Canadian delegation yesterday visited New Taipei City (新北市) police headquarters as part of a two-day trip to attend the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), which opens today.
ICF chief and co-founder John Jung, accompanied by Waterloo, Ontario Mayor Brenda Halloran, among others, visited the department’s Forensic Read More...
15 November 2011
November 15, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — Kitchener city councillors voted Monday to borrow $9.3 million so the Kitchener Rangers Hockey Club can add 1,000 new seats to The Aud.
The moves ends nearly three years of discussion, study and debate about whether to build a new arena or expand the Read More...
15 November 2011
November 15, 2011 - Daily Exchange -
Region of Waterloo Launches New Community Environmental Fund!
WATERLOO REGION - The Region of Waterloo has launched a new Community Environmental Fund to assist community members to carry out a wide range of environmental projects!
Building on the success of the Region’s Environmental Stewardship Fund established Read More...
9 November 2011
Kitchener - November 9, 2011
Retailigence ready to expand services to Canada, establishes satellite office.
Retailigence, a location-based marketing company that assists retailers by driving foot-traffic to local stores, is pleased to announce the establishment of a R&D team in Waterloo Region. The Palo Alto, CA based company launched its service in Read More...
8 November 2011
November 8, 2011 – Kitchener
John G. Jung, CEO at Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT) will join His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada on an upcoming State visit to the Republic of Singapore, from November 19 to 22, 2011. This state visit is part of a larger Read More...
8 November 2011
November 8, 2011 – Kitchener
John G. Jung, CEO of Canada’s Technology Triangle, and co-founder of Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) and City of Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran will join experts from global intelligent cities and related academic and professional areas to at the 2011 Intelligent Cities Forum in New Taipei City. Read More...
8 November 2011
November 8, 2011 – Kitchener
Mayor Brenda Halloran will lead a Waterloo Delegation visiting Chongqing, China on November 19, 2011.
The focus of the delegation is to support the City of Waterloo as part of its Friendship Agreement with Chongqing, signed in December 2009. The agreement and visit builds on Read More...
8 November 2011
November 8, 2011, The Globe and Mail -
Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX-T7.13-0.02-0.28%), a maker of aerospace and industrial products, reported Friday its net profit nearly doubled in the latest quarter on higher revenue and more efficient manufacturing.
The Montreal-area company said it earned $4.8-million, or 16 cents per share, in the three Read More...
4 November 2011
November 4, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — Waterloo Region’s technology community prides itself on having some of the best startup incubators in Canada, including the Accelerator Centre and Velocity in Waterloo and the Communitech Hub in Kitchener.
Local tech enthusiasts will get a chance to see how some of the Read More...
4 November 2011
Waterloo Region, Canada's Technology Triangle, Economic Development, International Trade and Investment Read More...
3 November 2011
November 3, 2011, Cambridge Now! -
Local Company Melloul-Blamey To Construct Project
Dunfield Breaks Ground on New Concept Retirement Facility
Cambridge, Ontario. An upscale $30 Million development that caters to the ‘Un Retirement’ crowd today broke ground in Cambridge. The ‘Dunfield Cambridge’ will offer a new kind of independent and assistive Read More...
3 November 2011
November 3, 2011, The Record -
Catrina Chiodo was bitterly disappointed.
You’d be bummed out too if you drove 3,000 kilometres across the Australian Outback and didn’t see one live kangaroo.
“We saw five dead ones,” said the primary driver of the University of Waterloo’s Midnight Sun X solar car, which finished Read More...
3 November 2011
November 3, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Descartes Systems Group has acquired a Dutch company specializing in the transmission of electronic data.
InterCommIT serves more than 800 customers by helping trading partners connect and collaborate to exchange data electronically, the Waterloo-based provider of logistics management software said Wednesday.
With the acquisition Read More...
2 November 2011
October, 2011 - Wave Magazine
The agreements signed during Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to Brazil confirmed an alliance between the two countries which is being seen by both sides, as a great opportunity for new business. They signed agreements dealing with air transport, social security, international assistance to third Read More...
2 November 2011
November 2, 2011 - The City of Cambridge
An upscale $30 Million development that caters to the ‘Un Retirement’ crowd today broke ground in Cambridge. The ‘Dunfield Cambridge’ will offer a new kind of independent and assistive living retirement residence at Saginaw Parkway and Light Drive in the City. The Read More...
2 November 2011
November 2, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Research In Motion is being honored by International Medical Corps after its aid workers used BlackBerry smartphones to co-ordinate recovery efforts following the earthquake in Haiti and other disasters around the world.
The Waterloo company will receive the global impact award at the Read More...
1 November 2011
November 1, 2011, Ottawa Business Journal -
Com Dev International Ltd. (TSX:CDV), a manufacturer of space hardware technology, says it has won contracts from the Canadian Space Agency to study future space science and exploration ventures.
The two contracts are worth $250,000 each,
Com Dev, which has a presence in Ottawa, will Read More...
1 November 2011
November 1, 2011, BioOptics World -
It can take a long time for a powerful technology to find its perfect problem. Just ask the team at Huron Technologies, a company that emerged from the University of Waterloo labs in 1994 and is now finally hitting its stride.
The optical imaging company Read More...
1 November 2011
November 1, 2011, Media Caster Magazine -
A new digital media laboratory has opened in the Waterloo Region, intending to support the next generation of entrepreneurs as they design, build and commercialize new interactive displays.
The University of Waterloo's Research Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) - in conjunction with founding partners Quarry Read More...
31 October 2011
October 31, 2011, Site Selection -
Google's Kitchener, Ont., engineering center is the company's largest operation in Canada. It landed in the region in 2005 through the acquisition of a small three-person mobile technology firm called Reqwireless started by University of Waterloo students.
First located in the University of Waterloo Technology Read More...
28 October 2011
October 28, 2011, FedDev -
Cambridge, Ontario — Business networks will have access to better resources to protect them from cyber crimes, thanks to a Government of Canada investment in the rapidly growing technology company eSentire. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Read More...
28 October 2011
October 28, 2011 - Cambridge Times
Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT) has been honoured with Site Selection’s Best to Invest 2011 award for business attraction and retention strategies.
CTT, named among the Top 10 Canadian groups (Economic Development Organizations), was cited as helping to foster corporate facility growth in a lean era. Read More...
28 October 2011
Request for Proposal
Economic Development Projects - ICCI Funded
Current Situation
CTT executes a number of functions under various funding programs. The Invest Canada Community Initiative (ICCI) Program (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada) is a program developed to stimulate cooperation between municipal governments and the private sector. Its objective is to enhance Read More...
28 October 2011
October 28, 2011, Ontario Government -
Ontario is helping ViXS Systems Inc. - a GTA-based semiconductor solutions provider - develop new technology, while creating 107 new, highly-skilled jobs and protecting 54 existing positions. These new jobs will build upon the 97,700 net new jobs that have already been created in Read More...
25 October 2011
October 25, 2011, 570 News -
After a show of support for the Boathouse in Victoria Park, City of Kitchener staff are looking to grow the downtown cultural scene.
A staff report says a key to attracting top talent is a vibrant cultural scene.
The city's Manager of Business Development, Silvia Di Donato, Read More...
25 October 2011
October 25, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — Mark Pomeroy stands at the bow of the boat that slowly moves around Victoria Park Lake, netting fish that are stunned by an electrical field around the skiff.
Immediately in front of Pomeroy is a device that hangs in the water, charging it with Read More...
25 October 2011
October 25, 2011, Daily Commercial News -
The City of Waterloo, Ontario has officially completed the John M. Harper Branch Library and Stork Family YMCA facility, a $22.3-million construction project funded in part by the federal Gas Tax Fund.
The 21,000-square-foot library includes self-checkout kiosks, wireless Internet and an automated sorter for Read More...
25 October 2011
October 25, 2011, Financial Post -
Every two days or so, another Canadian tech startup is born thanks to Waterloo, Ontario’s Communitech Hub.
Established on October 25, 2010 to foster commercialization of innovative new technologies, the Hub marked its one-year anniversary on Tuesday. To celebrate its ‘Hubbiversary’, the Hub released some initial Read More...
25 October 2011
October 25, 2011, 570 News -
Another local tech company is a rising star in the high tech world.
The Globe and Mail talks to several experts about one of Waterloo Region's 'other' high tech heavyweights: Open Text.
Unlike Research in Motion, which has seen it's share values retreat in recent Read More...
25 October 2011
October 25, 2011, 570 News -
The Globe and Mail is out with its annual report ranking Canadian universities.
The rankings are based on a survey of more than 33,000 Canadian undergraduate students representing 60 Canadian campuses.
The University of Waterloo ranks number one when it comes to career preparation among large universities Read More...
24 October 2011
October 12, 2011 - The Record
Desire2Learn has been on an incredible growth spurt since the business was launched by University of Waterloo student John Baker in 1999.
From only two employees in a small office at 72 Victoria St. in Kitchener, the electronic learning company has exploded into a multinational firm Read More...
24 October 2011
October 24, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Cloud-based, Social Platform Will Help People Across the Commonwealth Collaborate, Support Economic Growth
Waterloo - Commonwealth Secretariat and OpenText plan to introduce Commonwealth Connects, an innovative social media portal, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011, being held in Perth, Australia, October 28-30.
Commonwealth and OpenText Read More...
24 October 2011
October 24, 2011, 570 News -
On the heels of a show of support for the Boathouse in Victoria Park, City of Kitchener staff are looking to the cultural scene to help grow the downtown.
The city is working on a new Economic Development Strategy that focuses on the knowledge economy and Read More...
22 October 2011
October 22, 2011, waterloo.com -
Please join us on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 1 p.m. for the official ribbon cutting of the John M. Harper Branch Library and Stork Family YMCA facility located at the corner of Fischer-Hallman Road and Laurelwood Drive.
After the special ribbon-cutting ceremony, the John M. Harper Read More...
22 October 2011
October 22, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — What would the late Ralph Stanton say about this sparkling four-storey fountainhead?
The curmudgeonly father of the mathematics faculty at the University of Waterloo would probably glance up at the shining stairwells of the new $23-million Math 3 building, grab the lapels of Read More...
21 October 2011
October 21, 2011, Marketwatch.com -
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Oct 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Socially and Environmentally Responsible Aggregate (SERA) is pleased to announce that its Standards Development Panel, which was announced on September 27, 2011, will benefit from the participation of staff from the Region of Waterloo. The addition of Read More...
21 October 2011
October 21, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
SAULT STE. MARIE - The Township of Centre Wellington received $593,676 for hosting OLG Slots at Grand River Raceway. The payment was for the host municipality’s second-quarter share of slots revenue (July to September 2011).
To date, Centre Wellington has received more than $15.1 million in Read More...
20 October 2011
October 20, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — A local real estate expert says the 25-acre site near Mill Street and Courtland Avenue is a prime candidate for redevelopment after the Schneider’s plant closes in 2014.
Peter Benninger, said the site has a lot going for it, including:
• There is a single Read More...
20 October 2011
October 20, 2011, observerxtra.com -
Everybody loves a party. That includes Woolwich councillors, who this week quickly approved a couple of measures clearing the way for a celebration marking the 130th anniversary of the West Montrose covered bridge.
Organized by the BridgeKeepers – aka the West Montrose Residents’ Association – the event is Read More...
20 October 2011
October 20, 2011, Cambridge Times -
While Grand River Transit looks at expanding bus service in Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, St. Jacobs and Elmira now have permanent bus connections to the rest of the region.
Regional councillors approved permanent operations on GRT Route 21, which runs from Conestoga Mall to Elmira, with Read More...
19 October 2011
WATERLOO, ON, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ - Latest Release of OpenText Social Communities Introduces Ready-to-Deploy Social Apps, Web and Social Analytics, Social Compliance and Mobile Access
OpenText™ /quotes/zigman/12437/quotes/nls/otex OTEX -1.20% /quotes/zigman/12454 CA:OTC -0.22% today announced a new release of OpenText Social Communities (version 8.1), that helps companies promote Read More...
19 October 2011
October 19, 2011 - The Economic Times
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will offer free mobile applications worth over USD 100 as well as technical support to every enterprise customer, as a token of appreciation for subscribers' "patience" during its service disruptions last week.
The applications will be made available to customers Read More...
19 October 2011
October 19, 2011, Marketwatch
The creators of TextNow, the leading free and unlimited picture and text messaging application, and PingChat!, a free cross-platform instant messaging application, today announced that they have secured more than $1 million in seed funding. Co-founders Derek Ting and Jon Lerner, pioneers for high quality, easy-to-use, no Read More...
19 October 2011
October 18, 2011, Marketwire -
In the same month Forbes Magazine rated Canada as the world's top country for business, executives from the Ontario Clean Technology Alliance are attending Solar Power International in Dallas to invite environmental technology companies from around the world to participate in the Province of Ontario's clean Read More...
19 October 2011
October 19, 2011, 570 News -
Professional services firm Deloitte released its annual Technology Fast 50 list today and a number of companies from Waterloo Region received some much deserved praise.
It's a list that ranks Canadian companies based on their revenue growth over the past 5 years.
Number one on the Read More...
19 October 2011
October 18, 2011 - MARKETWIRE via COMTEX
Maxxam Analytics has joined forces with a world renowned researcher from the University of Waterloo to advance water sampling and analysis techniques.
Maxxam is working jointly with the University of Waterloo and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation to further the ground-breaking research being Read More...
19 October 2011
Tuesday, October 18 - The Record
SAN FRANCISCO – It was the kind of performance residents of Waterloo Region never get to see.
Research In Motion founder and co-chief-executive officer Mike Lazaridis stood on stage in front of several thousand mobile apps developers and 60 to 70 reporters and tech bloggers, touting Read More...
18 October 2011
October 18, 2011, Market2World -
Dallas, TX – Solar Power International – Oct. 18, 2011 – In the same month Forbes Magazine rated Canada as the world’s top country for business, executives from the Ontario Clean Technology Alliance are attending Solar Power International in Dallas to invite environmental technology companies Read More...
18 October 2011
October 18, 2011, The Record -
Take a look on Waterloo Region’s streets on garbage day, and you’ll usually find one if not two Blue Boxes in front of most homes. Putting out Blue Boxes, along with the green bins for organic waste, has become as common as taking out garbage Read More...
17 October 2011
October 17, 2011, University of Waterloo
Success and International Trade -- The Top Ten Things YOU Need to Know
The University of Waterloo is introducing a professional development program that enables individuals and firms to succeed in the lucrative yet complex area of international trade.
An information session will be offered by Read More...
16 October 2011
October 16, 2011, The Record -
The fifth annual Grand River Film Festival celebrates the work of three Canadian cultural icons — Veronica Tennant, Don Shebib and Gordon Pinsent.
Waterloo Region’s largest film festival unveils its first feature film Thursday.
Directed by Tennant, a former prima ballerina who has become a successful filmmaker, Read More...
14 October 2011
Kitchener, October 14, 2011 – Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc. in partnership with event sponsors, local businesses and institutions is proud to announce the Right Honourable Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada and Foreign Minister, as the keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual International Reception and Dinner, a CTT Ambassador Read More...
11 October 2011
October 11, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — The Tannery District is the best overall redevelopment of a former industrial site in the country, says a panel of urban development experts.
The building at Victoria and Charles streets now houses 28 high-tech firms — from small startups to the internet behemoth Read More...
11 October 2011
Kitchener, October 7, 2011 – The University of Waterloo (UW) recently signed collaboration agreements with two ambitious institutions in Brazil - Pontifica Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC) (an important research-focused university) and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) –(the national institute responsible for promoting science and Read More...
7 October 2011
Waterloo Region, October 7, 2011 – Canada’s Technology Triangle, along with KW Oktoberfest Inc., the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo will roll out the red carpet for VIP visitors in research, innovation, and government sectors as they showcase Waterloo Region at the annual Read More...
7 October 2011
October 7, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — The Tannery District is the best overall redevelopment of a former industrial site in the country, says a panel of urban development experts.
The building at Victoria and Charles streets now houses 28 high-tech firms — from small startups to the internet behemoth Google Read More...
6 October 2011
Octpober 6, 2011, IT World Canada -
The person beside you at Interop New York is shopping, but not for a router or a server. Meet Blair Patacairk, who's part of a team encouraging IT execs to branch out
Among the crowd checking out the booths at this week’s Interop Read More...
