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        		<title>Invest in Canada</title>
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				<description>Investment News - Updates on global companies investing in Canada.</description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Fujitsu buys Saskatchewan IT company]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Fujitsu Canada, a unit of Japan-based Fujitsu, is buying TMC, a business and IT consulting company based in Saskatchewan. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed. &quot;The acquisition of TMC enhances Fujitsu Canada's offerings and consolidates its presence in Saskatchewan, a province that has experienced major economic growth,&quot; said Andre Pouliot, president of Montreal-based Fujitsu Canada. TMC has about 70 employees. David Luterbach, president of TMC, said the deal will help boost growth for both companies.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[GE opens $50M aircraft engine testing centre in Winnipeg]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Industrial giant General Electric has opened a new $50 million aircraft engine testing and R&amp;D centre in Winnipeg that could eventually create up to 50 jobs. The U.S. company said the centre will be run by joint venture partner StandardAero and will perform icing certification testing and develop other tests and equipment for GE Aviation's aircraft engines.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Machinery Equipment]]></category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McKesson takes over Canadian pharmacy network]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[McKesson Corp. announced that it is buying a few units of Katz Group, a private Canadian company that operates a retail pharmacy network, in a deal worth $920 million. Specifically, McKesson is buying Drug Trading Company, which has a marketing and purchasing arm for a network of over 850 independent pharmacies that primarily operate under the I.D.A. and Guardian brands, and Medicine Shoppe Canada, which runs a franchise business that provides services to 160 independent pharmacies.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Biopharmaceutical]]></category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Siemens to buy Canada's RuggedCom for $382M]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Siemens will buy RuggedCom, a Canadian maker of data communications networks systems, for about $382 million, to improve access to markets in North America and the Asia-Pacific region. The deal is Siemens' largest since it took over Israeli solar thermal fields maker Solel for $418 million in 2009. Anton Huber, CEO of Siemens Industry Automation division, said the acquisition of RuggedCom would improve Siemens' router and switch products.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McKesson confirms $25M centre in Moncton]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[McKesson Canada, a subsidiary of U.S.-based McKesson Corporation, is investing $25 million into a distribution business in Moncton, N.B., that will serve the Maritime region. McKesson Canada is moving to a new distribution centre in Moncton&rsquo;s Caledonia Industrial Park, where it will employ 90 people. The new centre will hire 40 new workers on top of the 50 existing employees the company had at its previous facility. The company says its distribution centres supply 40% of the medicines used in Canada to 6,300 retail pharmacies and 1,350 hospitals, clinics and institutions.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Mitec Telecom agrees to reverse takeover by Israel-based Optiway]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Radio frequency products manufacturer Mitec Telecom has agreed to a reverse takeover by Israel-based Optiway, the Montreal company said. Mitec shareholders will own between 30% and 40% of the combined company. Financial details weren't provided. Mitec is looking for growth opportunities to exploit its infrastructure and background knowledge in wireless technology, Mandel said. The agreement still requires shareholder and regulatory approvals in both Canada and Israel.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Wireless Communications]]></category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Montreal firm with technology to manage cellphone bills sells for $9M]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Canadian technology to help manage mobile phone bill shock has attracted attention from a major U.S. software firm. Anomalous Networks, a Montreal-based provider of real-time telecom expense management software, was purchased by Tangoe. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, although a regulatory filing made by the Connecticut-based acquirer said the offer included a combination of cash and stock worth approximately US$9 million. Anomalous offers a free app for consumers as well as a paid version for businesses.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Windstream Wolfe Island orders up to 130 Siemens wind turbines]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals said it has signed a binding agreement with Siemens to supply as many as 130 turbines for a 300 MW offshore wind power project on Lake Ontario. The turbine blades will be manufactured at Siemens&rsquo; factory in Tillsonburg, Ontario, the company said.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energies]]></category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Xerox acquires Oakville's LaserNetworks]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Xerox Corp., a Conn.-based printing company, acquired LaserNetworks, an Oakville, Ont.