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Family Channel gets in to the groove next month with the highly anticipated, Canadian original series The Next Step. Premiering Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. ET/PT, the serialized reality-style drama series follows an elite group of dancers striving to make it in the world of competitive dance. Immediately following the premiere episode viewers can catch The Next Step Aftershow featuring hosted plotline breakdowns, interviews with the cast and dancing tips. Read the rest of this entry »

A crack team of top Canadian athletes and award-winning illustrators is warming up their coloured pencils and getting their game faces on to host a series of workshops—starting this Friday—to help inspire young people to enter the Toronto 2015 Mascot Creation Challenge, which closes in just four weeks’ time. The workshops on Friday and Saturday will be held in libraries and community centres throughout Toronto, Ajax, Caledon, Hamilton, Markham and Mississauga. The town of Milton is also holding a workshop on February 18 as part of Ontario’s Family Day. Read the rest of this entry »

Staples Canada has announced that it is vastly expanding its online assortment, delivering more products and offering customers more ways to shop. The Staples Canada redesigned website and new online shopping platform offers customers 90 percent more merchandise, as part of Staples commitment to providing customers every product their business needs to succeed. Customers can now visit staples.ca and choose from more products while experiencing also a new look, additional features and expanded functionality including live customer service support with online chat, improved search capabilities, a “deals” centre that consolidates all of our discounted items, and a growing number of informative product videos to help with buying decisions. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the recent announcement of Capcom Arcade Cabinet it’s now time to lift the lid and reveal the full list of classic 8-bit titles and how gamers will be able to transform their PlayStation3 or Xbox 360 into their very own customizable, HD 80s arcade. Starting February 19 until early May, a total of 15 titles from 1984-1988 will be released on a staggered schedule available to purchase digitally either as a series of packs or individually, allowing players to choose what they want to buy. By purchasing all 15 titles, either separately or together, players will gain access to two bonus games absolutely free. Read the rest of this entry »

Two premier, national institutions, The Banff Centre and CIFAR (The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research), have entered into a partnership to strengthen Canada’s capacity in creativity and innovation. Together, both institutions represent many of the world’s best minds engaged in research in the natural and social sciences and the humanities. Both are dedicated to advancing knowledge and unleashing human creativity and recognize that, by working together, they can tap a broad diversity of viewpoints to inspire new ways of addressing questions of global importance and furthering their respective missions. Read the rest of this entry »

Layer 7 Technologies, a provider of API management and mobilization tools for the new open enterprise, announced that  it has been named a Leader by Forrester Research Inc. in its new report, “The Forrester Wave™: API Management Platforms, Q1 2013.” Layer 7 was part of a select list of companies invited by Forrester Research to participate in its Forrester Wave Report: API Management Platforms, Q1 2013. In the report, Forrester describes API management as valuable because “APIs create and unlock the business value of data.” Read the rest of this entry »

McFarlane Toys in partnership with Ubisoft announced today a licensing agreement to bring Assassin’s Creed®, one of world’s most successful video games franchises, to store shelves.   McFarlane Toys’ Assassin’s Creed series 1 will consist of seven figures including the fan favorite characters of Connor and  Haytham Kenway. Connor will come as two action figures – one in his Assassin’s Creed® III traditional Assassins garb and the second, as Ratonhnhaké:ton in the upcoming “Tyranny of King George” storyline. Each figure will be sculpted in the hyper-detail the award-winning McFarlane is known for with collectors and fans.   Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has confirmed the release dates of all three upcoming episodes of Assassin’s Creed III The Tyranny of King Washington. This all new single-player experience will let players discover an alternate history of the events following the American Revolution. In the first episode of the Tyranny of King Washington series, our hero, Ratonhnhaké:ton, awakens from an unsettling dream to find that, despite his efforts to deliver justice in the newly-founded United States of America, a new king has been crowned – George Washington. The Infamy will take gamers through the beginning of the journey to dethrone King Washington. Read the rest of this entry »

Infinite Game Publishing and MechWarrior Online developers Piranha Games have announced that the newest Hero Mech – Pretty Baby – is now live for fans to purchase in the game’s latest update. Also included in the update is a major update to the Match features as MechWarrior Online fans are now treated to pre-round screening, an in-game scoreboard, the long-awaited Death Screen and a fantastic new “end of round” screen. Most importantly, players can now chat about match tactics before a match begins, analyze performance and contribution to the match. Read the rest of this entry »

New from Breakthrough Entertainment and Little Guy Games is Picnicface Playground, the fully customizable and shareable app that lets you hang out on the moon with comedy troupe Picnicface, set your co-workers on fire or see how your best friend would look with a pompadour. With Picnicface Playground you can create your own fully customizable characters using photos of you and your friends, arm them with a wide array of crazy props and activities, and watch the fun unfold. Regularly priced at $ 0.99, Picnicface Playground will be available as a free download on February 7th. Read the rest of this entry »