6 October 2011
October 6, 2011, Exchange Daily Post -
Guelph - The City of Guelph has been at the forefront of municipal organic waste composting for over two decades. However, five years after the original plant closed due to structural concerns, the Maple Reinders Group put forward the winning proposal to design, build Read More...
6 October 2011
October 6, 2011, digitaljournal.com -
Waterloo, Ont., Canada (PRWEB) October 06, 2011
The Centre for International Governance Innovation invites media to register for its annual fall conference, CIGI ’11, being held October 28-30, 2011.
As world leaders prepare for next month’s G20 Summit in France, the CIGI ’11 conference will look deeper into Read More...
6 October 2011
October 6, 2011, Marketwatch -
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Oct 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Sandvine, CA:SVC -4.00% (aim:SAND) a leading provider of intelligent network policy control solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today reported that revenue grew to a record $25.6 million in its third quarter of 2011. Revenue was Read More...
6 October 2011
October 6, 2011, The Sacramento Bee -
STAMFORD, Conn. and KITCHENER-WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 6, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Desire2Learn Incorporated ("Desire2Learn"), a leading provider of enterprise teaching and learning platforms, to improve Read More...
5 October 2011
October 5, 2011, Forbes -
During the run-up to every U.S. presidential election, countless Americans threaten to move to Canada if their preferred candidate does not emerge victorious. Of course, few follow through with a move north. Maybe it is time to reconsider.
Canada ranks No. 1 in our annual look Read More...
3 October 2011
October 3, 2011, thechronicleherald.ca -
TORONTO — BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has taken a beating on stock markets, but the Waterloo, Ont.-based technology firm is a winner with job seekers, according to a new survey.
Recruitment firm Randstad Canada has given the smartphone company its inaugural award for most attractive employer. RIM Read More...
3 October 2011
October 3, 2011, The Record -
The cities in Waterloo Region have a long history of supporting cultural events, going back to the Sanger fests of the 19th century. The region’s cultural life today is enriched by numerous organizations, including the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra.
The truth, however, is that the depth and Read More...
3 October 2011
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Oct 03, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Research In Motion (RIM) RIMM -0.29% CA:RIM +3.72% will host BlackBerry(R) DevCon Americas ( www.blackberrydevcon.com/americas ) from October 18 to 20, 2011 in San Francisco, California. New and existing BlackBerry(R) application developers will get an opportunity to interact and learn Read More...
3 October 2011
October 3, 2011, CTV News -
From Highway 401, this southwestern Ontario city looks like any suburban node along Canada’s busiest freeway – a mishmash of big-box retail stores, low-rise hotels and giant hydro pylons.
But what could shape this community’s future lies six kilometres to the south, in Galt, one of Read More...
3 October 2011
October 3, 2011, The Record -
Greetings from Jiangsu Province, China.
I first travelled to China in 1998 and find the speed of change breathtaking. Opportunities to do business in China abound.
Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig got it right when, in his annual address to his city, he stated: “More trade with China Read More...
30 September 2011
September 30, 2011, PR Newswire -
Fidus' Kitchener-Waterloo location is ready to help clients with their electronic design needs
OTTAWA, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Fidus Systems Inc., a leader in Electronic Product Development, Staff Augmentation, and Consulting Services, is excited to announce its recent move into Kitchener-Waterloo.
"Our new Kitchener-Waterloo Design Center Read More...
30 September 2011
September 30, 2011, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — Poor people in need of affordable housing fare better in Waterloo Region than in other areas of the province, says a regional official.
“Compared to some other communities, we have a relatively good situation,” said Deb Schlichter, regional housing director.
Schlichter was responding to a Read More...
30 September 2011
September 30, 2011, Digital Journal
CNW/ - Manulife Financial's CoverMe.com website has been awarded the 2011 International Business Award for best insurance website. CoverMe.com is a direct-to-consumer website that markets individual supplemental health insurance, travel insurance, life insurance and critical illness insurance.
Winners of the International Business Awards, more widely known as Read More...
29 September 2011
September 29, 2011, The Record -
Local arts get financial shot in the arm
WATERLOO REGION — A festival held once every two years — the Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area — received the most funds in the first round of investments from the new organization that aims to bring financial Read More...
29 September 2011
September 28, 2011, Environmental Leader -
This year Canada is on track to set a record for new installed wind power, with 1,338 MW projected, according to the Canadian Wind Energy Association.
This level of installations would almost double the 690 MW installed in 2010. It would represent almost $3.5 billion Read More...
26 September 2011
September 26, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Renowned businessman, investor and philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin has been appointed chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University.
The appointment has been unanimously approved by Laurier’s Board of Governors, with the unanimous support of the Senate, and will take effect Oct. 28, 2011 at an official installation ceremony Read More...
26 September 2011
September 26, 2011, Newswire -
Continuing the promise of its five-year strategic plan Everyone, Every Way, CBC announced today it will introduce new radio and internet services for the Kitchener-Waterloo area commencing in fall of 2012.
"Kitchener-Waterloo and the surrounding area, is home to over a half million Ontarians. As Read More...
26 September 2011
KITCHENER, September 26, 2011 – Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc. (CTT Inc.) and Chongqing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (CQ SASAC) have expressed their mutual wishes to work together to promote communication and cooperation in economic and trade investment and advanced manufacturing technology between the stated-owned enterprises of Chongqing and Read More...
23 September 2011
September 23, 2011 - The Globe and Mail
The University of Waterloo’s School of Environment, Enterprise and Development offers an environment and business undergraduate program that consistently earns top billing in an annual ranking by Corporate Knights. The Toronto-based magazine, which writes about corporate responsibility, models its report on the Aspen Read More...
23 September 2011
September 23, 2011 - Digital Journal
Renowned businessman, investor and philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin has been appointed chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University.
The appointment has been unanimously approved by Laurier's Board of Governors, with the unanimous support of the Senate, and will take effect Oct. 28, 2011 at an official installation ceremony at Read More...
23 September 2011
September 23, 2011 - The Record
CAMBRIDGE — More trade with China is key to Cambridge’s future prosperity, Mayor Doug Craig said Thursday in his annual state of the city address.
He said key to that future is sending mayors and local officials on trade missions to the economic powerhouse, like he Read More...
23 September 2011
September 23, 2011 - The Record
Earlier this summer, at the height of the media firestorm surrounding Research in Motion’s financial woes, a Toronto-based magazine asked this question in an article posted online: “What’s so great about Waterloo?”
It then proceeded to describe a place that I, as a life-long resident of Read More...
23 September 2011
September 22, 2011 - The Record
The Waterloo Region Museum is launching a new speaker series geared to seniors interested in local history.
The series of eight talks, ranging in topics from the First Nations presence in Waterloo County to the history of Mennonites in the region, will start Oct. 3.
In addition, Read More...
23 September 2011
September 22, 2011 - Marketwire
Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision technology, announced today a Camera Link(R) version of its industry-leading Piranha3(TM) 16k CMOS line scan camera, allowing it to interface with the Camera Link standard serial communication protocol designed for point-to-point automated vision Read More...
23 September 2011
September 22, 2011 - The Record
One day you may drive a car born at the University of Waterloo. Or one built by bright minds that trained there.
It started with some excited students who entered an engineering competition in 2011 to turn a Chevy Malibu into the greenest car it could Read More...
23 September 2011
September 22, 2011 - Exchange Morning Post
On September 22, 2011, 4:30pm at Kitchener’s Tannery District, experts will discuss the report with an audience of business, community, and political leaders on the importance of energy policy in Ontario at the Tannery Event Centre, 151 Charles Street West, Kitchener.
The report is a Read More...
22 September 2011
September 21, 2011 - Macleans
When the assembly line at Ford’s plant in St. Thomas, Ont., came to a halt on Sept. 15, it wasn’t just one factory that shut down. The closure could bring the death of an entire industrial ecosystem, experts warned. More than 300 suppliers feed into the Read More...
21 September 2011
Cambridge Times, Ray Martin - Sept. 21, 2011
Mayor Doug Craig believes it’s time Cambridge look beyond its borders to explore new economic opportunities that will sustain the city in the years to come.
“We have to start looking regionally, provincially and globally for new opportunities,” Craig told the Times, outlining his Read More...
21 September 2011
September 16, 2011 - The Record
Now, and in the future, when Canadians think of physics they will probably think of Waterloo Region and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
In existence for only 11 years, the institute has already established a remarkable reputation as a centre for seeking answers to complex Read More...
21 September 2011
September 16, 2011 - The Guelph Mercury
The Solé Restaurant and Wine Bar has been a popular dining spot in Waterloo since 1999.
It’s in a 150-year-old brick building that’s smack dab in the centre of last week’s “mystery” photo, which was snapped in the mid-1960s looking over the northwest corner of Read More...
21 September 2011
September 16, 2011 - The Record
When you walk, ride or drive around the region over the next couple of weeks you will likely encounter art that wasn’t there before.
All of which means the Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area is back.
The international, biennial exhibition of art projects and installations in Read More...
21 September 2011
September 21, 2011 - The Sacramento Bee
Company Signs MOU with the University for the Global Expansion of Ontario's Clean and Green Investment Program
Mahindra Satyam, a leading global consulting and IT services provider, today announced the development of Ontario's first Smart Grid Research and Innovation Center (RIC) on the University of Read More...
21 September 2011
September 18, 2011 - The Record
The buildings that have transformed the old Seagram lands hold a special significance for Sunshine Chen.The University of Waterloo architecture graduate researched redevelopment options for the site as his fourth-year thesis in 1997. He proposed a hall for Waterloo’s two universities that would double as Read More...
15 September 2011
September 15, 2011, Canadian NewsWire -
$10,000 grant awarded to Sustainability Institute as part of Centennial celebration
WATERLOO, ON, Sept. 15, 2011 /CNW/ - A University of Waterloo research project looking to expand the concept of a "smart grid" beyond electricity is getting a boost from Union Gas through a $10,000 grant Read More...
15 September 2011
September 15, 2011, The Record -
CAMBRIDGE — Three of the most innovative, agile companies in this area outlined their secrets for surviving the recession and adjusting to the new economy at a forum in Cambridge Wednesday.
Executives from Linamar in Guelph, Teledyne Dalsa in Waterloo and Grand River Foods in Read More...
14 September 2011
September 14, 2011, Macleans.ca -
Canadians aren’t keen on graduate engineering. But deans have a plan. Cornish hen, anyone?
“Canada has gone from brain drain to brain gain,” Stephen Harper told a crowd at McMaster University on Aug. 3. He was speaking at a ceremony to announce the 167 recipients of Read More...
14 September 2011
September 14, 2011, Newswise.com -
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, September 13, 2011 – The official grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute will take place on Saturday, September 17th at 2:45 pm ET.
Stephen Hawking, PI Distinguished Research Chair, will join Neil Turok, PI Director, Read More...
14 September 2011
September 14, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — It might be fitting that paver stones at the centre of the new CIGI Campus in Waterloo come from a place called Hope Bay.
For the people building the campus, the frenzy of construction is about building a better world.
“The systems in the Read More...
14 September 2011
September 14, 2011, The Globe and Mail -
If you’re a student or a professor at the University of Waterloo, any intellectual property that you create there belongs to you. This unusual policy has helped make Ontario’s Waterloo Region a leading patent generator. It has also sparked local successes such Read More...
14 September 2011
Septmeber 14, 2011, The Globe and Mail -
When it comes to using educational systems as an economic development tool, we lag behind such global centres of innovation as California’s Silicon Valley. To turn things around, cities must recognize that quality higher education can give them a competitive advantage.
This Read More...
14 September 2011
September 14, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Waterloo - The Waterloo--based accounting firm, Wayne Drew Professional Corporation, will merge with MNP LLP, effective October 1, 2011.
Wayne Drew, CA, is the founder of Wayne Drew Professional Corporation and has more than 35 years experience delivering a wide range of accounting and taxation Read More...
13 September 2011
September 13, 2011, Canadian Real Estate -
Ontario farmland values are benefitting from rising global commodity prices and limited supply, according to a new report.
Out of 12 major agricultural communities examined in the Re/Max Market Trends Report – Farm Edition 2011, 11 reported tight inventory levels, and nine reported an Read More...
13 September 2011
Are You Interested in Tapping into Top Ph.D. Talent?
You’re invited to the Mitacs Elevate Research Showcase on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Come meet the following Postdoctoral fellows who are excelling in fields such as: Life sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Psychology, Mathematics and Statistics, Psychology and Sociology.
For Read More...
12 September 2011
September 12, 2011, Marketwire -
Financing for small businesses is always of critical importance. On average, 17 percent of all Canadian entrepreneurs indicate "obtain financing" as an obstacle to growth. Although most business owners (i.e. 68%) receive financing through banking institutions, Canadian government funding and grants are increasing their penetration Read More...
12 September 2011
September 12, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
WATERLOO – Laurier Professor Brent Wolfe, who holds a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Northern Research Chair, is one of 15 leading Canadian Arctic researchers who have been awarded $4 million over the next five years under NSERC’s Discovery Frontiers Northern Earth Read More...
12 September 2011
September 12, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Kitchener-Waterloo - Desire2Learn Incorporated, a leading provider of enterprise teaching and learning platforms, is taking part in a Waterloo region business mission to Brazil from September 6 to 17.
The two-week long mission, organized by Canada's Technology Triangle and headed by City of Kitchener mayor Read More...
12 September 2011
September 9, 2011, The Record:
KITCHENER — The $9.3 million redevelopment of King Street in downtown Kitchener is being hailed as a model for main street revitalization by an urban planner proposing a redesign of a portion of Toronto’s Yonge Street.
“What they have done in Kitchener on King Street is really Read More...
12 September 2011
September 12, 2011, The Record -
An academic conference that examines the intersection where literature, art and science collide is taking place throughout downtown Kitchener.
Three hundred delegates from around the world are expected to converge on Kitchener when the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts holds its 25th annual Read More...
12 September 2011
September 12, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
KITCHENER –Kitchener startup design and branding agency Hagon Design has been recognized for their work in 3 recent industry awards.
Hagon’s work for clients Aecon, Manulife, and OTIP will be on display at the Waterloo Regional Airport starting Monday September 12. The projects were selected Read More...
12 September 2011
September 12, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Waterloo - In celebration of The Centre for International Governance Innovation’s 10th anniversary and the opening of its new campus, the organization will host a day long conference called: Can Think Tanks Make a Difference?
With a keynote address and three roundtable discussions, the conference Read More...
12 September 2011
September 9, 2011, Guelph Mercury -
WATERLOO — The Centre for International Governance Innovation will celebrate the opening of its new campus next Friday with an exclusive performance by Juno Award-winning Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan.
The socially conscious performer will add a shot of international celebrity to the grand opening of the Read More...
12 September 2011
September 11, 2011 - The Sun
There are very few times during the year when one can get away with wearing leather shorts and stumbling about with a litre stein of beer. The strictures of modern society are such that if you were to attempt that on an idle Tuesday in Read More...
9 September 2011
September 9, 2011, 570 News -
National job growth slips, jobless rate edges up.
Statistics Canada says the country lost jobs for the first time in five months as the unemployment rate also edged up one tenth of a point to 7.3% in August.
The loss of jobs was small at 5,500, Read More...
9 September 2011
September 9, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION – Several large apartment and condo projects pushed up the number of housing starts in Waterloo Region in August to the highest monthly total in more than six years.
Construction started on 451 housing units last month, more than double the 190 units Read More...
9 September 2011
September 9, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Waterloo – The Waterloo Accelerator Centre, an award-winning and world-renowned centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship, celebrates its fifth anniversary this month with the graduation of four more technology start-ups from its award-winning Accelerator Program. The Program, which serves start-ups located at the Read More...
9 September 2011
Kitchener, September 9, 2011 - Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT) has been honoured with Site Selection’s “Best to Invest 2011” award for business attraction and retention strategies. CTT, named among the Top Ten Canadian Groups (Economic Development Organizations), was cited as helping to foster corporate facility growth in a Read More...