-based provider of managed print services. Although financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, Industry Canada filings note LaserNetworks has annual revenues ranging between $10-million and $25-million, suggesting the final price tag would be above the high end of that range. Since being founded in 1987, LaserNetworks has been named Profit Magazine&rsquo;s fastest growing company three times and currently has 189 employees. Under the terms of the deal, founder Chris Stoate will continue to lead the company as the top executive of a Xerox Canada subsidiary.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Alexion to acquire Enobia Pharma for up to $1.08B ]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Alexion Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire closely held Montreal&rsquo;s Enobia Pharma Corp. for as much as $1.08 billion, adding experimental treatments for genetic metabolic disorders. Alexion will pay $610 million in cash upfront for Enobia, and as much as $470 million in addition if certain regulatory and sales goals are achieved, the Connecticut-based company said. The companies said they expect the deal to close in the first quarter of 2012.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Biopharmaceutical]]></category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Video game players helping advance genetic research]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The work of McGill University computer science professor J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Waldispuhl is allowing video game players to advance science's understanding of the genetic basis of such illnesses as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and cancer. The Web-based video game that Waldispuhl's team has designed, called Phylo, allows players to contribute to scientific research by arranging sequences of coloured blocks that represent DNA. These DNA sequences provide researchers with insight into genetically based diseases. Waldispuhl started about a year ago and has had more than 500,000 visits to the website and has provided a huge pool of about 350,000 solutions to help improve the alignment for 521 genes]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Toyota teams up with Quebec miner in rare-earth minerals deal]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TTC), the trading unit of Asia&rsquo;s largest auto maker, has agreed to buy all of Montreal-based Matamec Explorations&rsquo;s output from its Kipawa mine deposit in the T&eacute;miscamingue region of Quebec. The non-binding deal between TTC and Matamec is conditional on conclusive results from a feasibility study of the economics of the Kipawa project. TTC is paying $17.5 million for its position, which will give it a supply of metals needed for its hybrid and electric vehicles.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Enerkem biofuels plant attracts U.S. investors]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Montreal's Enerkem, a developer of thermochemical technology that converts municipal solid waste into syngas, said U.S. Waste Management Inc. and EB Investments are investing $15 million for a minority equity stake in Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, now building an Edmonton biofuels plant. The total raised by Enerkem for the project this year is $103 million, including contributions from Alberta Innovates, the City of Edmonton and Alberta Energy. &quot;This is a further validation of Enerkem's strategy and strong position in the cellulosic ethanol sector.&quot; CEO Vincent Chornet said. &quot;The plant will be among the first full-scale advanced biofuels facilities to be built in North America.&quot;]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>
						<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Canadian researchers' device may improve HIV tracking]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Canadian researchers have invented a device that could make it easier, faster and cheaper to track the progression of HIV in patients living in the developing world. A team led by Rakesh Nayyar, University of Toronto student James Dou, and Stewart Aitchison, has created a portable device that uses a computer chip with software capable of analysing blood tests outside the lab. The team's portable cell analyzer makes it possible for healthcare workers to monitor HIV patients in remote areas by testing their blood on the spot and receiving results within minutes, Nayyar explained.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Kanata-based March Networks bought by Chinese company]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[March Networks, a Kanata-based developer of video surveillance technology,  revealed it had agreed to be acquired by Infinova , a unit of Shenzhen Infinova of China, for $90 million. This was the culmination of nearly six months of searching by March Networks for a way out of an impasse. Even before March Networks&rsquo; board of directors decided last June to canvass a range of options &mdash; from mergers to private equity transactions &mdash; the company&rsquo;s CEO Peter Strom had been discussing a business arrangement with Infinova, which generates the majority of its sales in China. