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mers, work forces and industries making significant shifts online, the world is clamouring for technology and communications solutions. To help local Ontario firms meet that demand, a successful business support program is expanding province-wide.
The Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) is …
The popular Discover Channel program Highway Thru Hell recently filmed an episode on the rugged and sometimes treacherous roads around Lillooet, British Columbia. The TV program, which features the exploits and expertise of a heavy tow-truck crew under extreme conditions, filmed its first episode e…
Today, Canada celebrates its 153rd birthday. While 2020 has been a challenging year in Canada and around the world, I still feel blessed to live here.
Canada remains one of the safest, friendliest and most tolerant countries in the world. Our rights and freedoms remain strong at a time when aut…
In the face of fear and uncertainty over the pandemic, Canadians are being...well...Canadian by doing what they can to take care of each other and society's most vulnerable people. Across the nation, people are "caremongering" instead of scaremongering, ensuring people who need help and support can …
Recognition of Canada’s innovative and competitive technology sector keeps pouring in. According to CBRE Group Inc., a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, Toronto is North America's third-ranked market for tech talent, coming in just behind the San Francisco Bay Area an…
Ottawa, Canada's national capital, is as calm as it is beautiful...until someone tries to mess with the Chateau Laurier, one of its most iconic, historical buildings. The 660,000 square foot French Gothic building was built over three years starting in 1909.
Situated downtown and adjacent to Ca…
Energy conscious residents of Charlottetown and other great communities on Prince Edward Island now have access to Canada's best clean energy incentive program thanks to a partnership between the provincial government and the federal government's Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund.
According …
Canada once again finishes high on the global scale of best countries in the world. This time, U.S. News and World Report teamed up with BAV Group and the Wharton School of Business to rank the top countries based on surveying 20,000 global citizens and business decision-makers about issues of…
Today, Canada is officially 152 years old. Frequently found at or near the top of lists for most democratic, safest, most educated, happiest and friendliest country, Canada is a great place to live and visit.
From coast (Atlantic) to coast (Pacific) to coast (Arctic), Canada offers pristine w…
Toronto Raptors won the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship this past week, beating the California-based Golden State Warriors in six games. The championship was the first for Toronto and first for any Canadian team in the U.S.-based professional basketball league.
In the spirit of…
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announces that its voting membership has selected the Bank of Canada to receive its prestigious “Bank Note of the Year Award” for 2018.
Sixty-seven per cent of Canadians report being very happy, generally speaking, and 68 per cent are very satisfied with their lives, according to a recent, nationwide Gandalf Group survey conducted for The Globe and Mail. In contrast, the survey found that just five per cent of Canadians say they are…
In a land of sprawling cattle ranches and thousands of farms, Canadians know the importance agriculture plays in the economy. Increasingly, Canadians seem to be reassessing their dietary choices and recognizing the importance of a diet that stresses new types of proteins other than traditional m…
Ever wonder what it would be like to walk or hike all of Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories? Well now you can but make sure you take some time off work. The Great Trail is 24,000 kilometres (over 14,900 miles) long and spans coast (Atlantic) to coast (Pacific) to coast (Arctic). Twen…
Ontario Power Generation (OPG), in partnership with the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, has completed its first-ever 44-megawatt solar facility at the former Nanticoke Generating Station site.
In 2016, the Independent Electri…
Today, Canada became the second country in the world to legalize the possession and use of recreational cannabis. Now, Canadians can order and pay for cannabis products online and have them shipped directly to their homes, or they can shop in privately-run or government-owned shops, depending on the…
Have you ever had Indigenous cuisine from Canada? Check out this great article by Canadian Press journalist Alexsandra Sagan highlighting the growth in restaurants, eateries and food trucks featuring traditional and culturally-relevant food from Canada’s First Peoples (commonly referred to as “nat…
When you think of business investment in Canada, it is hard not to immediately think of Toronto, Canada’s largest city and financial centre or large metropolitan areas like Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary or Ottawa.
According to U.S.-based Site Selection Magazine's 2018 Canada's Best Locations li…