8 September 2011
September 8, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
WATERLOO – Laurier Chemistry Professor Ian Hamilton was recently awarded the Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering prize at the 11th CMMSE conference, which was held in Benidorm, Spain.
The CMMSE prize is given to computational researchers for important contributions to the development Read More...
8 September 2011
September 8, 2011, Market Watch -
IGLOO Software, the leading social business software in the cloud, today announced the appointment of Andrew Dixon as vice president, marketing & operations. A seasoned enterprise software executive, Dixon joins IGLOO from Microsoft Canada, where he served as vice president and business and marketing Read More...
7 September 2011
September 7, 2011, Kitchener-Waterloo Association of Realtors -
KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (Sept. 7th, 2011) – There were a total of 507 home sales through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) system of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) in August. This represents a 7.2 percent increase in residential sales compared to the Read More...
7 September 2011
September 7, 2011, The Globe and Mail -
Big U.S. technology companies are on the hunt for mobile and Internet startups based in Canada.
With at least 20 major acquisitions since January, startups might now have the capital needed to transform areas of the country – Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal and Vancouver Read More...
7 September 2011
September 7, 2011 – Kitchener, ON - Canada’s Technology Triangle’s (CTT) and a group comprised of public and private partners have embarked on a Business Mission to Brazil. Spanning from September 6 to 17, activities include visits and meetings in the cities of Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Read More...
7 September 2011
September 7, 2011, The Star Pheonix -
Startups get $50,000 financing and help from mentor
In Laval, Que., Michael el-Gamayel has developed a line of 3-D puzzle posters. In Waterloo, Ont., five young entrepreneurs have created mobile apps that manage automated team-building events. In Vancouver, Anne fortuzka, Tammy Olsson and Blair Read More...
7 September 2011
September 9, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Waterloo - The Centre for International Governance Innovation is planning a week of activities to mark its 10th anniversary and the opening of the new CIGI Campus.
The CIGI Campus is a new academic facility in Waterloo, with construction nearing completion. Students of the Balsillie Read More...
7 September 2011
September 7, 2011, Ottawa Business Journal -
Open Text Corp. (TSX:OTC) says it has purchased learning management systems developer Operitel Corp. of Peterborough, Ont., for an undisclosed amount.
The Waterloo, Ont.-based corporate software producer, which has a large presence in Ottawa, said Tuesday that the purchase adds to its portfolio of Read More...
7 September 2011
September 7, 2011, 570 News -
Kitchener Mayor, Carl Zehr, is representing the region on a Canada's Technology Triangle trade building mission to Brazil.
Zehr tells 570 News these trips help establish relationships between business people in other nations and the Region of Waterloo. "There are a number of companies in the Read More...
6 September 2011
September 9, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Desire2Learn President & CEO will deliver message focusing on innovation and the transformation of education at the 17th International Congress on Distance Education in Brazil
Kitchener-Waterloo - Desire2Learn Incorporated a leading provider of enterprise teaching and learning platforms, announced that John Baker, President and Read More...
6 September 2011
September 9, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
WATERLOO – When it’s complete, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Global Innovation Exchange will be a state-of-the-art facility and an iconic representation of Laurier’s leadership role in business and technology – and the first step is a purple fence.
The hoarding fence – to be painted in Read More...
6 September 2011
September 6, 2011, MarketWatch.com -
Social Business Company Demonstrates Strong Acceptance for Cloud Software with Rapidly Maturing Product, a New International Office and Record Revenue Growth Building on its PROFIT HOT 50 Ranking
IGLOO Software, the leading social business software in the cloud, today announced record performance, including license growth Read More...
2 September 2011
Septmeber 2, 2011, Newswire.ca -
Grand River Transit (GRT) will benefit from funding for technological improvements announced today by the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
"Applying innovative technologies to the Region of Waterloo's transit service will greatly improve the efficiency, safety and quality of the transit Read More...
1 September 2011
September 1, 2011, 570 News -
The International Plowing Match is coming back to Waterloo Region next year.
It was in the region in 1954 and 1995 and will make it's return next September. The official sign and site display took place today in Roseville.
CEO of the IPM 2012, David Read More...
1 September 2011
September 1, 2011, Tele-management -
A new report published by the Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA), titled the Information and Communications Technology in the Toronto Region, has just been released – and it shows that the region has much to offer the global ICT industry.
Information and Communications Technology in the Read More...
31 August 2011
August 30, 2011, 570 News -
The Ontario government has pledged $20-million in capital funds and $625,000 a year in operating funds for a research centre focused on seniors at the University of Waterloo.
To be situated on Waterloo's north campus, it will be built in three phases, beginning with a Read More...
30 August 2011
August 30, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Hailed as a first of its kind in the world, a new long-term care facility where researchers will work side by side with elderly residents will soon rise out of a pasture on the University of Waterloo’s northwestern edge.
The $30-million, 192-bed Read More...
26 August 2011
GUELPH — Attention high school students who have not yet decided on a career path: the agricultural industry is booming.
This was the message delivered by Lori Arsenault, executive director of the Career Education Council Guelph-Wellington-Dufferin after receiving a $77,800 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The money will be used Read More...
25 August 2011
August 25, 2011, The Record -
BBM Music: A screen shot of Research In Motion's new BBM Music service.
WATERLOO – Research In Motion is rolling out a new music sharing service for BlackBerry customers who use the smartphone's popular instant messenger.
The Waterloo-based company says BBM Music is a cloud-based Read More...
25 August 2011
August 25, 2011, The Record -
The Cambridge plant is now being outfitted with new machines to make the battery cooling technology for electric and hybrid cars.
CAMBRIDGE — A couple of years ago, the Dana Canada plant in Cambridge was limping.
As big companies such as General Motors sought bailout Read More...
24 August 2011
August 24, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Waterloo technology is helping the people of Libya defeat dictator Moammar Gadhafi in North Africa.
Rebel forces have deployed a Waterloo-built surveillance drone to scout enemy forces. The battery-powered Aeryon Scout flies up to 500 metres off the ground, snapping pictures and streaming Read More...
24 August 2011
August 24, 2011, The Globe and Mail -
The federal and Ontario governments will try to advance the greening of Canada’s auto industry by putting new money into research and development and production of parts for environmentally-friendly vehicles.
The federal government will invest approximately $11-million to help create the McMaster Automotive Read More...
24 August 2011
August 24, 2011, Techvibes.com -
Despite global economic challenges, the digital media and video game industries continue to thrive. Over the past two years, Canada's gaming industry has expanded 11 per cent annually and is forecasted to grow 17 per cent in each of the next two years. Executives from Read More...
23 August 2011
August 23, 2011, Marketwire -
LONDON, WATERLOO and TORONTO, ONTARIO - Southern Ontario families will benefit from a new system to develop, test and demonstrate clean water technologies for local, national and global markets thanks to a federal investment in a new partnership, the Southern Ontario Water Consortium. The announcement Read More...
22 August 2011
August 22, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
London - Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar companies, announced a partnership agreement with Fulham Football Club, to become their official solar energy sponsor in a two year deal.
The sponsorship deal will see the English Premier League team partner with one Read More...
19 August 2011
August 19, 2011, 570 News -
Over 40 companies set up at the Waterloo Inn for the TechVibe Recruiting Event put on by Communitech.
President and CEO Iain Klugman tells 570 News, the majority of the 800 technology companies in Waterloo Region are hiring, "so it's a great opportunity for us, Read More...
19 August 2011
August 19, 2011, Newswire.ca -
Regionally-Prominent Law Firm Joins Burgeoning Cluster of Companies, Which Includes Research In Motion, Open Text and Christie Digital in Fast-Growing Canadian High-Tech Hub
Phillips Lytle LLP, one of the region's best-known law firms, today announced it has established an office in Waterloo Region, Ontario.
More than Read More...
18 August 2011
August 18, 2011, 570 News -
Communitech is holding its largest ever tech recruiting event today in Waterloo.
More than 40 local companies will be on hand at the Waterloo Inn's Regent Room between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
There are regularly more than 1,000 job openings in the region and the Read More...
18 August 2011
August 18, 2011, Cambridge Times -
Less then three months after Mayor Doug Craig and a delegation from Canada’s Technology Triangle visited China, a group of high-level Chinese officials is coming to Cambridge tomorrow.
“I’m not sure if it has anything to do with our recent visit, but this shows that Read More...
17 August 2011
August 17, 2011, FedDev -
Waterloo, Ontario – More children in southern Ontario will be able to experience real-world scientific issues and innovations thanks to an investment in Actua announced by Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Read More...
17 August 2011
The Record, By Rose Simone
KITCHENER — After winning a court victory over its right to operate in Canada, Wind Mobile is resuming its efforts to aggressively expand in southern Ontario.
The company officially launched its wireless service network in Kitchener and Waterloo on Tuesday.
Anthony Lacavera, chair and chief executive of Read More...
17 August 2011
CNW
WATERLOO REGION, ON, Aug. 17, 2011 - A tech recruiting event being staged by Communitech tomorrow will include 40 Waterloo Region companies and organizations looking for talent, making this the largest such event ever held by Communitech. Communitech represents 800 tech companies in Waterloo Region, and Thursday's Waterloo TechVibes Recruitment Read More...
17 August 2011
August 17, 2011, Marketwire -
Ontario's Technology Corridor Is Attending the World's Largest Gaming Gathering to Showcase the Province's Talent and Incentives for the Global Gaming Industry
COLOGNE, GERMANY - GamesCom 2011 - Despite various global economic challenges, the digital media and video game industries continue to thrive. People like to Read More...
16 August 2011
August 16, 2011, Daily Commerical News and Construction Record -
Wilfrid Laurier University has unveiled plans for a signature $103 million project designed to present a new “forward-looking face” not only in Waterloo but also globally and nationally through Laurier’s programs and partnerships.
“If it is possible for a building to Read More...
16 August 2011
August 16, 2011, EPT.ca -
San Jose CA-based electronic product development services provider - Nuvation Engineering Inc., has opened a new product design center in Waterloo ON.
The facility features a larger design and development lab that enhances Nuvation's engineering capabilities and increases its electronics and software design capacity. The 10,600-square-foot Read More...
16 August 2011
August 16, 2011, The Record -
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Bookneto co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji displays the home page of the collaborative learning program.
KITCHENER — Imagine being a student at the University of Waterloo and connecting online with a student from Harvard University, reading the same academic text and helping each other Read More...
16 August 2011
August 15, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — The provincial government is giving away nearly $1.1 million to help hundreds of university students start their own companies.
The money will pay for mentoring, legal and financial advice, networking events, and even provide some $25,000 cash grants to students who are ready Read More...
15 August 2011
August 15, 2011, 570 News -
A Waterloo tech start-up is changing the way companies look at data security.
I Think Security has developed a tiny device called the QI (pronounced "key") that when plugged into a computer, allows a company's employees to access and manipulate data securely. The technology is Read More...
15 August 2011
August 15, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Award Recognizes Innovative Use of Microsoft Technology within the Desire2Learn platforms and services offerings
Kitchener-Waterloo - Desire2Learn proudly announces it has been honored with the 2011 Microsoft U.S. Public Sector Partner of the Year Award. The company was recognized for its innovative use of Microsoft Read More...
15 August 2011
August 15, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Waterloo Region – A diverse group of tech companies will be on-site in Milton Tuesday evening looking to attract top tech talent to Waterloo Region. Staged by Communitech, the organization representing 800 tech companies in Waterloo Region, the recruiting event is one of a Read More...
15 August 2011
August 15, 2011, CBC -
Google is buying cellphone maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion US in cash in what is by far the company's biggest acquisition to date.
Google Inc. said Monday it will pay $40 per share, a 63 per cent premium to Motorola's closing price on Friday.
The California-based Read More...
11 August 2011
August 11, 2011, The Record -
KITCHENER — The growth at Miovision, a provider of automated traffic data collection systems, continues as the company accelerates the development of its next generation of products.
The company, which recently moved into a 20,000 square-foot space in the former Canadian Automobile Association building on Read More...
11 August 2011
August 11, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — Tourism operators have always made hay when the sun shines.
No surprise, then, that campgrounds, beaches, parks, river guides and other outdoor attractions around Waterloo Region have been enjoying one of the busiest — and most rain-free — summers in recent memory. Read More...
11 August 2011
August 11, 2011, The Record -
CAMBRIDGE — Two delegations from major Chinese cities will stop in Cambridge over the next two months, Mayor Doug Craig says.
A group of 19 officials from the Chinese capital Beijing arrives Aug. 18. They’ll talk to city business development staff for an hour.
“That’s a real Read More...
11 August 2011
August 11, 2011, Exchange Magazine:
The Fourth Solar Project in France Constructed by EOSOL Energies Nouvelles in Partnership with Canadian Solar
Paris, France - Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar companies, announced that the company will supply 8 MW of solar modules to EOSOL Energies Nouvelles' new ground-mounted solar Read More...
11 August 2011
August 11, 2011, 570 News -
The up and down markets are not affecting a couple of local companies, both in with solid quarterly earnings reports.
Open Text of Waterloo has released its 4th quarter and yearend numbers and both show healthy growth.
The corporate software producer says net income was Read More...
10 August 2011
August 10, 2011, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario -
Kitchener, Ontario – Miovision Technologies is one step closer to bringing its new traffic planning tools to market, thanks to a $922,500 federal investment announced today by Harold Albrecht, MP for Kitchener-Conestoga, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Read More...
10 August 2011
August 10, 2011, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario -
Waterloo, Ontario – Businesses in manufacturing, technology, and life sciences will have an opportunity to bring new products to market, expand and create new jobs thanks to a new partnership with the University of Waterloo. Today, Member of Parliament, Read More...
10 August 2011
August 10, 2011, 570 News -
The word recession is being thrown around again and another economic downturn could have Waterloo Region looking to the tech sector to help us weather the storm.
Vice President, External Relations with Communitech, Avvey Peters, says the sector is still going strong with at least Read More...
9 August 2011
August 8, 2011, The Globe and Mail -
The four-storey factory had been on the market for a year before Toronto developer David Gibson considered buying it. Looking at the 1904 property, he saw something others had missed: the chance to transform a brick-and-beam building into premium office space for Read More...
8 August 2011
August 8, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
An International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Vancouver
KITCHENER – Waterloo Region will showcase its strengths in industry and lifestyle at this year’s SIGGRAPH 2011 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Vancouver.
From August 9-11, major innovation leaders from Waterloo Region Read More...
8 August 2011
August 8, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
WATERLOO - The Government of Canada will provide funding for research to develop new treatments for lung, breast and ovarian cancers, as well as other life-threatening diseases. The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), celebrated an investment in state-of-the-art research Read More...
8 August 2011
August 8, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO REGION — Joe Fox believes it’s one of Waterloo Region’s and Ontario’s best-kept secrets.
Southern Ontario has one of the largest concentrations of factory automation companies in North America and maybe even the world, he says.
“In many ways it’s a hidden gem in Ontario’s Read More...
5 August 2011
KITCHENER, Ont. (August, 2011) – Local Innovation Leaders Attend SIGGRAPH 2011 - An International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Vancouver
Waterloo Region will showcase its strengths in industry and lifestyle at this year’s SIGGRAPH 2011 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Vancouver.
From August Read More...
5 August 2011
August 5, 2011, Industry Week -
Alliance touts the region as the 'No. 1 place to build cars in North America.'
Automotive OEMs and suppliers weren't the only ones doing some soul-searching during the recession.
Economic development officials in Ontario saw the economic crisis of the past few years as an opportunity Read More...
5 August 2011
August 4, 2011, Cambridge Times -
Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd. has been awarded a contract worth approximately $40 million from Bruce Power to perform fuel channel maintenance on its Unit 3 nuclear reactor during a scheduled plant shutdown in November 2011.
“B&W has a proven reputation for excellence in Read More...
4 August 2011
August 2, 2011, The Record -
TORONTO — The Toronto stock market overcame steep losses to close higher Wednesday, supported in part by gold stocks as nervous investors pushed bullion to new highs while another raft of economic news cast more doubt on the state of the U.S. economy.
The S&P/TSX Read More...
4 August 2011
August 4, 2011, The Record -
VANCOUVER — Specialty food producer Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:OPBH) announced Thursday it has reached a deal to acquire a Waterloo-based sausage-making company in a cash and stock transaction valued at up to $113 million.