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[$14M investment in new Quebec Fujitsu Innovation Center]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Fujitsu Canada has launched the Fujitsu Innovation Center in Quebec City, a $20 million initiative that will create 50 jobs and could lead to the creation of other specialized jobs in the years to come. A $14 million over three years  has been made by Fujitsu, headquartered in Tokyo. The Fujitsu Innovation Center is a collaborative space where business partners and customers will work with Fujitsu specialists to put ideas into practice and build business solutions. &ldquo;The work there is different from that of an R&amp;D center,&rdquo; explained Mr. Giroux, senior vice-president and director of Fujitsu&rsquo;s Quebec City office. &ldquo;The work involves prototyping or demonstrations,&rdquo; he says Fujitsu estimates that it will develop some 20 initiatives in cooperation with about ten partners in its innovation center by March 2014, innovation being one of the key elements of its development strategy.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Canada a good place to invest, Flaherty tells U.S.]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Canada's economic, fiscal and financial strengths are helping to increase business investment in the country, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said. Flaherty said that Canada&rsquo;s strong economic fundamentals, sound fiscal management and well-supervised financial sector support increasing business investment. Flaherty cited international recognition of Canada&rsquo;s financial sector leadership, noting that for four consecutive years the World Economic Forum has rated Canada&rsquo;s banking system as the world&rsquo;s soundest.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Rio Tinto to go ahead with Kitimat smelter expansion]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Rio Tinto Alcan is pushing ahead with construction of a US$3.3-billion smelter in Kitimat, B.C., even as stagnant prices have spurred a selloff of other aluminum assets. London-based Rio Tinto, which acquired Montreal-based aluminum giant Alcan for $38.1 billion in 2007, is expected to announce it has final approval to modernize the 57-year-old smelter to double its capacity. Approval will see Rio spend another $2.7 billion on Kitimat, after already setting aside $650 million towards the upgrade, raising the construction price tag more than 30% from $2.5 billion. The project, said to be one of the largest private-sector investments in the province in many years, will create hundreds of jobs and will be a economic boon for the depressed northwestern region after the collapse of the forest industry.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Public-private partners fund energy-efficient tech plan]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[A $70-million joint project between the private sector and the government of Quebec has been announced to develop more energy-efficient technology. The initiative, called Equation, will bring together six ICT companies working on similar projects having to do with cloud computing and smart meters. Each of the companies will undertake their own projects. However, the non-profit company, Prompt, which forges partnerships between the industry and university research, will coordinate much of the work. The participating companies are CGI, Ericsson, Fujitsu Canada, IBM, Miranda Technologies, and Teledyne DALSA. They will invest a total of $40 million into the project.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
						<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Paris-based Soletanche Freyssinet invests in Hamilton manufacturer]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Hamilton, Ont.-based Bermingham Foundation Solutions Ltd. has secured &quot;a significant investment&quot; from the world's largest construction company, chairman and fourth-generation owner Patrick Bermingham has announced. Its new strategic partner, Soletanche Freyssinet, is part of the VINCI group, a Paris-based, publicly traded company that employs 180,000 people in about 100 countries. Bermingham is a foundation and marine specialty contractor, with a focus on the transportation, energy and mining markets.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Montreal software firm bought by Wyse Technology]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Trying to move beyond its thin client business, Wyse Technology has acquired Montreal&rsquo;s Trellia Network, a mobile device management company focused on helping companies deal with the consumerization trend. Trellia will become a subsidiary of San Jose, Calif.-based Wyse, the companies announced. The acquisition has been in the works for about six months.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Vale's pollution reduction plan will create jobs]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Mining company Vale says its plan to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions in Sudbury will create 1,300 new jobs. Angie Robson, speaking for the company, said Vale's $2 billion Atmospheric Emissions Reduction project will create many new jobs and reduce Vale's emissions by 70%. The project is expected to be approved by Vale's board of directors by the end of the year.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Environmental technologies]]></category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Video game publisher Eidos Montreal to create 250 jobs in expansion]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Eidos, the video game studio known for its Tomb Raider and Deus Ex franchises, is expanding its Montreal operations and creating 250 new jobs. Eidos Montreal said it will build a new development centre next year and create 150 jobs and expand its current operations, adding another 100 jobs. Eidos Montreal said 100 of the jobs will be to create a new video game as well as R&amp;D on gaming platforms. The other 150 jobs will be part of the new Eidos studio in Montreal. The technology company is now part of Japan's Square Enix video game publisher.