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MONTREAL, May 23, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Caisse) announced a joint investment of $12 million in Revision Military Inc. (Revision), a major Quebec developer and manufacturer of ballistic eyewear, head protection systems and other protective equipment designed for military and tactical use. BDC is investing $7 million in the company while the Caisse is investing a total of $5 million....
VANCOUVER, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - TELUS welcomes today's vote by Mobilicity's debtholders in favour of the company's acquisition by TELUS. "Today's positive vote is an important step on the road to allowing TELUS to sustain service for Mobilicity's quarter-million customers and preserve the jobs of their 150 employees without a disruption caused by their current financial challenges," said David Fuller, TELUS Chief Marketing Officer. TELUS and Mobilicity announced May 16 that...
TORONTO, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Holdings Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, Mobilicity) today announced that debtholders approved the Acquisition Plan under the terms of the Interim Order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) dated Friday, April 26, 2013 (the TELUS Acquisition Plan). Under the TELUS Acquisition Plan, TELUS Corporation (TELUS) will acquire Mobilicity as a going concern for a purchase price of $380 million,...
13,000 TELUS volunteers come together for eighth annual TELUS Day of Giving Canadians invited to show how we #givewherewelive VANCOUVER, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - On Saturday, May 25, thousands of TELUS team members and retirees, friends and family, across Canada will take part in the eighth annual TELUS Day of Giving. "TELUS Day of Giving is always an exceptional opportunity for our TELUS team members, retirees, their friends and family members to make a meaningful difference in...
OTTAWA, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - On Friday, May 24, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC), in partnership with Library and Archives Canada (LAC), will present Early Exploration Photographs in Canada, the first in a series of installations that will be on display at the NGC over the next three years. Made possible by a recent agreement between the two institutions, this series is dedicated to making LAC's rich documentary heritage more accessible to the public. Drawn from the extensive...
50 athlete and coach pairings receive $8,000 to help fuel their sport dreams CALGARY, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Today, Suncor Energy, the proud owner of Petro-Canada announced the 2013 Fuelling Athletes and Coaching Excellence (FACE) recipients. The 2013 FACE recipients represent a balance of summer, winter and team sports with selected athletes coming from six provinces across Canada. Working together with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC)...
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqGS: CKSW) (the "Company") the leading provider of automated mobile workforce management and optimization solutions for the service industry, announced that its 2013 Annual General Meeting of shareholders (the "AGM") will be held on July 8, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. Israel time, at the offices of the Company at Azorim Park, Oren Building, 94 Em-Hamoshavot Road, Petach Tikva, Israel....
CALGARY, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Ms. Tracy Robinson, Vice President Marketing & Sales, Energy and Merchandise Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP), will address the Cowen Securities 6(th) Annual Global Transportation Conference on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 8:00 am Eastern time. Ms. Robinson's presentation materials and a live webcast of her remarks will be available at www.cpr.ca under the "Invest in CP" tab. About Canadian Pacific Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP)(NYSE:CP) is...
The Health Council of Canada releases annual report on health care renewal SASKATOON, SK, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Today, the Health Council of Canada releases Progress Report 2013: Health care renewal in Canada, highlighting the progress achieved by governments in five key areas: wait times, primary health care and electronic health records, pharmaceuticals management, disease prevention/health promotion and Aboriginal health. The report finds that, overall, efforts at reform...
Leading Email Strategy Firm Announces Key Additions to ESP-Agnostic Technology for Targeted Marketing Triggers Based on Weather SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Email Aptitude, a leading email strategy and marketing technology firm, announced today that it has implemented key additions to its patent-pending EA Rainmaker technology. These enhancements include real-time coverage for Canada plus the ability to schedule forecast triggers based on temperature dips and...
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The Yellow Rail is a small water bird and is part of the family Rallidae. Yellow rails are only slightly larger than sparrows; they grow to about 7.5 inches. They weigh 1.8 ounces, with a wingspan of about 11 inches. The males and females look similar. The mature adults have brown upperparts streaked with black, a yellowish-brown breast, a light belly and barred flanks. It has a short thick dark bill that turns yellow in the males during breeding season. The back feathers are edged with...
The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), known as the gray seal in the United States is a species that can be found on shores on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. Its other common names include the Atlantic grey seal and the horsehead seal, because of its elongated nose. It has a large range on the shores of Ireland and Great Britain, with larger populations residing in areas including the Farne Islands near the Northumberland Coast, North Rona near northern Scotland, and Ramsey Island near...
Franklin’s ground squirrel (Poliocitellus franklinii) is native to the northern area of the United States and Canada, inhabiting tall grasses on the American prairie. Joseph Sabine who named it after Sir John Franklin, a British Arctic explorer, first described this squirrel in 1822. Previously, it was classified in the Spermophilus genus, within its own subgenus. However, genetic testing showed that it belonged in a different genus because it was paraphyletic, and so it was placed in...
The above cloud is known as a towering cumulus cloud or TCU for short. TCU clouds are a form of cumulus clouds. They are the second stage of the cumulus family. The thing that makes these clouds unique is the vertical extent of them. They can extend very high into the atmosphere and sometimes they form in multiple rows. Towering Cumulus clouds can bring waterspouts when they are over the open waters and they are responsible for heavy rain. TCU Clouds have two types of air within them. They...
As a meteorologist you are taught quickly the term Air Mass. This term means an area of relatively flat and uniform terrain with the same temp and moisture content. There are places in the world that are conducive for being air mass zones such as Siberia and also the flat plains of Canada. However, the key is to remember that air masses move. The area in Canada is known as the Canadian High pressure center. This high pressure moves southeastward towards the United States all the time. This...