Premium Brands, based in Vancouver, said it will pay $73.7 Read More...
4 August 2011
Sixty communities from Oshawa to Windsor are in Michigan this week reminding automakers why they're already building vehicles in Ontario.
Delegates from the Ontario Automotive Communities Alliance are in Traverse City, Mich. For the Centre For Automotive Research's 46th annual CAR Management Seminar.
CEOs from several leading automobile companies are scheduled to Read More...
4 August 2011
August 4, 2011, The Record -
BRESLAU — Federal Transport Minister Denis Lebel won’t commit to a major expansion of the local airport, saying local authorities have to be involved in any decision.
“They know more than me what is good for them,” Lebel said Wednesday while visiting the local airport. Read More...
4 August 2011
August 4, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
BRESLAU – Officials gathered at the Region of Waterloo International Airport to officially open its new combined maintenance and fire hall facility.
The spacious, multipurpose building features environmentally sustainable technologies and was built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver standards. It enables Read More...
4 August 2011
August 4, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Local partners commit $205,000 to The Climate Collaborative to support the development of a community-wide greenhouse gas inventory and action plan
WATERLOO REGION – Sustainable Waterloo, REEP Green Solutions, and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo announced that they are collaborating to take community-wide action on Read More...
4 August 2011
August 4, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Five University of Waterloo graduate students are among the recipients of prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships.
The award winners were announced in Hamilton on Wednesday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The recipients at UW are:
Nadia Charania, who is Read More...
3 August 2011
August 3, 2011, Newswire -
WATERLOO, ON - The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, announced today that the Government of Canada is investing more than $3.2 million in improvements to the Region of Waterloo International Airport. Under the Airports Capital Assistance Program (ACAP), the money will Read More...
3 August 2011
August 3, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Kitchener – The Ontario Trillium Foundation is investing $640,000 in community-based initiatives by organizations in Kitchener Centre. A total of eight initiatives will be receiving this funding for various important projects. Kitchener Centre MPP John Milloy joined Lucie Allard, Chair of the Ontario Trillium Read More...
3 August 2011
August 3, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
WATERLOO – Two chemistry professors in Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Science have been awarded prestigious Early Researcher Awards from Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation.
Hind Al-Abadleh and Kenneth Maly have each been awarded up to $100,000 over a five-year term to facilitate their Read More...
3 August 2011
August 3, 2011, The Auto Channel -
Ontario is North America’s number one auto industry jurisdiction
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - August 2, 2011: Representing North America’s top jurisdiction for vehicle production with 17 percent of all vehicles built in North America, the Ontario Automotive Communities Alliance is heading to Michigan to Read More...
3 August 2011
August 2, 2011, Carpages.ca -
The Ontario Automotive Communities Alliance, which represents North America’s top jurisdiction for vehicle production, is heading to Michigan to promote increased trade and investment in Canada’s largest province.
Traverse City is the site the Centre For Automotive Research‘s 46th annual CAR Management Seminar titled “Prosperity Amid Read More...
3 August 2011
August 3, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Research In Motion announced today that it plans to put five new smartphones in the hands of consumers.
The company says it is bringing out two new models of the BlackBerry Bold and three of the BlackBerry Torch — all on the new Read More...
3 August 2011
August 3, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Imagine how much money you could save if you could upgrade a cellphone system with something the size of a laptop, instead of having to remove and replace outmoded cellphone towers.
That’s what Slim Boumaiza’s team of more than 15 researchers at the Read More...
2 August 2011
August 2, 2011, Marketwire -
Ontario Is North America's Number One Auto Industry Jurisdiction
TRAVERSE CITY, MI--(Marketwire - Aug 2, 2011) - CAR Management Seminar -- Representing North America's top jurisdiction for vehicle production with 17 percent of all vehicles built in North America, the Ontario Automotive Communities Alliance is heading Read More...
2 August 2011
August 2, 2011, The Canadian Press -
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - Com Dev International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) says it has received authorization to proceed with an agreement to make equipment for two commercial satellites, valued at $14 million.
The southwestern Ontario-based maker of satellite hardware said that the initial value of the Read More...
2 August 2011
July 29, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Waterloo - Stephen Hawking at PI
Join in the official Grand Opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute. Be among the first to experience the expanded facility, built from the ground up to help facilitate scientific research and discovery.
The opening of the new Read More...
29 July 2011
July 29, 2011, Maclean's Magazine -
In its postwar heyday, Kitchener was a lunch-bucket town. Most men and many women rose before six, packed their sandwich and thermos, and walked, rode the bus, or briefly drove to the large brick factories circling the city’s downtown. On the city’s western edge, Read More...
28 July 2011
July 28, 2011, 570 News -
A grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation will help a local theatre company expand.
Now into its seventh year, the MT Space will use the $100,000 announced yesterday to hire a general manager for the next two years. Kitchener-Centre MPP John Milloy says the Read More...
28 July 2011
July 28, 2011, Tech Finance -
The Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) has made 9 new investments, 1 in June and 8 in July 2011.
Cineflow Inc. of Kitchener, a provider of digital image, data and workflow solutions for the Motion Picture industry.
Cytochroma Inc. Read More...
27 July 2011
July 27, 2011, The Artic Sounder -
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles will have a new role in oil spill response capabilities in Alaska, a press release from UAF said.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and BP Exploration Alaska demonstrated the use of a three-pound unmanned aircraft, Read More...
27 July 2011
July 27, 2011, CBC -
Physicist Stephen Hawking will come to Canada in September to open a new research centre in Waterloo, Ont., named after him.
The Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics will hold its grand opening Sept. 16-18, and Hawking is expected to attend, the Read More...
27 July 2011
July 27, 2010, Marketwire:
Canada's Economic Action Plan at work in Ontario
Kitchener, ON - On behalf of the Honourable Peter Kent, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Mr. Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, today announced the completion of tourism infrastructure projects at Woodside National Historic Site. Read More...
27 July 2011
July 27, 2011, Echanage Magazine -
Cambridge - Grand River Foods, a leading Ontario meat processor has expanded its production which will lead to increased sales, allow it to enter new markets and create 20 new jobs at its Cambridge facility.
With support from Ontario’s Rural Economic Development Program, Grand River Read More...
27 July 2011
July 27, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — TribeHR, a Waterloo startup that specializes in human resources software “for the Facebook generation,” has secured $1 million in seed financing from a Boston-area venture capital firm.
The funding from Matrix Partners will be used to further develop the company’s human resources platform Read More...
27 July 2011
July 26, 2011, CBC -
Engineer Ali Asaria was only 19 years old when he walked through the doors of a then-unknown Waterloo-based company called Research in Motion in 1999.
Attracted by the optimism and innovation that permeated the company from top to bottom, he would go on to spend more Read More...
27 July 2011
July 27, 2011, Exchange Magazine:
Waterloo - Research In Motion announced that it has received FIPS 140-2 certification for the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, making the BlackBerry PlayBook the first tablet certified for deployment within U.S. federal government agencies. No other tablet on the market has gained FIPS (Federal Information Processing Read More...
25 July 2011
July 25, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Waterloo Region is known across Canada and around the globe for innovative products said Woodworth. This program provides additional resources to our young entrepreneurs.
The latest call for proposals under the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program/Kickstart initiative was launched by the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister Read More...
25 July 2011
July 25, 2011, The Cambridge Times -
It’s probably taken more time than most residents would have expected, but downtown Galt is really starting to develop a synergy – an evolution of development and belonging.
Take the Cambridge Mill. The $7-million plus restaurant is a showpiece on the Grand River. Expected Read More...
22 July 2011
July 22, 2011, The Record -
Research In Motion has bought a Swedish startup that specializes in video editing technology.
The acquisition of JayCut AB was announced Friday on the Waterloo-based company’s blog.
“By working with JayCut to add video editing capabilities to the BlackBerry platform we can further enrich our customers’ Read More...
22 July 2011
July 16, 2011, 570News -
The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation, Junior Achievement of Waterloo Region and the Downtown Kitchener Business Improvement Area to share a board room and meeting room space with the potential for collaborations.
Three local organizations plan to move in together later this summer.
The Kitchener and Read More...
22 July 2011
July 22, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — Manulife Financial has signed an agreement with IBM valued at $630 million over the next seven years that will see IBM enhance and extend the information technology infrastructure it provides to the Waterloo-based financial services group.
IBM has been providing technology services to Read More...
21 July 2011
July 21, 2011, Cambridge Times -
The food chain from field to fork will now be safer thanks to $21.5 million in government funding for traceability programs, say agriculture and food industry officials.
In a government announcement staged at Cambridge’s Grand Valley Fortifiers Tuesday afternoon, federal and provincial politicos said funds Read More...
18 July 2011
July 18, 2011, The Record -
TORONTO – Waterloo Region has the second best performing economy among Canadian urban centres, according to a new report from CIBC.
The Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo census metropolitan area trails only Toronto in the latest Canadian Metropolitan Economic Activity Index rankings from CIBC World Markets. The index Read More...
18 July 2011
June 18, 2011, The Record -
WATERLOO — The buzzing sound of an electric saw can be heard blocks away.
Clouds of dust carry down the street, forcing pedestrians to hold hands over their mouths.
Cars sit bumper to bumper as trucks temporarily block traffic.
It has been a rough time for anyone Read More...
18 July 2011
June 17, 2011, KW Now! -
It wasn't by accident that Kevork (Kevin) Garabetian became the creator of some of the most exquisite jewellery designs available anywhere. His creations are unique, stunning, and each design carries his personal trademark of perfection. Creativity and the will to succeed is the Garabetian family Read More...
14 July 2011
July 14, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
Montreal and Waterloo Region – The Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal has become the newest hub in the Canadian Digital Media Network, making it the first Quebec-based digital media organization to join the CDMN. The CDMN issued the announcement from CEIM offices on Read More...
13 July 2011
July 13, 2011, PR News Wire -
Deepens Commitment to Business Process Management (BPM) and Accelerates Move into Dynamic Case Management Market
WATERLOO, ON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX) (TSX: OTC) announced today it has acquired Global 360 Holding Corporation, a leading provider of process and case management Read More...
12 July 2011
July 11, 2011, Marketwire -
Canada's Economic Action Plan has provided real results for Canada's food producers and helped them deliver the highest quality food to consumers at home and abroad. MP Harold Albrecht (Kitchener-Conestoga), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, congratulated Jones Feed Mills today on improving their Read More...
11 July 2011
July 11, 2011, Enermodal -
Enermodal Engineering’s headquarters, A Grander View, recently received its LEED NC and CI Platinum certifications
from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). A Grander View was awarded 61 of 70 NC points and 50 of 57 CI points – this is the most CI points ever Read More...
11 July 2011
Exchange Magazine, July 11, 2011 -
Manufacturing Sector Weighs in on Cambridge Climate for Business
Cambridge - Cambridge City Council will receive a report on Monday July 11th which provides a snapshot of the local manufacturing sector which is based on a recent survey. The survey stems from one goal of Read More...
8 July 2011
The Record, July 8, 2011 -
KITCHENER — Conestoga College is ready to unveil the largest expansion in its history.
A new $22-million wing in the college’s school of health, life science and community services will open next month on the Doon campus.
And across Highway 401, a huge new $91-million building Read More...
6 July 2011
Energy Digital - Global Energy Portal (June 30, 2011) - Ontario, Canada's solar power market for photovoltaic and thin film panels explodes with new government feed-in tariffs and investment incentives.
This may come as a surprise, but the Canadian province of Ontario ranked second in solar photovoltaic (PV) installed capacity in North Read More...
6 July 2011
The Canadian Press, July 6, 2011:
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Two Toyota plants in Ontario will receive a $545-million injection from the Japanese automaker and Canadian governments to give the facilities a green makeover and ensure the survival of thousands of jobs in the province.
The Ontario government will provide a $70.8 Read More...
4 July 2011
The Guelph Mercury, June 28, 2011 -
The 2013 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts women’s curling championship will be held at the Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club’s Rink in the Park.
Club executive member Kathy Ryan confirmed the championship will be hosted at the club’s Seagram Drive location.
More details and an Read More...
4 July 2011
Exchange Morning Post, June 30, 2011
Kitchener - The City of Kitchener hosted a ceremony to celebrate the installation of a 262,000 square foot solar roof on the Kitchener Operations Facility, a major achievement in the City’s plan to become more environmentally sustainable.
The 600 kilowatt installation will allow the Read More...
28 June 2011
Exchange Morning Post - June 28, 2011
WATERLOO – The Board of Governors of Wilfrid Laurier University has appointed Jim Butler, vice-president: finance and administration, to a third five-year term. His current term runs until Aug. 31, 2012; his next term runs from Sept. 1, 2012 to Aug. 31, 2017.
“Ontario’s university Read More...
28 June 2011
Exchange Morning Post - June 28, 2011
WATERLOO – Ten senior business students from Wilfrid Laurier University will travel to post- secondary schools in China beginning June 30 to lead workshops in business and entrepreneurship, while also gaining valuable insight into a diverse business environment.
Laurier students will conduct two workshops as Read More...
28 June 2011
Exchange Morning Post - June 27, 2011
WATERLOO – The Board of Governors of Wilfrid Laurier University has appointed Dr. Max Blouw to a second five-year term as president and vice-chancellor of the university. His current term began Sept. 1, 2007 and runs until Aug. 31, 2012; his second term will Read More...
28 June 2011
The Record - June 22, 2011
KITCHENER — Desire2Learn Inc. has acquired Metranome Inc., a Waterloo startup that developed mobile applications for smartphones.
Desire2Learn, a Kitchener-based provider of e-learning programs and software, “officially announced” the purchase Wednesday, but it actually acquired Metranome about six months ago, said John McLeod, the company’s senior Read More...
22 June 2011
The Record, June 22, 2011 - Cineplex Entertainment has selected Christie Digital as the exclusive supplier of digital projectors for its movie theatres.
Cineplex, Canada’s largest movie cinema operator with 129 theatres and 1,344 screens, has already installed more than 450 Christie projectors. On Wednesday, it said it will install more than Read More...
20 June 2011
The Record, June 20, 2011 - Just call it a really expensive birthday gift.
On Monday the provincial government announced that it is investing $72.6 million in Wilfrid Laurier University’s Global Innovation Exchange facility. It is the largest single capital investment in the university’s 100 year history.
“This is a Read More...
17 June 2011
University of Waterloo, June 17, 2011 - The University of Waterloo's Midnight Sun VI has sped ahead to third place at the start of the fourth day of a gruelling cross-America solar car race.
UW's student team had been running fifth a day earlier in the American Solar Challenge, a 3,703-kilometre race Read More...
16 June 2011
June 16, 2011, Marketwire - Recently celebrating the opening of their 68,000 ft2 manufacturing facility in Welland, Ontario, OSM has assembled a package of '100% Canadian Solar kits' to be sold into the burgeoning Ontario microFIT market which has over 201 MW of Conditional Contracts offered by the Ontario Power Read More...
16 June 2011
The Record, June 16, 2011 - In six years, expect to see trains on city streets, carrying passengers to work, home and school.
In a historic decision, regional council voted 9-2 Wednesday to build an $818-million rail transit system, the largest public works project ever undertaken in the region. Council believes Read More...
15 June 2011
Exchange Magazine, June 15, 2011 – Kitchener and Cambridge area employers expect an optimistic hiring climate for the third quarter of 2011, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
Survey data reveals that 25 per cent of employers plan to hire for the upcoming quarter (July to September), while two Read More...
15 June 2011
570 News, June 14, 2011 - The redevelopment of the Mayfair Hotel has been moved from the third phase of Kitchener's City Centre development into the first phase. It will become a boutique hotel featuring a number of food and drink establishments.
Kitchener Council saw a presentation from Andrin Homes Read More...
12 June 2011
June 13, 2011 - Exchange Morning Post
Mexico City – The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce was Awarded the BEST Unconventional Chamber project in the World by the World Chamber Federation in Mexico City.
A little more than five years ago the Chamber started what has now become a world renowned financial literacy Read More...