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Huawei to double Kanata research facility]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Huawei Technologies, which now employs more than 120 researchers, developers and engineers at its R&amp;D centre in Kanata, announced it will double that number to 250 employees in the next 18 months, according to its president, Sean Yang. Huawei has more than 400 employees in Canada at present, including its headquarters in Markham, Ont., and branch offices in Montreal and Edmonton. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s quite good for a business environment, compared to the United States,&rdquo; Mr. Yang said, calling Canadian minds more open and its governments more accommodating. &ldquo;It is a very flexible culture and at the same time there is very good talent in human resources.&rdquo;]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Honda to make compact SUVs in Ontario]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Honda announced it will begin manufacturing the 2012 CR-V compact sports utility vehicles in Alliston, Ont., in early 2012. The Japanese automaker said it had hired 400 workers to accommodate the new vehicle line, and would produce all CR-Vs sold in Canada there. The news of increased production in Alliston will be welcomed after a difficult year in which Honda&rsquo;s North American plants have been hampered by parts supply issues first in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and most recently by the flooding in Thailand. Honda has reduced production by up 50% at its North American plants throughout November, including in Alliston, where Honda currently employs 4,200 workers.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Canada-U.K. collaboration to focus on antibiotic resistance research]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Two Canada-U.K. research teams have been funded through the Canada/UK Partnership on Antibiotic Resistance, a collaboration between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the U.K. Medical Research Council. The partnership's aim is to stimulate high quality research on innovative alternatives to existing antibiotics. Both teams, composed of researchers from Canada and the U.K., will receive more than $7 million over four years from CIHR and MRC. They will be working to find new targets for antibacterial drugs and new ways to prevent or stop the spread of drug resistant infections in hospitals and other health care settings.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Biopharmaceutical]]></category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[ADM to develop biodiesel plant in Alberta]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Illinois-based Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) says it will construct a biodiesel plant in Alberta. Construction on the biodiesel plant will start in April 2012, and be completed in the fourth quarter of 2013. The new plant with a capacity of 265 million litres will be located adjacent to ADM's existing canola crushing facility in Lloydminster which will help optimize the company's agricultural origination, transportation and processing assets in Canada.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Servier enters into Type 2 Diabetes partnership with Canadian firm Prognomix]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Les Laboratoires Servier, France, and Prognomix, Canada,  announced that they have entered into a R&amp;D agreement aimed at identifying novel targets as part of programs meant to develop innovative type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease treatment. As part of the agreement, Servier will make a contract signature fee payment and will be granted options to obtain rights to use the results of the collaboration.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Biopharmaceutical]]></category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[$315M Kobo takeover deal by Tokyo-based Rakuten]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[A Japanese e-commerce company has reached a deal to acquire Canadian e-reader and tablet maker Kobo in a USD$315-million deal that represents a huge vote of confidence in the technology company on the international stage. The acquisition by Rakuten provides a sizable windfall for Indigo Books &amp; Music and a vindication of CEO Heather Reisman&rsquo;s decision to invest in e-reader technology, creating Kobo and then spinning it off into a separate company. Tokyo-based Rakuten&rsquo;s agreement to acquire 100% of Kobo&rsquo;s total issued and outstanding shares will equal a more than 300% return on Indigo&rsquo;s investment. Kobo will maintain its headquarters in Toronto. Its management team, including Mr. Serbinis, and Canadian employees will remain with the business.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[UPS to expand in Atlantic Canada]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[UPS says it will expand its Canadian network by opening its own operations in Atlantic Canada next April, creating about 250 jobs. The package delivery giant said it will begin pickup and delivery services in Moncton and Halifax, replacing its current agent. UPS says it will add other cities to the network later in 2012. The expansion involves a multimillion-dollar investment from the company based in Mississauga which is part of the UPS, a global package delivery company based in Atlanta, Ga.