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Chase Card Services Canada, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has announced the launch of the Amazon.ca Rewards Visa^® Card. Cardmembers earn two reward points for every dollar spent on eligible Amazon.ca purchases and one reward point per dollar spent everywhere Visa^® credit cards are accepted. There is no limit to the amount of reward points cardmembers can accumulate and points do not expire. The Amazon.ca Rewards Visa Card is the second in the Chase portfolio with the online retailer, joining the Amazon.com Rewards Card that launched in the U.S. in 2002. Read the rest of this entry »

Throughout the month of April, Pizza Pizza’s traditional restaurant locations are trading slices for unused cell phones or handheld devices. Now in its eighth year, the company’s Cells for Slices program encourages people to recycle their unused devices, which are often not disposed of properly. All of the proceeds collected from this initiative benefit Food Banks Canada as part of its Phones for Food program. Read the rest of this entry »

Business enterprise and software solutions provider for small and mid-sized businesses ProjectLine Solutions Inc.  has announced Intec Controls Inc. as one of its newest customers implementing the SAP® Business One application. With locations across Western Canada, ProjectLine Solutions will be completing the implementation from its head office in Saskatoon. Read the rest of this entry »

CAE has announced that it has sold seven full-flight simulators (FFSs) to Air Algérie in Algeria, Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) in Dubai, UAE; two Airbus A320 FFSs for the new Interglobe-CAE joint venture airline training centre in Delhi, India; an Embraer ERJ-190 to Zhuhai Flight Training Centre (ZFTC) in Zhuhai, China; plus two FFSs to undisclosed customers. CAE has also begun leveraging its simulation capabilities in new markets such as healthcare and mining. Read the rest of this entry »

Optimal Payments, a UK-based company with three Canadian locations, is pleased to announce that Hockey Canada has selected the NETBANX service to provide online payment processing for its Hockey Canada online registry system (HCR), which manages registrations for more than 565,000 players and 180,000 registered participants in thousands of associations governed by its thirteen member branches: Read the rest of this entry »

Just when everyone thought Mobilicity couldn’t add any more value into its Unlimited Everything plan, the rising carrier today launched its new rate card with over 30% more value. Mobilicity’s top-of-the-line plan now comes with 60 free minutes of voice roaming and free phone protection while its new $45 plan includes unlimited data, and 30 minutes of free voice roaming. Read the rest of this entry »

Findings from Randstad’s latest Global Workmonitor, surveying employees in 29 countries around the world, reveal that Canadian workers can’t stand technological interruptions during meetings, and want more face time with their colleagues. Read the rest of this entry »

Does your baby’s giggle light up the room? Does your toddler say the cutest things? Does your child like to be a big helper? GapKids and babyGap clothes are brighter than ever as Gap begins its coast-to-coast search today for the brightest babies (ages four and under) and kids (ages five to 12) with its sixth annual North American Casting Call contest. Read the rest of this entry »

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to launch its new travelling exhibition Double Take: Portraits of Intriguing Canadians. The exhibition will open at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Canada’s National Memorial to the Fathers of Confederation-Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on March 31, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Zevrix Solutions has announced Deliver Express 2.2, a feature update to its automated solution to send and share files easily across the Internet and local networks. Deliver Express processes files automatically from watched hot folders and supports various remote and local services. The software can run absolutely unattended and offers variable e-mail notifications, delivery to multiple destinations, automatic file compression and encryption, and much more. Read the rest of this entry »