8 June 2011
MUNICH, GERMANY – INTERSOLAR EUROPE – JUNE 8, 2011 – Celebrating its 20th year, Germany’s Intersolar tradeshow is the world’s largest gathering for the solar industry, with 75,000 visitors and 2,200 exhibitors. Executives from the Ontario Clean Technology Alliance are attending Intersolar 2011 in Munich this week to attract trade Read More...
2 June 2011
The Record - June 1, 2011
KITCHENER – Canadian Solar Inc. is building a 600-megawatt solar cell plant in China.
The Kitchener-based company said Wednesday it will build the plant, to be located in Suzhou in eastern China, in partnership with the Suzhou New District Economic Development Group Corp. and Suzhou Science Read More...
2 June 2011
The Record - May 28, 2011
WATERLOO — In a big rush to get to an evening event, you stopped to get cash and now you are stuck behind people who have a lot of deposits to do at the bank machines.
As the machines sing beep, beep, beep, you tap Read More...
2 June 2011
Financial Post - May 30, 2011
Gamers around the world who spend their evenings chasing down Wayne Rooney in FIFA Soccer or scaling rooftops in Assassin’s Creed may not realize where their video games come from, but each one might as well bear a large “Made in Canada” stamp.
That’s because both Read More...
1 June 2011
Waterloo, ON (June 1, 2011) - The Board of Directors of Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc. (CTT Inc.) voted at their May 2011 meeting to support the staged Light Rail Rapid Transit system proposed to Council by Regional staff.
“We encourage the Region to show strong leadership in bringing a Light Rail Read More...
23 May 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Communitech Hub, a digital media innovation centre that officially opened for business in October 2010, is already expanding to accommodate demand for commercialization support in the digital media sector.
The Hub, which currently occupies 30,000 square feet at Kitchener's downtown Tannery building, will be expanding to occupy Read More...
18 May 2011
May 19, 2011 - The Financial Post
KITCHENER, ONT. — Google Inc. is expanding its Canadian footprint and putting down deeper roots in the heart of the country’s technology capital.
On the same day the Mountain View, California-based technology company officially cut the ribbon on its new office in Kitchener, Ont., the Read More...
17 May 2011
Kitchener, ON (May 17, 2011) - Construction has started on a new layover facility to support GO Train service in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, creating 60 jobs.
The new Kitchener facility will include storage for two GO Trains, crew and electrical trailers, fencing and lighting. Work is scheduled to be finished by Read More...
17 May 2011
Waterloo, ON (May 13, 2011) - In what will be a Waterloo Region triple-header at the Asia Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) Tradeshow and Conference near Beijing from May 17-19, John Jung (CEO, CTT), Mayor Craig (City of Cambridge) and John Hiscock (Gowlings) will examine the development of smart cities Read More...
17 May 2011
The recession, World Trade Centre attack, worldwide SARS epidemic, and even the weather have all hammered the local tourism industry in recent years.
But officials with the Waterloo Region Tourism Marketing Corporation are anticipating brighter days ahead.
Last week, the regional tourism corporation staged its third annual general meeting. Read More...
16 May 2011
The Real Estate Investment Network, Canada's leading real estate research organization has just released its latest report on the top Ontario cities and towns for real estate investment. Out of the hundreds of cities and towns in Ontario, Waterloo ranked #4 in the province.
The report, entitled Top Ontario Investment Towns Read More...
13 May 2011
Waterloo, ON (May 13, 2011) – Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT Inc.) and the Chongqing Industrial Service Center (CQISC) have expressed their intent to work together to promote communication and cooperation in economic and trade investment and advanced technology. Both parties have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining their interests Read More...
11 May 2011
Waterloo, ON (May 11, 2011) - Waterloo Region's awaited commercial property directory is now available. The Waterloo Region Real Estate Directory represents a collaborative effort between the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) and Canada's Technology Triangle (CTT) in their efforts to promote commercial lands and existing sites to businesses and Read More...
10 May 2011
Waterloo, ON (May 9, 2011) – The short documentary “A Symphony of Design” has been honoured with a Jury Award from the Local Focus Film Festival - an annual event that celebrates the creativity of filmmakers from Waterloo Region. “A Symphony of Design” celebrates urban design in Waterloo Region, and Read More...
4 May 2011
Cambridge, Ontario…fDi Magazine, part of Financial Times Ltd., one of the world’s leading business news organizations, has recognized the City of Cambridge in the American Cities of the Future rankings for 2011/12.
Cambridge was named eighth in the top 10 ‘Small Cities FDI Strategy’ category recognizing our efforts in Read More...
26 April 2011
From May to August 2011, the Workplace Count project will visit places of employment in Waterloo Region and gather important information that will help shape the future of Waterloo Region.
The Workplace Count, a collaboration between the Region of Waterloo and the local municipalities, is a survey of places of Read More...
21 April 2011
April 21, 2011 - Waterloo Regional Tourism Marketing Corporation (WRTMC) and Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT) are pleased to announce that they are entering a formal collaboration that will expand their efforts in marketing Waterloo Region to attract visitors, business and investment. This new closer relationship will assist with capacity building, Read More...
20 April 2011
Needham, MA and Waterloo, ON - PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), The Product Development Company®, and MKS Inc. (TSX: MKX), a global application lifecycle management (ALM) technology leader, today announced that they have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) pursuant to which PTC has agreed to acquire MKS for Read More...
20 April 2011
Waterloo - Research In Motion once again leads the list of Canada’s largest information and communication technology companies.
The Waterloo-based maker of the BlackBerry took top spot in the Branham300 list of the country’s largest information and communication technology companies for the second year in a row with 2010 sales of Read More...
20 April 2011
Waterloo, ON. - 2011-04-05 - OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) has been ranked Canada s top software company for the third consecutive year by the Branham Group, a leading Canadian industry analyst and strategic consulting firm serving the global information technology marketplace.
OpenText is really a homegrown Canadian success story, given Read More...
20 April 2011
Kitchener - Google has acquired a Toronto-based software company launched three years ago by a University of Waterloo grad and former employee of Research In Motion.
PushLife’s mobile application allows users to download music from desktop computers to mobile devices such as the BlackBerry and Android smartphones.
The company was founded in Read More...
20 April 2011
Cambridge, Ontario. April 18, 2011 - Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig and members of the local community will accompany John Jung of Canada’s Technology Triangle on a business development mission to China. “It’s extremely important to have a high ranking dignitary as part of the overseas business development process,” says John Read More...
29 March 2011
Roger Farwell, Chair of the Board of The Creative Enterprise Enabling Organization is pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Sinclair as the founding CEO of the organization effective immediately. "I am delighted to welcom Heather on board as our founding CEO. Heather's breadth and depth of experience spans a Read More...
29 March 2011
Waterloo, ON – TELUS is investing $700,000 in Kitchener-Waterloo region this year to bring even faster wireless and wireline services for consumers and businesses. This year’s network investment builds upon the $20 billion TELUS has invested in its operations and technology in Ontario in the last 10 years.
In 2011, Read More...
24 March 2011
Effective May 1, 2011, Bearskin Airlines will commence nonstop service between The Region of Waterloo International Airport and Montreal Trudeau International Airport. Montreal will become Bearskin Airlines' 18th city served and its second nonstop destination from The Region of Waterloo International Airport.
Five round trip flights will be offered each business Read More...
14 March 2011
CYPRESS, Calif. – (March 10, 2011) – Cineplex Entertainment (“Cineplex”) (TSX: CGX) will debut a world-first showing of a movie in 4K DLP® cinema for moviegoers this week at Galaxy Cinemas Waterloo, using the new Christie® CP4200 platform. The premium, high-definition 4K digital cinema format delivers four times as many Read More...
10 March 2011
(Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada – March 4, 2011) – John Milloy, MPP for Kitchener Centre, announced $399,800 in Celebrate Ontario funding, for Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest, today. Canada’s Greatest Bavarian Festival is one of over 220 festivals and events across Ontario that will share a $20 million funding pot; as announced yesterday by Tourism Read More...
10 March 2011
For immediate release
March 4, 2011
Kitchener, Ontario — A luggage manufacturer with its North American headquarters in Cambridge will expand its manufacturing to include aluminum suitcases thanks to a new research partnership with Conestoga College. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Read More...
10 March 2011
October 3, 2011, Exchange Magazine -
There’s been a lot of infrastructure work in Cambridge over the last two years thanks to the multi-governmental approach. Working with the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, Cambridge residents have benefited from over $21 million in local upgrades.
“In just two short Read More...
18 February 2011
Waterloo - Waterloo Region patients are benefiting from strong access to surgery at Grand River Hospital to repair hip fractures.
Data from the Ministry of Health shows in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, 96.83 per cent of GRH patients received hip fracture surgery in less than two days. This rate was well Read More...
18 February 2011
Cambridge Canada...It's ALL Right Here.
By Cambridge Now!
Themes And Rationale Behind The New Council Approved Corporate Look
The City of Cambridge has a new logo and a new corporate image.The process involved over 600 people giving input into the research, which included surveys, round tables, strat sessions and internal brainstorming.
“Developing a Read More...
17 February 2011
By Luisa D'Amato, The Record staff
WATERLOO REGION — The Czech ambassador to Canada is visiting here, looking for partnership opportunities between the businesses and educational institutions of his country, and those of Waterloo Region.
“Waterloo Region is very famous,” said the ambassador, Karel Zebrakovsky. “That’s why we are here.”
Zebrakovsky is attracted Read More...
19 January 2011
By Chuck Howitt, Record staff
WATERLOO REGION — To Karl Innanen, it almost seems like the recession never happened.
A year ago, the commercial real estate market in Waterloo Region was in a serious funk.
Worried about the economic downturn and unsure where prices were going, investors sat on the sidelines waiting for Read More...
19 January 2011
Honolulu, Hawaii & New York, New York – The Intelligent Community Forum named its 2011 Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year today at a luncheon ceremony at the Pacific Telecommunications Council’s annual conference (PTC’11) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The ICF’s Top Seven are communities that provide a model Read More...
17 January 2011
ConsiderCanada.com and CanadaEnTete.com promote Canada’s strong global position for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and trade
OTTAWA – Jan. 18, 2010 – So far in 2011, two prominent American media outlets are buzzing about Canada’s investment potential. This month both the Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times have lauded Canada’s Read More...
12 January 2011
OTTAWA — Canada’s manufacturers say scheduled corporate tax cuts this year and next will create close to 100,000 new jobs in Canada, while increasing the government’s overall tax take.
The lobby group says in an analysis of Ottawa’s controversial cuts, which will take the corporate rate from 18 per cent to Read More...
22 December 2010
KITCHENER — The downtown Kitchener satellite medical school has received extra provincial funding to improve teaching for medical students.
McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, which includes the Kitchener campus, was given $1.66 million as part of a $20-million investment in five medical schools across southern Ontario.
“This is about quality Read More...
17 December 2010
KITCHENER - An on-going quality improvement effort at Grand River Hospital is producing better results for patients and their families. GRH is the most improved hospital in the country in the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s annual hospital standardized mortality ratio report, an important indicator for reporting progress in a Read More...
16 December 2010
WATERLOO - Ontario, Canada, December 2010 – As part of its quest to recognize innovative educational initiatives that have had a transformative impact on societies, the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) has selected Perimeter Institute Director Neil Turok and his AIMS Next Einstein Initiative as one of six winners Read More...
13 December 2010
New Hamburg, Ontario - Ontario Drive & Gear (ODG) in New Hamburg, Ontario, manufacturer of the world leading amphibious ARGO as well as superior quality gears and transmissions has achieved a major milestone in winning a Canadian Space Agency contract.
ODG is part of Neptec Rover Team, bringing together the Read More...
2 December 2010
George Patton to lead K-W real estate association
KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON – A new board of directors has been appointed to govern the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate (KWREB) board and George Patton, a Broker with Royal LePage Wolle Realty, will serve as president.
A REALTOR® since 1985 and Broker since 1987, George has served Read More...
26 November 2010
CAMBRIDGE — After more than a year of planning, ATS Automation Tooling Systems officially opened its new green wing Thursday which will produce solar panels for residential, commercial and industrial customers.
The green wing has been manufacturing solar panels since May and is now at the point where it is producing Read More...
20 November 2010
Beautiful art displayed in an old rubber factory. Economic predictions proffered in a former tannery. This is the changing face of Waterloo Region.
Two recent community events in Kitchener illustrate the innovative use of space happening in our community.
At the Box 10 Art Show and Sale last weekend, artists showcased their Read More...
14 November 2010
On a recent fall day, a courier ran across an airport tarmac in Idaho, his hands carrying a box of computer servers from IBM. For Ted Livingston, this delivery was a genuine business emergency.
Mr. Livingston is a university dropout in Waterloo, Ont.. A year ago, he started a small software Read More...
7 November 2010
November 8, 2010 – Toronto, ON – Ontario Wood WORKS! awarded the Waterloo Region Museum the 2010 Green Building Wood Design Award at the 10th Annual Ontario Wood WORKS! gala event at The Carlu on November 4th.
Over 300 architects, engineers, and client representatives were in attendance at this industry event Read More...
4 November 2010
Produced by Koenig & Consultants
Wind turbines aren’t a small investment. The average wind turbine these days represents an initial investment of about US $ 3.5 million, with more costs arising through operation & maintenance. All due diligence aside, the striking predominant position of one player in different regional markets suggests Read More...
2 November 2010
Aggressive ramp-up schedule triples production capability to meet record demand for digital cinema projectors
KITCHENER, ON – Christie®, the world leader in digital cinema projection, will celebrate the official opening of its new China manufacturing facility in Shenzhen on November 3rd, with key customers, suppliers and officials in attendance. Read More...
28 October 2010
Desire2Learn Incorporated 13 ("Desire2Learn"), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise learning solutions, is pleased to announce its placement in the 2011 Best Small & Medium Employers in Canada study 14.
The primary requirement to be named a Best Employer is high "employee engagement" - a measure of how positively employees feel Read More...
25 October 2010
The Home Depot Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade launch Innovation for Sustainability
TORONTO - Bringing a new product into the mass fold of Canadian retail is not easy - especially for smaller manufacturers. That's why The Home Depot Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development Read More...
14 October 2010
WATERLOO – Dalsa Corp. will create about 150 jobs and invest $160 million in Waterloo over the next five years as it develops technology that will take the company into new markets that go well beyond the visible light end of the spectrum where its digital imaging technology has so Read More...
14 October 2010
By Kevin Swayze, Record staff
CAMBRIDGE — Business is growing so fast at suitcase-maker Rimowa North America that officials aren’t sure yet how big to build a second factory.
“Initially, we were indicating 30,000 square feet. That’s probably not big enough any more,” said Carsten Kulcke, executive vice-president of the company’s existing Read More...
29 September 2010
CAMBRIDGE — Eager to expand into more international markets while staying abreast of pharmaceutical regulations, a Cambridge manufacturer of dental pain control products broke ground on a $35-million expansion Tuesday.
When completed in 2012, the addition will add 36,000 square feet of space to Septodont’s plant on Wolseley Court in Cambridge.
The Read More...
24 September 2010
ConsiderCanada.ca will demonstrate unified value proposition around the world.
QUEBEC, QC – Economic development executives from 11 large Canadian cities across the country agreed today to create a new unified brand called ConsiderCanada.ca after meeting this week in Quebec City with 22 members of the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service from Foreign Read More...
23 September 2010
WATERLOO - David Johnston, Governor General Designate, is among four people being honoured during the University of Waterloo's fall convocation to be held next month.
At convocation on Saturday, Oct. 23, Johnston, ranked among the most respected and admired educators and public servants in Canada, will receive an honorary doctor of Read More...
21 September 2010
Using Facebook, YouTube, Twitter not about cool, but about firm survival, says Tom Jenkins in book
BY CHUCK HOWITT, RECORD STAFF
WATERLOO — Businesses and corporations that don't start using social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are in danger of being left behind, says Tom Jenkins.
The executive chair of Open Read More...
21 September 2010
When Terry Stepien, president of Sybase iAnywhere, moved the firm to the University of Waterloo’s Research and Technology Park as one of its first tenants in 2005, he was merely hoping for better access to the school’s legions of software developers.
Unbeknownst to Mr. Stepien, moving the database management software firm, Read More...