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Aluminerie Alouette to launch $2B expansion]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Aluminerie Alouette on Quebec&rsquo;s Lower North Shore is pushing ahead with a  $2-billion expansion of the facility after clinching a low-cost  electricity deal with the province. Quebec Premier Jean Charest  announced the agreement in which Hydro-Qu&eacute;bec is to provide the Alouette  consortium with a 500-megawatt block of power. Alouette, North  America&rsquo;s biggest aluminum smelter, is 40% owned by Rio Tinto Alcan; the  balance is held by Investissement Qu&eacute;bec and four other investors;  Hydro Aluminium Canada, Aluminium Austria Metall Qu&eacute;bec and Marubeni  America Corporation.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[L'aluminerie Alouette s'entend avec Québec en vue de son expansion]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[L'Aluminerie Alouette a annonc&eacute; s'&ecirc;tre entendue avec Qu&eacute;bec pour  l'octroi d'un nouveau bloc d'&eacute;nergie, un accord qui permettra  l'expansion de la plus grande aluminerie en Am&eacute;rique du Nord. Le nouveau  bloc d'&eacute;nergie est une condition importante &agrave; la troisi&egrave;me phase de  l'expansion, laquelle repr&eacute;senterait un investissement de plus de deux  milliards de dollars sur 15 ans et entra&icirc;nerait la cr&eacute;ation de 1500  emplois dans la province. Alouette est une coentreprise d&eacute;tenue &agrave; 40%  par Rio Tinto Alcan. Ses autres actionnaires comprennent Investissement  Qu&eacute;bec, Hydro Aluminium Canada, Aluminium Austria Metall Qu&eacute;bec et  Marubeni America Corporation.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Merck completes $33.2M expansion of Pointe Claire plant]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Merck completed a $33.2 million expansion of its Pointe Claire facility in Quebec that will increase the plant's international competitiveness and preserve local jobs, according to the Montreal Gazette. A warehouse was built at the site and the company has installed manufacturing equipment at the plant which will enable it to make 14 new products. The facility is one of the locations in Merck's global network outside of the U.S. to have received QSP-2 certification from the U.S. FDA, which permits Canadian products to be exported to the U.S.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Canadian, international institutions partner to invest in livestock genomics research]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Genome Alberta announced that it is leading a group of funding partners on two large-scale genomics projects which will help improve Canada's livestock sector. These projects build on Genome Alberta's Applied Livestock Genomics Program which was launched in Dec. 2010. The work will lead to new strategies for disease control in addition to new drugs, improved vaccines, and a safer food chain by reducing the use of antibiotics. Funders for the projects include Genome Canada, Genome Alberta, the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency, PigGen Canada, Genome Prairie, an international consortium led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Western Economic Development, and a number of international agencies and organizations.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[EDF EN to build Quebec wind project with $350M investment]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[EDF EN Canada, a subsidiary of France-based EDF Energies Nouvelles, announced it has obtained the &ldquo;Decret&rdquo; from the Government of Quebec authorizing the construction and operation of the 150 MW Massif du Sud wind project. With an investment of close to $350 million, the project will create about 200 jobs during the construction phase, and 8 to 10 permanent operation and maintenance jobs. The project, located in the municipalities of Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse and Saint-Magloire in the MRC des Etchemins and in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland and Saint-Phil&eacute;mon in the MRC de Bellechasse, will generate green energy to power the equivalent of over 30,000 Quebec homes.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Adobe acquires Vanc.-based Nitobi, makers of PhoneGap]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Calif.-based Adobe Systems announced its acquisition of Vancouver-based developer, Nitobi Software, creator of PhoneGap. PhoneGap is a tool that allows developers to code once and author native apps in multiple mobile environments. Paul Gubbay, vice president of product development for design, web and interactive at Adobe calls PhoneGap a natural fit. Dave Johnson, CTO of Vancouver based-Nitobi Software, agrees, despite the fact that Nitobi went about it in a different way, making PhoneGap open source and allowing the community to contribute.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM buys N.B. startup]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Q1 Labs, a firm that started as a University of New Brunswick student's work project, was acquired by IBM. Q1 Labs joins Radian6 as the second deal involving one of the province's tech startups. Radian6 was sold to Salesforce.com in March for $276 million plus $50 million in stock. Q1 Labs has two R&amp;D offices in New Brunswick, one in Fredericton and the other in Saint John, as well as one in Ireland. Q1 Labs CEO Brendan Hannigan, who will head up the newly formed IBM security systems division, said his firm caught IBM's eye because of the hard work done in New Brunswick.