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Media invited to cover unveiling ceremony and take a short flight CALGARY, June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Media are invited to tour WestJet Encore's first Canadian-made Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at WestJet's Calgary campus. WestJet Encore launches service on Monday, June 24, 2013. This is the only opportunity to get a close-up look at the aircraft, obtain stock images and take a short 90-minute flight in advance of launch day. WestJet executives will...

CALGARY, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) today announced it has launched a faster intermodal rail service between Toronto and Calgary to better serve customers in this key corridor. The new service offering cuts 20 hours from previous schedules. "Customers are taking advantage of CP's faster transit times in major intermodal corridors, and given Calgary's importance as a Canadian distribution hub, improving this service is the next logical...

Russia foiled the climate talks in Bonn last week by challenging the ‘consensus’ decision making process that they said often excludes them; that ‘draft agreements’ are offered up in the 11th hour for approval without their valid input. In light of revelations that global warming stopped 16 years ago, despite a rise in carbon dioxide (CO2), Friends of Science point out that computer model predictions of warming are all wrong with tropical warming trends from 1979 off by a factor of...

iCarte® 520, NFC and Mobile Payment case for use with iPhone 5 is commercially available and has received Visa's mobile compliance for global commercial deployments. Calgary, Alberta (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 Wireless Dynamics Inc., a leading provider of NFC and RFID products, announces that the iCarte® 520, NFC and Mobile Payment case for use with iPhone 5 is commercially available and has received Visa's mobile compliance for global commercial deployments. As an MFi (Made...

CALGARY, Alberta, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX, NYSE: CVE) will hold its 2013 Investor Day on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 9 a.m. MT (11 a.m. ET) in Calgary. Members of Cenovus's executive team will provide an update on the company's operations, performance and outlook to invited institutional investors, analysts and media. To accommodate a broader audience, the presentations will be webcast. Links to the webcast and presentation slides will be available at...

CALGARY, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX-V: PFC) - PetroFrontier Corp. ("PetroFrontier") is pleased to announce that it has agreed to amend the existing farmin agreement with Statoil Australia Oil & Gas AS ("Statoil") whereby Statoil has committed to spend the next US$50 million throughout the remainder of 2013 and 2014 to fully fund up to a 385 km 2D seismic program and the drilling and stimulation of four to six vertical test wells (the "Amended Farmin Agreement")....

Named to Maclean's and Corporate Knights top 50 lists CALGARY, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX, NYSE: CVE) has been recognized once again as one of the country's most responsible companies. Today, Maclean's magazine and Sustainalytics ranked Cenovus among the Top 50 Socially Responsible Corporations in Canada for the second year in a row. In a separate ranking, Corporate Knights magazine recognized Cenovus as one of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada for...

Airline flies 1.5 million guests in the month, up 7.9 per cent CALGARY, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet today announced May 2013 traffic results with a load factor of 78.5 per cent. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 8.2 per cent year over year, and capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), was 9.1 per cent higher over the same period. The airline flew 1.5 million guests in May, a year-over-year increase of 7.9 per cent or approximately 110,000...

Vista Projects collaborates with United Way to support a new charitable campaign CALGARY, June 4, 2013 /CNW/ - Vista Projects Limited (Vista) has teamed with United Way of Calgary and Area (United Way) on the June Dresses Campaign, a new fundraising movement in support of local charities that benefit women at risk. While 2013 is the fifth year for June Dresses, this is the first campaign involving United Way. Women participating in June Dresses wear a dress every day for the...

Calgary’s hot housing market is one to watch, says KANETIX. TORONTO, ONTARIO (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 Calgary’s economy is primarily based on the oil and gas industry. Calgary is home to the hottest housing market and many Albertans are keeping a close eye on this market says KANETIX. There are many trends in Calgary including a low unemployment rate, a high demand for residential housing, and rising home prices— all of these factors forecast a promising housing market for 2013 and...