14 September 2010
New program will strengthen economy by bringing promising technology to market
For immediate release
September 14, 2010
London, Ontario — Businesses, post-secondary institutions and industry in southern Ontario will benefit from a new program to accelerate the development of large-scale, advanced technology projects with commercial potential. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State Read More...
9 September 2010
Waterloo, Ontario – The Accelerator Centre (AC), an award-winning and world-renowned centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship announced today the graduation of DossierView, the seventh company to graduate from the AC since the facility opened its doors in 2006, and the fifth graduation since September of 2009.
DossierView, a Read More...
8 September 2010
Kitchener, Ontario - PM announces improvements for tri-cities commuters Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced a significant investment in a rapid transit project for the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge area that will improve public transit and support the regional economy.
“Supporting the construction of the Kitchener-Waterloo rapid transit lines will stimulate the local economy Read More...
7 September 2010
Branham Group Inc., a leading global ICT analyst and strategic marketing consultancy, is pleased to announce that the online application for the 2011 Edition of the Branham300 is now available.
There is no charge to companies to submit applications or to have your company appear on the published listing featured Read More...
2 September 2010
The Government of Canada will provide one-third of eligible costs, up to $265 million to support the construction of the Region's rapid transit project. Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to Waterloo Region today to make the announcement.
“We are pleased that the Federal government recognizes the importance of the Region’s Read More...
25 August 2010
Kitchener - Enermodal Engineering was named to the ZweigWhite HotFirm 2010 list. This is Enermodal’s second time on the list and one of only a handful of Canadian-owned firms.
“We are pleased that the continuing interest in energy efficiency and green buildings has translated into sustainable corporate growth in our industry,” Read More...
25 August 2010
August 26, 2010
By Rose Simone, Record staff
KITCHENER — The sprawling 49.7-hectare Kitchener Frame property on Homer Watson Boulevard has been sold to a group of investors putting together a multimillion-dollar plan to redevelop it into an industrial, commercial and retail site.
The property, bounded by Homer Watson and Bleams Road at Read More...
17 August 2010
Source: 570 News
A delegation of high-tech experts are trying to convince Europe it's "game on" for job creation in Kitchener.
The Ontario Technology Corridor is singing the praises of Kitchener's video game community at the Game Developers Conference Europe 2010, happening now in Cologne, Germany.
Their goal is to get game Read More...
27 July 2010
Let's forget about James Cameron for a minute. Sure, the blockbusting 3D version of his 2009 hit film, Avatar, may be setting the world of cinema alight as the new standard for dazzling picture quality and a demonstration of the power of digital movie-making, especially in creating high-tech three-dimensional effects. Read More...
26 July 2010
WATERLOO, ONTARIO – The Creative Enterprise Enabling Organization announced today that funding of $225,000 will be received over a three-year period from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to assist in the development of an enabling organization which will help the Waterloo Region creative sector reach its full potential.
“This is an Read More...
19 July 2010
By Melinda Dalton, Record staff
KITCHENER — For more than a century, boots and auto parts were the products rolling off the line at the industrial buildings on King and Breithaupt streets.
But, as a second life is breathed into its yellow bricks by a Toronto-area developer, the complex could soon be Read More...
6 July 2010
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - During a special visit to Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) tied to the centre’s Global Outreach activities, the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper announced new federal funding of $20 CDN million to speed the growth of science and technology capacity in Africa by developing Read More...
28 June 2010
Ontario is providing the Region of Waterloo with $300 million to build rapid transit.
The project would be the largest single investment in transit infrastructure in the history of Waterloo region and includes light rail transit in both Waterloo and Kitchener, and bus rapid transit in Cambridge.
These transit improvements will:
Read More...
19 June 2010
By Rose Simone
Record staff
CAMBRIDGE - Just 18 months after opening a factory here, luggage maker Rimowa has expanded both the number and type of products coming off its local production lines.
The Maple Grove Road plant has expanded from making 60 luggage cases a day a year ago to about 300 Read More...
18 June 2010
Canada's Economic Action Plan invests in the Southern Ontario Advantage
Toronto — The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), today unveiled a new strategic direction for economic development and growth in southern Ontario, during a keynote speech to the Economic Read More...
7 June 2010
By Kevin Swayze, Record staff
WATERLOO REGION – A $100 million expansion of Conestoga College is on track to open for students in September 2011.
And in a few decades, the school is envisioned to grow into monster campus straddling Highway 401 – one that could be one of the biggest hands-on Read More...
3 June 2010
Waterloo Region- Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc today hosted two events happening in partnership – a Lambda Alpha International (LAI) Familiarization Tour of Waterloo Region and the Urban Design Video Celebration of “A Symphony of Design” which was held at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts.
Lambda Alpha International (www.lai.org), Read More...
28 May 2010
By Mathew Ingram
Google is expanding its Ontario, Canada-based engineering operation, which has either developed or worked on most of the company’s recent mobile offerings, including Gmail for the iPad and Google Buzz. Steven Woods, the director of Google’s engineering operation in Waterloo, said in a recent interview that the Read More...
18 May 2010
May 18, 2010
Source: TheRecord.com
Luisa D'Amato, Record staff
WATERLOO — The University of Waterloo is getting two of 19 new research awards being given across Canada, each worth $10 million over the next seven years.
The awards from the federal government – one for quantum computing research, and one for study of water Read More...
14 May 2010
May 14, 2010
Source: 570news.com
A high tech company in Kitchener has been recognized for its environmental initiatives and its willingness to hire new Canadians. Christie Digital has been named one of Canada's greenest employers and also one of the country's best employers for new Canadians.
President and COO Gerry Remers says while Read More...
14 May 2010
By Rose Simone, Record staff
KITCHENER - It is a country with a commodity-fuelled economy and a relatively small population sitting next to a global economic powerhouse.
That will sound familiar to Canadians, but it describes Australia as well as Canada.
The two countries have "quite similar economies in many respects," Justin Brown, Read More...
28 April 2010
April, 28, 2010
Source: TheRecord.com
Record staff and news services
CAMBRIDGE – Langdon Hall has been ranked 77th in the prestigious annual S. Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurants ranking.
Rouge restaurant in Calgary was rated No. 60. The rankings mark the first time since 2003 that any Canadian establishment had made the top 100.
In top Read More...
26 April 2010
April 26, 2010
Source: Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
McGuinty Government Acts To Protect And Retain Students
Ontario is taking steps to become the destination of choice for international students by protecting the excellence of its post-secondary education and making it easier for international PhD students to stay in the province.
The province intends Read More...
24 April 2010
April 24, 2010
Source: The Record
WATERLOO — The federal government will spend $400,000 to subsidize the salaries of co-op students from University of Waterloo who will help smaller businesses improve their technology and become more competitive.
The announcement was made Friday by Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid, who said the money will go to Read More...
21 April 2010
For Immediate Release
Canada's Technology Triangle, Waterloo Region, Ontario - April 21, 2010 - Jones DesLauriers Insurance Management Inc. (JDIMI), the largest independent insurance brokerage in Canada, is pleased to announce a new Western Ontario branch, situated in the Cambridge Corporate Centre which opened its doors in January 2010.
This new office Read More...
21 April 2010
April 21, 2010
Source: Rose Simone, The Record
KITCHENER — An economically confident Canada, with strong and diversified trading relationships, is also good for the American economy, the United States Consul General, Kevin Johnson, said Tuesday.
Speaking during a luncheon at Bingemans in Kitchener, hosted by Canada’s Technology Triangle, an economic development agency, Johnson Read More...
20 April 2010
April 20, 2010
Source: Exchange Morning Post
Waterloo – TELUS yesterday announced it is investing $2 million in Kitchener-Waterloo in 2010 as it continues extending the reach and speed of its advanced wireline and wireless broadband services.
“Since 2000, TELUS has made $18.6 billion in operating and capital investments to deliver advanced technology and Read More...
19 April 2010
April 19, 2010
Source: Jeff Outhit, The Record
WATERLOO — Plans are taking shape to double the built size of the University of Waterloo campus over 40 years.
On Monday, Waterloo councillors approved conceptual plans to expand the research and technology park north of the current campus, and also to develop nearby vacant Read More...
19 April 2010
Asahi Shimbun
The Asahi Shimbun Globe
Like an “angle raise” shot in curling where one player knocks a teammates’ stone closer to the centre, Canada welcomes human resources from around the world who, together with team support from companies and schools, move the country to advantageous positions in world markets. Read More...
15 April 2010
April 15, 2010
Source: By Rose Simone, The Record
KITCHENER — Medicalis Corp. has a new chief executive officer and is hiring more software engineers in Kitchener.
The company, which develops software that helps the health-care system avoid wrong or unnecessary tests, has hired Oran Muduroglu as CEO to replace Ron Kelly, who left Read More...
14 April 2010
April 14, 2010
Source: Greg Mercer, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — United States Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson paid his first visit to Waterloo Region — a place known around the world for innovation, he said — with radar, BlackBerrys and theoretical physics on his mind.
Before returning to Ottawa late yesterday Read More...
13 April 2010
April 13, 2010
Source: Rose Simone, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — Area companies that make rooftop solar products are getting a multi-million dollar boost from an Ontario government program that pays people to produce energy on their rooftops.
Canadian Solar Solutions Inc, of Kitchener, ATS Automation Tooling Systems in Cambridge and Arise Technologies Read More...
12 April 2010
April 12, 2010
Source: The Canadian Press and The Record
OTTAWA - Fewer apartment and condo construction projects dragged down the overall number of housing starts in Canada last month.
A report today from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. showed that the overall seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts slipped to 197,300 units Read More...
9 April 2010
April 09, 2010
Source: Chuck Howitt, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — With 80 per cent of its document shredders sold south of the border, Shred-Tech relies heavily on the American market.
So the rising loonie and the falling American dollar are huge concerns for Robert Glass, president and chief executive officer of the Read More...
8 April 2010
April 8, 2010
Source: 570News
The first in a series of public meetings regarding the future of transportation in the region takes place tonight in Cambridge. The region is hosting the open forums in a bid to gather feedback on its latest Transportation Master Plan and its Draft Regional Transportation Corridor Guidelines.
The Master Read More...
6 April 2010
April 06, 2010
Source: Rose Simone, The Record
WATERLOO — The founder of Kitchener’s The Cora Group has given $3 million to support a University of Waterloo centre that nurtures fledgling entrepreneurs, and has in turn been recognized by the renaming of the centre in honour of his family.
Commercial real estate developer Read More...
6 April 2010
April 06, 2010
Source: The Record
WATERLOO REGION — Home sales jumped about 45 per cent across the region in March, compared to the depths of the recession a year ago.
And average selling prices climbed, too, but more in Kitchener and Waterloo than in Cambridge.
In Kitchener, Waterloo and surrounding townships, 731 homes were Read More...
6 April 2010
April 06, 2010
Source: Johanna Weidner, The Record
KITCHENER — A Kitchener manufacturer of doors and trim will be moving and growing thanks to a federal grant.
Riverside Door & Trim got just over $820,000, the bulk of almost $1.06 million handed out Tuesday to three local companies from the Federal Economic Development Agency Read More...
31 March 2010
March 31, 2010
Source: Scott Tracey, Guelph Mercury
GUELPH — In less than five years, city residents might be able to catch Guelph Transit in front of their homes and get off in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge or even Milton.
The transit authority is considering several options to extend service beyond city limits, including Read More...
20 March 2010
March 20, 2010
Source: Lynn Haddrall, The Record
Where will the next generation of great scientific thinkers be found? Right here in Waterloo Region.
It has been 10 years since the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics was created in Waterloo. If you’ve walked or driven by the institute recently, you will have seen that Read More...
18 March 2010
March 18, 2010
Source: Liana B. Baker, MarketWatch
After some lean times, venture capital is trickling back into Canada from the U.S., and that pace could quicken thanks to a new piece of tax reform proposed in Canada's annual budget.
Over the last two years, U.S. venture capital in Canadian companies has plunged by Read More...
16 March 2010
March 16, 2010
Source: Rose Simone, The Record
WATERLOO — Sandvine Corp. is receiving a five-year research and development funding commitment from the Ontario government that is worth up to $25.5 million.
Under the agreement with the province, Sandvine, a maker of broadband networking equipment that manages the flow of web traffic, is eligible Read More...
13 March 2010
March 13, 2010
Source: 570News
An inaugural board of directors has been appointed to the Prosperity Council of Waterloo Region's Task Force on Creative Enterprise.
The board's creation follows two key recommendations and will provide a wide range of services to the arts, culture and creative sectors.
The 20-member board's first task will Read More...
10 March 2010
For Immediate Release
Waterloo Region, Ontario – March 8, 2010 – Canada's Technology Triangle Inc (CTT) held a formal Open House this evening at the new location, 260 King Street West, Kitchener. Having moved into the location on February 1st, 2010, this was an opportunity to launch the new site and Read More...
10 March 2010
March 10, 2010
Source: Jeff Outhit, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — As the economy faltered, this region added only 3,100 residents last year, the smallest increase in population since 1996.
Planners had forecast the region would add 6,100 residents. On average, the community has been adding almost 8,000 residents a year over the Read More...
10 March 2010
March 10, 2010
Source: Terry Pender, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — Statistics Canada says the number of visible minorities living in this region will double by 2031.
And people who work with and study immigrants say this region has work to do when it comes to helping immigrant settle, find work and integrate.
The Statistics Read More...
9 March 2010
March 9, 2010
Source: Exchange Morning Post
Waterloo – Following a huge success last year, Lutherwood is hosting its second annual job fair to help connect approximately 40 Waterloo Region employers that are hiring with an anticipated 1,000 job-seekers.
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Subscriber’s Lounge
400 East Avenue
Wednesday March 10, 2010
2:00 – 6:00 pm
“Our local labour market Read More...
8 March 2010
For Immediate Release
Waterloo Region, Ontario – March 8, 2010 – As a member of the Ontario Technology Corridor (OTC) Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc (CTT) will be traveling to Los Angeles (March 8-9) and San Francisco (March 10-12), California to promote Ontario, and specifically Waterloo Region, as the ideal place to Read More...
4 March 2010
March 04, 2010
Source: Chuck Howitt, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — The company has gone out of its way to hire immigrants as interns and kept some of them on as permanent staff. Staff members have acted as mentors to other immigrants during the difficult early months in a new country.
Other employees Read More...
4 March 2010
March 03, 2010
Source: Brent Davis, The Record
WATERLOO — The province will invest nearly $34 million in software developer Open Text as the high-tech firm creates hundreds of new jobs in Ontario over the next five years.
The Waterloo-based company plans to spend a total of $225 million over the next five Read More...
3 March 2010
March 3, 2010
Source: Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board
While Canada’s athletes were racing for Olympic Gold; Waterloo region’s homebuyers were racing to buy real estate. REALTORS® of the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board (KWREB) traded 553 homes in February through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) for a total value of $153,120,645, marking a 31.7 Read More...
2 March 2010
March 02, 2010
Source: Melinda Dalton, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — The local tourism board could soon be taking a lead role in an ambitious plan to create distinct tourism regions and boost Ontario’s visitor dollars.
The Waterloo Regional Tourism Marketing Corporation, with the endorsement of 29 surrounding municipalities, has applied to be Read More...
2 March 2010
March 02, 2010
Source: Exchange Morning Post
WATERLOO – Capacity Waterloo Region (CWR), a five-year pilot project to build an enabling environment that brings resources from all sectors together to support the people that build lasting social change, announced today that Cathy Brothers has officially joined the project as its first-ever Executive Director Read More...
2 March 2010
March 02, 2010
Source: Rose Simone, The Record
KITCHENER – It’s official. The new centre that is being created to foster the development of the digital media economy in Waterloo Region will make its home in the redeveloped historic Lang Tannery building in downtown Kitchener.
After months of speculation the centre would be a Read More...
1 March 2010
March 1, 2010
Source: Exchange Morning Post
Ontario is helping researchers in Waterloo Region make new discoveries that will improve the lives of people around the world while building our economy at home. The province is investing $20,826,487 to support 6 leading-edge research projects at the University of Waterloo. The funding comes Read More...
1 March 2010
March 1, 2010
Source: Exchange Morning Post
TORONTO - Covington Capital Corporation ("Covington") is pleased to announce the completion of a CDN$2.5 million investment in Waterloo-based Aimetis Corp. ("Aimetis", the "Company") as part of a total financing round of $5 million.
