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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canadians can pull the trigger to obtain one of 2011’s hottest gaming titles Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at midnight on Monday, November 7 at Future Shop stores across Canada. Stores in Quebec and Sudbury, ON will offer the game on Tuesday, November 8 at 8:00 a.m. local time. The first 75 customers purchasing the game at each store location will receive a free Modern Warfare Collection SteelBook case, exclusive to Future Shop. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros has released this photo in celebration of the official inauguration of its brand new WB Games Montreal Studio.  In the photo are: Reid Schneider, Vice President and Executive Producer; Martin Carrier, Vice President and Studio Head; Martin Tremblay, President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment; Alain Paquet, Minister for Finance; Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal; and Jacques Daoust, President and CEO, Investissement Quebec.

On October 24th, music publisher ole launched its Stop Corporate Music Piracy campaign with a full-page ad in the Ottawa Hill Times. At the same time a companion website ProtectCreativity.ca was unveiled and the message was delivered via posters to all 308 Canadian Members of Parliament. Read the rest of this entry »