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Magazine ranks Ontario as most competitive province in Canada]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Site Selection magazine has ranked the province of Ontario as Canada's most competitive province in an annual review of best places for investment and business development. Ontario received top rankings for the efficacy of its regional economic development groups; and four Ontario municipalities: Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor and London, are ranked among the leading Canadian metro areas in corporate facility development.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[B.C. researchers study genetics of poplar tree for use in biofuels]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Researchers Dr. Carl Douglas and Dr. Shawn Mansfield, both at UBC, are using genomics to enhance breeding and selection of poplar trees to improve their potential as a biofuel resource. The researchers are using genomics to study tree growth at the molecular level, to develop short-rotation, fast-growing trees that can grow in a variety of climates across Canada, and produce wood that can be more readily converted to biofuel while minimizing the ecological footprint. Genome BC has funded the POPCAN project as part of Genome Canada&rsquo;s 2010 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Montréal International receives an excellence award]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Montr&eacute;al International (MI) received an Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council, presented during its 2011 Annual Conference, in North Carolina. This prize recognizes the quality of Montr&eacute;al International's new promotional brochure entitled Vying for Gold - Attractiveness Indicators for International Organizations 2010-2011 in the category of Special Purpose Brochure for communities with populations of greater than 500,000. The brochure draws a full picture of Montr&eacute;al's strengths and assets for International Organizations (IOs). This analysis of comparative data on location factors from neutral and objective statistical sources shows that, in terms of attracting IOs, Montr&eacute;al is in a very favourable position in the world. The document includes a series of indicators, such as the international and national reputation, the human development, the investment and immigration, the linguistic diversity, the ease of establishing an organization, the costs, the value for money, the security and the quality of life, among others.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Latecoere aeronautics group sets up operations in Greater Montréal]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[French aeronautics group Latecoere, which specializes in three complementary fields of activity: aerostructures, wiring systems, and engineering and services, is pursuing its international development by setting up a new Canadian subsidiary in Greater Montr&eacute;al. The company plans to hire 60 employees by 2014. This expansion of Latecoere Group outside of the European continent is being carried out through its subsidiary LATecis and will enable it to strengthen its relationship with its principal Canadian customer, Bombardier, for which it has already designed aerostructures. LATecis Canada will also be responsible for developing new business relationships with numerous companies present in Canada in the aeronautics, space, defence and transportation sectors. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[New Brunswick launches foreign investment agency]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The New Brunswick government has officially launched a new Crown corporation intended to attract foreign investment and create jobs. Premier David Alward said the new corporation will focus on attracting foreign companies to relocate to New Brunswick or invest in the province, leaving the existing Business New Brunswick to concentrate on stirring investment within the province. Alward said with growing competition for global investment, the new agency must aggressively pursue businesses that will succeed in New Brunswick and create jobs. He said the goal is to increase the province's gross domestic product by $293 million over the next three years, and performance reports will be made public.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Bunge plans expansion at Fort Saskatchewan canola processing plant]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[St.Louis-based Bunge North America announced plans to increase the capacity at its canola processing plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The proposed project would more than double Fort Saskatchewan's current capacity of 850 metric tons a day. &quot;Expanding and upgrading our capacity in Canada is a natural way to grow Bunge's North American business as domestic and export demand for both canola oil and meal continues to increase,&quot; said Soren Schroder, president and CEO of Bunge North America.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Mahindra Satyam opens research centre at University of Waterloo]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Indian consulting and IT services provider, Mahindra Satyam, as part of its ongoing collaboration with the University of Waterloo, announced the opening of a research and innovation centre. The Smart Grid Research and Innovation Centre will provide students, teachers and IT professionals the tools to foster and evaluate innovative developments of next generation smart grid technology, the company said.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Foth Companies announces expansion in Canada for mining engineering]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin-based Foth Companies, a consulting engineering, science and construction services firm, announced it has opened a new office near Toronto, and has begun doing business in Canada as Foth Canada Corporation. Foth&rsquo;s decision to add a Toronto location stems from requests from current U.S. clients with mining projects in Canada.