Established in 2003, Aimetis is a provider of network video surveillance technologies designed Read More...
1 March 2010
March 1, 2010
Source: PRNewswire
ONTARIO, Canada, Canadian Solar Inc. ("the Company," "Canadian Solar" or "we") (Nasdaq: CSIQ) today announced its headquarters, located at 650 Riverbend Dr., is home to Kitchener's first Ontario Power Authority (OPA) approved microFIT (Feed-In-Tariff) solar installation. The 3.2 kW DC Canadian Solar system was installed on Canada's first Read More...
24 February 2010
February 24, 2010
Source: Chuck Howitt, The Record
WATERLOO REGION — In what will be a first for Waterloo Region, Canada’s Technology Triangle is organizing a trade mission of local business and institutional representatives to China in May.
While local company owners and business development officials have travelled individually to China in the Read More...
23 February 2010
February 23, 2010
Source: Terry Pender, The Record
KITCHENER — City councillors reached an important milestone Monday in their decade-long effort to redevelop a strategic parcel of land next to City Hall.
During a closed-door meeting councillors gave their final authorization to staff for an agreement between the City of Kitchener and Brampton-based Read More...
18 February 2010
February 18, 2010
Source: Agfa
Agfa HealthCare announces new facility to support research & development, commercialization of healthcare technology and drive job creation
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, today announced construction of a the new global Agfa HealthCare Research & Development facility in the Research and Read More...
17 February 2010
February 17, 2010
Source: 570News
Two local manufacturing companies will split over two million dollars in loans from Ottawa to create almost 100
new jobs.
Grand River Foods Ltd. in Cambridge gets over 1.1 million to get new equipment for a more efficient processing operation, and add 20 new permanent full-time jobs.
Bend All Automotive in Read More...
8 February 2010
February 8, 2010
Source: 570News
Another positive sign on the local home construction beat.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has released the figures for January housing starts in Waterloo Region.
CMHC reports construction was started on 221 homes, up from 90 during the same month last year.
It says starts were up right across the board, Read More...
5 February 2010
February 5, 2010
Source: IGLOO
We have great news to share with you - IGLOO Software, won the Economic Developers Council of Ontario Award for Best New Website for the Manufacturing Innovation Network (MIN). The MIN is a collaborative hub focused on knowledge sharing and creating new growth clusters. Read more Read More...
28 January 2010
January 28, 2010
Source: The Record
WATERLOO REGION – Waterloo Region’s economy is poised for a big rebound this year, says the Conference Board of Canada.
The local economy is expected to grow 3.3 per cent this year after and an average of 4.2 per cent from 2011 to 2014, the board said Read More...
27 January 2010
January 27, 2010
Source: 570 News
A new report predicts Waterloo Region will be third on the list of metropolitan areas in Canada that will experience the most growth this year.
The Conference Board of Canada says the local economy is expected to grow 3.3 per cent this year.
Companies such as Toyota and Com Read More...
20 January 2010
January 20, 2010
Source: Intelligent Community Forum (ICF)
Top Seven are Finalists in the Prestigious Intelligent Community of the Year Award Process
The Intelligent Community Forum named its 2010 Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year today at a luncheon ceremony taking place at PTC'10 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (13:30 HAST, 18:30 EST, Read More...
14 January 2010
Important Message From Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Dear Electric/Electronic Industry Colleagues,
Please find below an important message for your attention and response concerning the EU’s recast of its RoHS (Restriction on Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive. We would appreciate your response by January 31, 2010.
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Recently, our Read More...
13 January 2010
January 13, 2010
Source: The Conference Board of Canada
Calgary, Waterloo, Ottawa, Vancouver, St. John’s and Richmond Hill have what migrants are looking for when choosing where to locate, according to the Conference Board’s second report assessing the attractiveness of Canadian cities.
“Cities that fail to attract new people will struggle to stay Read More...
12 January 2010
Date: January 12 , 2010
Source: CNW Group
TORONTO - Canada Bread Company, Limited (TSX:CBY) today announced it will invest approximately $100 million in its Fresh Bakery operations to construct a new 370,000 square foot bakery facility in southwestern Ontario. The investment reinforces the Company's strategy of establishing competitive large scale facilities that provide Read More...
11 January 2010
January 11, 2010
Source: The Waterloo Region Record
WATERLOO REGION – Home builders in Waterloo Region ended 2009 on a strong note with housing starts rising for the third month in a row in December.
Builders poured foundations for 195 housing units in the final month of last year, up from 129 in December Read More...
8 January 2010
January 08, 2010
Source: The Waterloo Region Record
WATERLOO — After nearly three years at the helm of the Accelerator Centre, Tom Corr is leaving to become president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Centres of Excellence.
He assumes his new duties on March 1, replacing Mark Romoff who retired in September.
Corr Read More...
7 January 2010
January 07, 2010
Source: The Waterloo Region Record
KITCHENER – Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc. is moving its offices to downtown Kitchener effective Feb. 1.
The economic development organization has been housed in the Centre for International Governance Innovation building on Erb Street in Waterloo. But the soon-to-open Balsillie School of International Affairs will Read More...
7 January 2010
January 07, 2010
Source: Rose Simone, The Waterloo Region Record
WATERLOO — It started out as a year of doom and gloom, but 2009 turned into a banner year for the housing market in Waterloo Region.
At this time last year, with dour news about “the Great Recession,” and snowstorms pummeling the region, house Read More...
6 January 2010
January 06, 2010
Source: Greg MacDonald, The Waterloo Chronicle
Undeveloped land is quickly disappearing in Waterloo and the municipality’s economic development committee wants the city to have a strategic vision as applications come in to fill those few remaining plots.
The committee is organizing an economic summit this spring that will collect various visions Read More...
16 December 2009
December 16, 2009
Source: CNW
Airline unveils new schedule for the summer of 2010
CALGARY - WestJet today unveiled its flight schedule for the summer of 2010, featuring five new routes and expanded service on 19 trans-border and international routes.
The summer schedule also includes new non-stop service between Vancouver and Kitchener-Waterloo, Vancouver and Read More...
14 December 2009
December 14, 2009
Source: 570 News
Waterloo - Open Text has unveiled plans for a $20-million dollar expansion.
A new five-storey building at the company's headquarters near Columbia and Hagey in Waterloo will more than double the office space.
The building should be completed in the summer of 2011.
Executive Chair and CSO, Tom Jenkins Read More...
9 December 2009
December 9, 2009
Source: Rose Simone, The Record
WATERLOO REGION – A life sciences incubator is needed to nurture businesses that are emerging from research activity in this region, a recent study concludes.
The study into the need for a commercialization facility for life sciences startups was commissioned by Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc. Read More...
8 December 2009
December 8, 2009
Source: FOXNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/27817565/northern-exposure.htm
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" Back in this country now we're Fox News on the job -- while Americans sheds jobs every week our neighbor to the north Canada. This finding a way to add jobs believe it or not the US is one of Read More...
8 December 2009
The Life Sciences Commercialization Model for the Waterloo Region report was presented yesterday as the initial step toward growing the life and health sciences cluster, and the need for related wet lab space in the region. Read More...
7 December 2009
Source: CTV Chongqing
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26 November 2009
November 26, 2009
Source: The Record
WATERLOO — International diplomats will descend on Waterloo Dec. 3 for a dinner and reception designed to promote trade and investment.
Consul generals from more than 15 countries, including China, Japan, Sweden and the Netherlands, are expected to attend the event, hosted by Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc.
It Read More...
20 November 2009
Cambridge - Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc. along with its host, the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture brought together students from local post secondary institutions, municipal, regional, and business representatives to produce new ideas for development sites across Waterloo Region.
The ideas charrette allowed students in planning, architectural and business programs Read More...
13 November 2009
November 12, 2009
Source: Communitech
Waterloo Region, ON – Entrepreneur Week in Waterloo Region, the largest such event in North America, kicks off Monday with a keynote speech by Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and continues throughout the week with events for audiences ranging from students to CEOs. The week, which corresponds to Read More...
12 November 2009
November 12, 2009
Source: Susanna Kelley, The Canadian Press
WATERLOO -- When we think BlackBerry, we think of Research In Motion Ltd. making billions, with thousands of employees. But in Canada's Technology Triangle of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, 2,000 high-paying, hi-tech jobs are going begging.
Yet unemployment is at 9.2%, higher than the national Read More...
12 November 2009
November 12, 2009
Source: FedDev Ontario
SARNIA, ON — Southern Ontario businesses that would like to increase their sales internationally can get assistance thanks to a new investment announced by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
"This investment will help Read More...
11 November 2009
November 16, 2011, Cambridge Times -
Cambridge not only knows what it wants to do, it now has a plan to achieve it.
Last week, council unanimously endorsed a new sustainability plan for Cambridge – which puts an umbrella over the nine master plans created for such things as arts and culture, Read More...
11 November 2009
November 9, 2011, Cambridge Times -
Cambridge not only knows what it wants to do, it now has a plan to achieve it.
Last week, council unanimously endorsed a new sustainability plan for Cambridge – which puts an umbrella over the nine master plans created for such things as arts and culture, Read More...
6 November 2009
November 6, 2009
Source: Luisa D'Amato, The Record
WATERLOO — Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo are the best schools of their size in Ontario, and University of Waterloo has the best overall reputation in Canada, according to the Maclean’s magazine annual ranking of universities.
Wilfrid Laurier moved up a place this year, Read More...
2 November 2009
November 2, 2009
Source: Nestor E. Arellano, ITworldcanada.com
Ontario game developers are set to benefit big time from key proposed changes to several existing tax programs, specifically to the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit.
The Ontario government is giving local digital entertainment industry a boost by offering greater tax incentives to encourage Read More...
30 October 2009
October 30, 2009
Source: Industry Canada
TORONTO, Ontario — Today at a meeting of the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council (CAPC), the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, introduced changes to the Government of Canada’s Automotive Innovation Fund (AIF) in order to increase investment in automotive research and development (R&D). The total investment threshold Read More...
20 October 2009
The 15th Annual "Passport to Success" event proved to be another clear achievement for Waterloo Region. On October 14th and 15th, community and business leaders joined efforts to roll out the red carpet for VIP visitors from the investment, health sciences, real estate and government sectors to showcase Waterloo Region. Read More...
17 October 2009
October 17, 2009
Source: Terry Pender, The Record
KITCHENER — Roger Farwell knows from experience how hard it is to convince people to move here.
“I can tell you that is even true in our architectural and engineering firm — next to impossible to recruit the kind of architects and engineers we can use,” Read More...
14 October 2009
October 14, 2009
Source: Ontario Technology Corridor
Ottawa, ON – Employing nearly 256,000 people among 5,900 companies in five urban regions, the Ontario Technology Corridor is positioning the province at the forefront of the digital entertainment revolution at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
“Evidence of the Ontario Technology Corridor’s digital entertainment sector leadership Read More...
14 October 2009
October 14, 2009
Source: Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post
Eleven high-tech West Midlands companies have jetted to Canada to explore new export opportunities.
UK Trade & Investment’s Coventry & Warwickshire international trade team is currently leading a market visit to Toronto demonstrating the expertise of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the West Midlands.
The companies Read More...
9 October 2009
October 9, 2009
Source: Exchange Morning Post
A celebration and reality check: annual ‘quality of life’ report card highlights Waterloo Region’s progress and where improvement is needed
WATERLOO REGION – What are the people in Waterloo Region most concerned about? Where do we need to improve and what are we doing well? Where should Read More...
7 October 2009
October 7, 2009
Source: Exchange Morning Post
Conestoga College students receiving real-life work experience, businesses reaping benefits of cost-effective innovations that help increase productivity, profitability
Kitchener – More than 2,000 Ontario college students – including many from Conestoga College – successfully put their research and innovation skills into practice with about 400 small and Read More...
7 October 2009
October 7, 2009
Source: CNW
Ten-day event marks largest out-of-studio undertaking in TVO's history
For the second time this year, Waterloo will play host to TVO when Ontario's public broadcaster brings a large contingent of its production unit to Perimeter Institute for Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future festival (Q2C). TVO was Read More...
2 October 2009
FedDev Ontario is now accepting applications under the Southern Ontario Development Program (SODP) for projects that will stimulate local economies and enhance the growth and competitiveness of Southern Ontario businesses and communities Read More...
2 October 2009
The Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge area is the best place in Ontario to buy a house or invest in a business property with hopes of making money, according to a report released Friday. Read More...
23 September 2009
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters and CanWEA announce strategic partnership Read More...
23 September 2009
The new Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario has "about a couple dozen" people in headquarters on Frederick Street in Kitchener ready to review applications from 37 Ontario regions vying for the $100 million that remains to be distributed this fiscal year, Cambridge MP and federal Science and Technology Read More...
15 September 2009
Three Waterloo high technology firms have qualified for funding from Ontario's investment accelerator fund. Read More...
2 September 2009
The University of Waterloo, widely recognized for its experiential approach to learning, and key partners in the United Arab Emirates are this week opening an international campus in Dubai. Read More...
26 August 2009
Wind Energy Symposium Promises to Bring Together Component Manufacturers, Government and Municipal Representatives, and Renewable Energy Expert in an Open Forum. Read More...
24 August 2009
Schöck has grown to become Europe’s leading supplier of innovative structural load bearing insulation products. Its headquarters are located in Baden-Baden in southern Germany. Schöck is committed to providing the highest level of technical back up and comprehensive customer service to the construction industry. Schöck is ISO 9001 certified. It Read More...
11 August 2009
Innovative building solutions company, Schoeck Canada Inc., commenced formal operations in Kitchener, Ontario on April 1, 2009. Read More...
6 August 2009
Sandvine Inc.'s push to boost sales in the wireless market got a shot in the arm Thursday with $1 million in federal government funding. Read More...
22 July 2009
GABAE develops new technologies, processes and products spanning diverse industrial segments. It has Chemists (organic, environmental, catalytic and polymer), Mechanical Engineers & Designers, Materials Specialists, IT Systems Engineers, Machinists, Electronics Engineers as well as the support of local professors and students who work on a wide range of high-tech projects. Read More...
22 July 2009
A state-of-the-art company, GABAE Development, has been launched in Waterloo Region as a unique research and development venture to develop a diverse range of innovative products. Founder Dr. Evan Koslow has a successful track record of finding and commercializing novel technology solutions across a wide number of business sectors. Read More...
10 July 2009
Yesterday's announced $2.5 million funding windfall for the University of Waterloo's engineering department could have a ripple effect in households throughout the province. Read More...
8 July 2009
Electronic Arts makes first foray into Ontario, opening office in Kitchener Read More...
23 June 2009
Canada's Technology Triangle Inc will be launching its new strategic plan as part of its Annual Meeting of Members on June 25. The new strategic plan will guide the region's international economic development initiatives over the next five years. Read More...
18 June 2009
Tenders are expected to be called next summer for the renovation and expansion of the downtown Kitchener public library and construction of an accompanying three-level underground parking garage. Read More...
21 May 2009
Through the efforts of two powerful groups - Canada's Technology Triangle Inc and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics - the Waterloo Region is reshaping the Canadian "brain drain" and becoming an international "brain gain" region, earning the Canadian Urban Institute's 2009 Global City Award to be granted June 5 Read More...
12 May 2009
Close to 35 business and community leaders from Waterloo Region are attending the Intelligent Communities Forum (ICF) conference in New York City May 13-15 to promote the region internationally and continue to learn from communities around the world for ways to improve the region's social, cultural and economic performance. Read More...
30 March 2009
As Ontario's industrial sector comes apart at the seams, what can a province built on the sweat of its brow learn from a city built on the strength of its brains? Live from Waterloo, Ontario. Read More...
27 March 2009
The Ontario Government's budget released yesterday, while forecasting a $57 billion deficit over seven years, is positioned to make the Ontario economy more competitive and lead to job creation. Read More...
13 March 2009
Canada's Technology Triangle Inc is taking a lead role working with partners in the Waterloo Region to facilitate a coordinated approach for project proposals to the Southern Ontario Development Agency (SODA) Read More...
5 March 2009
The team at Canada's Technology Triangle Inc is pleased to announce the launch of their new website at www.techtriangle.com Read More...
2 March 2009
Rimowa is the world's premier manufacturer of ultra-lightweight yet super durable luggage, attachés and other cases. It owns 23 boutiques and is represented in more than 50 countries and has more than 550 employees worldwide.
"We wanted to be part of the exciting technological developments that are taking place in the Read More...
27 February 2009
WEICON produces a wide variety of industrial production, maintenance and repair applications. It was founded in 1949 and currently exports to 71 countries worldwide.
"The professional business support offered in Waterloo Region, excellent infrastructure and a quality lifestyle for future employees were the critical factors in our decision to locate Read More...
27 February 2009
Canterris, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand marketing and business optimization solutions. Canterris software solutions are provided as an on-demand subscription service, enabling customers to deploy highly effective and measurable online marketing programs that create demand for their products and services, accelerate the customer sales cycle and improve business performance. In addition, Read More...
27 February 2009
Early Warning develops state-of-the art early warning systems that automatically and rapidly detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasitic protozoa. It makes use of advances in nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and wireless technology to create a new generation of low cost biosensors and early warning systems.
"We were Read More...
27 February 2009
The Regus Group is the world’s leading provider of pioneering workplace solutions, with products and services ranging from fully equipped offices to professional meeting rooms, business lounges and the largest network of videoconferencing studios. The Regus Group delivers a new way to work, whether it’s from home, on the road Read More...
27 February 2009
INO's mission is to serve Canadian industries by enhancing their overall competitiveness. INO's comprehensive services for entrepreneurs, advanced manufacturers, and R&D organizations include consultation; module, product, and system design and development; process development, and short-run production. Since its foundation in 1988, INO has successfully completed over 3,500 R&D projects with Read More...
27 February 2009
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful... Google is widely recognized as the world's largest search engine -- an easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second ... Users can find information in many different languages, Read More...
27 February 2009
Founded in 2001, Athena Software is a dynamic and innovative global company recognized for providing leading-edge case management, CMS/counselling software solutions and world-class support that empowers services organizations to achieve new levels of client service, accountability and effectiveness.
Athena Software has implementations from coast to coast across the United States Read More...
27 February 2009
Mazak produces machine tools and systems for the precision machining of metal parts, including CNC turning centers, horizontal and vertical machining centers, multi-tasking machining centers, turnkey cells, and software solutions to help customers achieve lean, efficient manufacturing operations. The Cambridge facility is now the 8th site in North America and Read More...
27 February 2009
CSB-System International AG is a leading provider of innovative, platform independent, industry-specific software solutions for process manufacturers in the Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic, Chemical & Paint, and Retail Logistics sectors. The Canadian office is working with a number of high-quality leaders in the food industry today including: XL-Beef, Read More...
27 February 2009
OME Group is a firm of scientists and engineers that specialize in the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program offered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). OME Group offers a complete SR&ED claiming service from start to finish, assisting all types of businesses.
"We have hired about Read More...
27 February 2009
CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 24,500 professionals from over 100 offices worldwide and provides end-to-end IT and business process services to 16 countries.
Media/News Releases:
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27 February 2009
THC is a private corporation engaged in the global biometrics solutions market with significant experience in business development, IT implementation and support of technology companies. THC's VoiceVantage technology is a recognized leader in designing, developing and marketing proprietary voice authentication software and products that capture and analyze human voiceprints for Read More...
27 February 2009
The Dean Group, is a Canadian recruitment firm with more than 30 years of experience operating in the Toronto market offering services in permanent and contract staffing, on-line assessments and referral networks. They specialize in employment services, including: sales and marketing, human resources, engineering, finance and accounting, information technology, and Read More...
27 February 2009
Captec Americas Inc., a UK-based designer and manufacturer of industrial computers and communications equipment, provides innovation and custom computer solutions for industrial environments.
"There were sound reasons for choosing Canada's Technology Triangle... It's the heart of the manufacturing base in Canada; it has extremely good physical links to other parts of Read More...
27 February 2009
Nuvation is a leading Engineering Design Services (EDS) firm that provides accelerated chip, board, and software design services for the embedded systems industry. Established in 1997, Nuvation is based in San Jose, CA and has satellite operations in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Nuvation's clients include industry leaders in Communications, Medical Devices, Read More...
27 February 2009
McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), headquartered in Santa Clara, California, creates best-of-breed intrusion prevention and risk management solutions. McAfee’s market-leading security products and services help large, medium and small businesses, government agencies and consumers, prevent intrusions on networks and protect computer systems from critical threats.
"The expansion of our Waterloo initiative Read More...
27 February 2009
A worldwide manufacturer and marketer of industrial lubricants, Oemeta Chemical Manufacturing GmbH, is a multi-national company that provides products and services to Canadian and US customers in the metalworking and automotive sectors and operations.
"The quality of the workforce, the location and the overwhelming business services we received from the community Read More...
27 February 2009
Preferred Sourcing has grown quickly to become a leader in the third party quality inspection industry. Using the latest digital and web-based technology, Preferred Sourcing delivers professional services to the automotive industry, including part quality inspection, sorting, containment, sequencing, assembly, quality assurance training, quality engineering and supplier quality development.
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27 February 2009
Sybase enables the Unwired Enterprise by delivering enterprise and mobile infrastructure, development and integration software solutions. Organizations can attain maximum value from their data assets by getting the right information to the right people at the right time and place.
“The move to the University of Waterloo Research + Technology Read More...
27 February 2009
California-based Arvato Services is a leading global provider of integrated and customized outsourcing services. Arvato is a wholly owned subsidiary of a German conglomerate, Bertelsmann, a worldwide media group that also owns Sony BMG Music and Random House, founders of European, Canadian and American Idol.
"Kitchener exceeded all key location Read More...
27 February 2009
Trim Masters was formed in 1987 as a joint venture between Johnson Controls Automotive Systems Group, Araco Corporation, and Toyota Tsusho. It is a leading supplier of automotive interior trim and assembles seats.
Media/News Releases:
Number One Seat Supplier in North America- Highest Quality Award for Read More...
27 February 2009
Virtual Causeway is a provider of outsourced business-to-business customer relationship management (CRM) solutions to the technology industry. The company's customers and corporate partners not only include industry leaders, but also some of the most innovative multinational corporations in the United States and Canada.
"We decided to establish ourselves in Canada's Read More...
29 January 2009
Canada's Technology Triangle, Waterloo Region, January 29, 2009...Canada's 2009 budget takes a proactive approach to tackling Canada's recession. Read More...
22 January 2009
Corridor for Advancing Canadian Digital Media will be Canada's largest concentration of digital media R&D and commercialization expertise Read More...
19 January 2009
McGuinty Government Supports Innovation In Medical Imaging Read More...
12 January 2009
Economic development executives from across the country are meeting in Ottawa today to work together with invited federal government departments and agencies on a unified business attraction strategy that recognizes the dominant role of urban economies. Read More...
19 November 2008
R&D tax credits up to 70%, best educated workforce in North America among reasons to choose Ontario Read More...
7 November 2008
Legendary German Luxury Luggage Maker Opens New Facility in Cambridge, Ontario Read More...
6 November 2008
Data released today on private and public R&D and on patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark office shows that the Waterloo Region, known for more than 20 years as Canada's Technology Triangle, is a world-class centre for innovation Read More...
30 October 2008
Smart21 Communities are Semi-Finalists in the Coveted Intelligent Community of the Year Read More...
24 September 2008
WEICON Inc., a German manufacturer and distributor of chemo-technical products and specialty tools, has chosen Waterloo Region, known as Canada's Technology Triangle, as the location for its North American headquarters Read More...
18 September 2008
September 18, 2008
Source: The Record
WATERLOO REGION
Joan Fisk personally knows the highs and lows of the business world and now is getting a chance to use that experience on behalf of the entire business community.
Fisk, who ran Tiger Brand Knitting in Cambridge for 16 years, was named president and chief executive Read More...
15 September 2008
Local high-tech company expands, invests in premier Waterloo property Read More...
12 September 2008
Canada's Technology Triangle Inc. (CTT Inc.) has been selected as one of the top Canadian Economic Development Groups by Site Selection magazine, a leading US-based source for expansion planning information Read More...
12 September 2008
Waterloo Region and Guelph have been named the fourth best place to do business in Canada in a top-40 list compiled by Canadian Business magazine. Read More...
9 September 2008
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will open its first satellite office in Kitchener on Oct. 1. Read More...
2 September 2008
Presence in Waterloo Region of Ontario will facilitate growth with greater access to top IT talent Read More...
2 September 2008
Alberta remains the most competitive province in an increasingly competitive nation, followed by New Brunswick and Quebec. Edmonton leads Canada's metro areas in corporate facility development. Read More...
28 August 2008
One of the country's leading think tanks wants to know what makes this region's economy so strong Read More...
27 August 2008
John Doherty, chair of the Board of Canada's Technology Triangle Inc (CTT Inc), the public-private regional economic development partnership for Waterloo Region, is delighted to announce that John G. Jung will be joining CTT Inc as the new chief executive officer, effective September 22, 2008 Read More...
20 August 2008
Before an enthusiastic audience of more than 250 business and industrial leaders, government officials, and Conestoga employees and students, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty today announced a provincial investment of $21 million to Conestoga, towards a major new campus in Cambridge directly across Highway 401 from the Doon (Kitchener) campus. Read More...
26 June 2008
Virtual Causeway is pleased to announce that they have been named, for the second consecutive year, as one of Canada's fastest-growing companies in PROFIT magazine Read More...
20 June 2008
Com Dev International Ltd. has announced a $7-million program to develop its own micro-satellite platform, a "strategic expansion" from its established role as a supplier of instruments and subsystems to other satellite makers. Read More...
16 June 2008
Guelph and Waterloo Region business, academic and industry partners are collaborating as they head south to attend the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) convention in San Diego this week Read More...
E.coli Detection Development Company sets up Water Products Division in Canada's Technology Triangle
28 May 2008
Early Warning Inc, a developer of early warning systems that detect E.coli and other biohazards is pleased to announce the opening of its Water Products Division in Waterloo, Ontario Read More...
23 May 2008
Arise Technologies Corp. will begin construction of a multimillion-dollar silicon refinery in Waterloo in September, a company executive said yesterday. Read More...
22 April 2008
The international orientation of businesses in Ontario's Waterloo Region is again highlighted in a new study on the export performance of the Region's businesses Read More...
22 April 2008
The diversity of business enterprises in Waterloo Region is evident in a new study that examines the 2006 revenues of enterprises Read More...
15 April 2008
A German auto parts company expanding into Cambridge has big growth aspirations, its top Canadian executive said yesterday. Read More...
14 April 2008
A highly regarded German manufacturer, Thomas Magnete GmbH, announced that it has selected Waterloo Region, known for over 20 years as Canada's Technology Triangle, as the location for a new North American manufacturing facility Read More...
11 April 2008
John D. Tennant, the Chief Executive Officer of Canada's Technology Triangle Inc (CTT Inc), the public-private regional economic development partnership for Waterloo Region, has informed the Board of Directors that he intends to resign when a successor can be found Read More...
9 April 2008
Canadians should not be too worried about American presidential candidates' promises to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins told a local audience yesterday. Read More...
27 March 2008
Canadian locations - including Waterloo Region - have retained their overall level of competitiveness against the average of a range of US locations, according to the new Competitive Alternatives Study, released today by KPMG Read More...
25 March 2008
Canada's Technology Triangle Inc is pleased to announce that J. Schmalz GmbH of Glatten, Germany, has opened its Canadian branch office in Cambridge, Ontario Read More...
25 March 2008
Canada's Technology Triangle, also known as Waterloo Region, has rapidly become the place to invest in real estate. Many new high-tech businesses are developing there, strengthening the region's economy.
And real estate is still very affordable compared to other major markets Read More...
11 March 2008
Kitchener/Cambridge area employers expect a healthy hiring climate for the second quarter of 2008, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Read More...
26 February 2008
A Canadian school known for producing future high-tech giants retools one of its residences so that students can live and work together on potential projects. Why hopefuls from Toronto and Ottawa want in. Read More...
23 February 2008
Growth is expected to continue despite job losses in manufacturing Read More...
22 February 2008
Microsoft billionaire urges crowd at UW to help those at 'the bottom' Read More...
20 February 2008
Bill Gates will be preaching to the converted tomorrow when he rides into town to invite students to embrace their inner geek Read More...
15 February 2008
February 15, 2008
Representatives from Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc are attending the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, February 18-22 to attract foreign investment and talent to Waterloo Region, known as Canada’s Technology Triangle. Also attending are partner organizations in Toronto and Ottawa from the Ontario Technology Corridor (OTC).
“Through meetings Read More...
12 February 2008
The Waterloo Region and Guelph area is "one of the brightest stars in the Canadian economic skies," according to a new report published by BMO Financial Group and Canada's Technology Triangle Inc. Read More...
7 February 2008
Community Partnership Key to Success of Cambridge Health Link Read More...
31 January 2008
Regus' 12,000 square foot centre features 49 fully-furnished and equipped state-of-the-art offices in the heart of downtown Kitchener Canada's Technology Triangle, Waterloo Region Read More...
31 January 2008
Google Inc. on Wednesday launched an enhanced search service designed to streamline the mobile Web browsing experience to reap faster more targeted results, the company said Read More...
31 January 2008
Waterloo - The Ontario government yesterday announced grants of $200 million to the province's colleges and universities - including $9.1 million for Waterloo Read More...
31 January 2008
Students and alumni of Conestoga College and the three local universities - Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier and Waterloo - will have an exclusive opportunity to present themselves Read More...
24 January 2008
John Tennant has plans to put Cambridge in the driver's seat. As CEO of Canada's Technology Triangle, Tennant told city council Tuesday night that a European auto parts manufacturer is considering expansion in Cambridge. Read More...
22 January 2008
The Regus Group, a global company that provides furnished office space and virtual office services for businesses all over the world, has opened a 12,000-square-foot facility in Kitchener. Read More...
22 January 2008
Growth will rise 2.7% in 2008, report forecasts Read More...
15 January 2008
Two more area firms have received loans from the Michelin Development fund established in 2006 to replace jobs that were lost when the BF Goodrich plant closed in Kitchener. Read More...
15 January 2008
The Law Society of Upper Canada has already received an application to set up a law school in Waterloo Region, but it may not have anticipated the support that exists for this proposal Read More...
14 January 2008
Project aims to make core more pedestrian-friendly -- but first comes the chaos of construction Read More...
10 January 2008
Shelley Rudd joins Canada's Technology Triangle Inc (CTT Inc) in the position of Manager, Marketing and Communications. Read More...
8 January 2008
The province will invest $2.85 million in an advanced manufacturing project in Kitchener, Premier Dalton McGuinty said during a visit to the city today. Read More...
8 January 2008
Expanded 3,000 km fibre-optic network is one of Ontario's largest Read More...
7 January 2008
The possibility of snagging a new food-processing institute is adding fuel to Conestoga College's expansion hopes in Cambridge Read More...
11 November 2007
November 7, 2011, 570 News -
The Rangers organization is looking forward to next Monday's council meeting.
The 'Aud Report' has passed through a Community and Infrastructure Committee meeting.
The recommendation sees the City of Kitchener secure a $10 million loan on behalf of the Kitchener Rangers, which the team will repay over Read More...
11 November 2004
November 4, 2011, 570 News -
City of Kitchener Staff will pitch a new economic development plan to City Council on Monday.
It would see the former public works yard on Bramm Street become a business park that could create up to 15, 000 jobs and attract 4, 000 residents to the Read More...
11 November 2004
November 4, 2011 - 570 News -
City of Kitchener Staff will pitch a new economic development plan to City Council on Monday.
It would see the former public works yard on Bramm Street become a business park that could create up to 15, 000 jobs and attract 4, 000 residents Read More...
11 November 2004
November 4, 2011 - 570 News -
City of Kitchener Staff will pitch a new economic development plan to City Council on Monday.
It would see the former public works yard on Bramm Street become a business park that could create up to 15, 000 jobs and attract 4, 000 residents to Read More...
“This community is a hotbed of innovation. Whether you are talking about post-secondary institutions, research centres or business and high-tech sectors, this place has it.”
Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, CIGI, October 21, 2005
Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, CIGI, October 21, 2005