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Stephen Hawking Centre opens in Waterloo, research to create jobs and economic growth]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) addressed dignitaries and invited guests at the grand opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. &quot;With the support of our government and the completion of the Stephen Hawking Centre, the Perimeter Institute has further established itself as the world's leading centre for theoretical physics research,&quot; said Minister of State Goodyear. &quot;This centre will reinforce Canada's reputation as the premier destination for the world's brightest minds.&quot; With the opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre, the Perimeter Institute is the largest centre in the world devoted to research, training and education outreach in theoretical physics.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[A report by the Geological Survey of Canada found that the country has enormous geothermal energy resources that could supply the country with a renewable and clean source of power. The report notes Canada's in-place geothermal power exceeds one million times the nation's current electrical consumption. As few as 100 projects could meet a significant fraction of Canada's base load energy needs, the report concludes. It also stresses that the high capacity factor of geothermal power makes geothermal energy particularly attractive as a renewable base load energy supply.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Canada's economy to outperform G7 by year-end, OECD says]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The OECD states in a report that Canada&rsquo;s economy is likely to pick up speed and outperform its developed-nation peers by the end of the year. Higher company profits and improved credit conditions will add to increased spending by businesses on equipment and machinery to help drive economic growth. The unemployment rate will also decline as the global economy improves, it said.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[Dalhousie University, in Halifax, is receiving funding from Boeing to support R&amp;D projects to strengthen the aerospace industry. The projects include: advanced materials development, mobile graphics, and visual and text analytics. &quot;The research community at Dalhousie values our relationships with the private sector, not only for the advancement of knowledge but also for commercial applications that improve quality of life and create good jobs,&quot; said Dalhousie Vice President of Research Martha Crago.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[ Video game jobs go to Quebec]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[According to this article in Reuters, Quebec has become the preferred place of establishment for some of the biggest names in video games. According to the economic development agency Invest Quebec, 86 companies and 8,236 jobs have migrated to Quebec as a result of a government program under which 37.5% of a video game company's payroll is subsidized by the majority French-speaking province in the form of a refundable tax credit. THQ, the Southern-California based company that makes the popular &quot;WWE Smackdown vs. Raw&quot; video game, recently made Montreal its adopted home, has hired 145 employees for its new studio. The company says its next step is to hire 100 employees every year for the next five years until it reaches a staff of 500.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jeu vidéo: 350 nouveaux emplois annoncés chez Eidos]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[L'entreprise japonaise Square Enix annonce qu&rsquo;elle doublera la taille de son studio de jeu vid&eacute;o &agrave; Montr&eacute;al, cr&eacute;ant 350 nouveaux emplois chez Eidos Montr&eacute;al, a appris La Presse. Square Enix n&eacute;gociait depuis le d&eacute;but de l'ann&eacute;e avec les gouvernements du Qu&eacute;bec, de l'Ontario et de la Colombie-Britannique pour installer un nouveau studio de 350 employ&eacute;s au pays. Selon les informations obtenues par La Presse, Eidos Montr&eacute;al cr&eacute;era une premi&egrave;re centaine d'emplois avant la fin de l'ann&eacute;e 2012. Les 250 emplois restants seront cr&eacute;&eacute;s avant 2015. En passant de 330 &agrave; 680 employ&eacute;s en 2015, Eidos Montr&eacute;al deviendrait ainsi le num&eacute;ro trois du jeu vid&eacute;o &agrave; Montr&eacute;al derri&egrave;re Ubisoft (2100 employ&eacute;s) et Electronic Arts (800 employ&eacute;s).]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[With its first Montreal-designed game launched, Tokyo&rsquo;s Square Enix has announced plans to more than double the size of its Montreal video game studio. La Presse reported the company will add 350 employees to its Montreal studio, which runs under the Eidos banner. There are currently 330 people working in the Montreal studio, which was established in 2007. According to La Presse, the studio will get 100 new employees by the end of 2012, and the rest of the hiring would be completed by 2015. With 680 employees, Eidos would become the city&rsquo;s third largest studio behind Ubisoft and Electronic Arts.
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[An engineered virus by Canadian scientists has shown that it can selectively target and destroy cancer cells in what researchers call a medical first. The findings, which were published in the journal Nature, showed that the genetically engineered virus only attacked cancer cells and left healthy tissue alone. Professor John Bell, lead researcher from the University of Ottawa, says he &quot; believe(s) that someday, viruses and other biological therapies could truly transform (the) approach for treating cancer,&quot; said Bell. The new virus, named JX-594, is said to be considered a breakthrough because it doesn't have to be injected directly into tumours to avoid the immune system.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[BioAmber announces biobased succinic acid plant in Ontario]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[BioAmber, through its subsidiary Bluewater Biochemicals, has selected Sarnia as the location for its first North American biosuccinic acid plant. The Sarnia plant will have an initial capacity of 17,000 MT and will be commissioned in 2013.  BioAmber currently produces and sells biobased succinic acid at a 3,000 MT capacity plant in France. BioAmber plans to double capacity in Sarnia by 2014 through the introduction of a yeast being developed with Cargill.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[Jilin Jien Nickel Industry says it will invest an additional $400 million in its project to extract nickel in Nunavik. The company&rsquo;s CEO made the announcement that&nbsp; production is expected to begin in mid-2012 and that the company will employ about 270 people.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Japan pharmaceutical company Eisai to establish headquarters in Mississauga]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Eisai Inc., a pharmaceutical company who's parent company is Japan-based Eisai Co., plans to establish its Canadian headquarters in Mississauga, creating 11 new jobs and protecting one other position with the help of the Ontario Government. Eisai&rsquo;s expansion into Canada could increase access to a variety of therapies and medications, including treatments for advanced breast cancer, Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease, and epilepsy. Eisai says it will also continue to invest in clinical trials in the province, supporting Ontario suppliers, both public and private research institutions and organizations.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Dana to receive $2M technology grant from province of Ontario]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Dana has been selected to receive a $2 million technology grant from the province of Ontario for the developing and manufacturing of lithium-ion battery cooling technologies that will be used in electric cars. The grant will support the company&rsquo;s work at its Oakville and Cambridge locations and allow for the company to work together with several universities in Ontario to develop the battery cooling systems. Based on the anticipated growth from the grant, Dana is expected to invest up to $37 million into its Oakville and Cambridge locations over the next five years, which could create more jobs in each of the facilities.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent's Kanata site central to firm's growth]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Central to Alcatel-Lucent's future lies in its Kanata, Ontario, plant which specialises in selling networks built according to technical standards based on Internet protocol (IP). More than half the firm&rsquo;s global research and development related to IP is done in Kanata. The company,&nbsp;co-headquartered in Paris and New Jersey, sold $564 million worth of IP networks, up 28% year-over-year. The firm&rsquo;s Kanata campus, which employs 2,700 includes developers who specialize in optical, Wideband-CDMA wireless, security and network access technologies. The firm has added about 200 employees to its Kanata over the past year and expects growth to continue at the same pace.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Canadian banks among world's safest]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Canadian financial institutions are well represented in the latest ranking of the World&rsquo;s 50 Safest Banks. Global Finance&rsquo;s 20th annual ranking includes six Canadian financial institutions with winners selected through an evaluation of long-term credit ratings &mdash; from Moody&rsquo;s, Standard &amp; Poor&rsquo;s and Fitch &mdash; and total assets of the 500 largest banks worldwide. Royal Bank of Canada leads the pack with the 11th spot, Toronto Dominion Bank is ranked 13th, Bank of Nova Scotia 18th, Caisse Centrale Desjardins 20th, Bank of Montreal 30th, and CIBC 31st.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Cisco to create 300 new jobs in Ontario]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=17859</link>
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						<description><![CDATA[Cisco Canada announced it will double its R&amp;D workforce in Ottawa with the help of a $25 million provincial investment. The company is currently working on a next-generation router that would be able to transfer one billion videos at a time. In total, the company plans to invest $401 million in research and development over five years on various initiatives, including advanced telemedicine, improved virtual workforces and energy management. The investment will allow the company to add 300 employees, with at least half going to the Ottawa office. Cisco also said it will double its workforce in Kanata, Ontario, which currently has more than 200 employees.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Wireless Communications]]></category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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