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						<title><![CDATA[Canada and Costa Rica to enhance free trade agreement]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15239</link>
						<description><![CDATA[The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, announced that Canada and Costa Rica have agreed to work toward modernizing the existing bilateral free trade agreement. &quot;Our government's aggressive free trade agenda is creating opportunities for Canadian businesses and workers and is securing future prosperity for Canadians and our trading partners in the hemisphere,&quot; said Minister Van Loan. Costa Rica is Canada's largest trading partner in the region, and the free trade agreement update would grow the current commercial relationship.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Huawei becomes member of Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15200</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Huawei, the telecommunications network solutions for operators, has announced it has become a member of the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI). OCRI is Ottawa's member-based economic development corporation for fostering the advancement of the region's globally competitive knowledge-based institutions and industries. Huawei has enjoyed tremendous success since entering the Canadian market in the spring of 2008.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[Ontario reaching the top in solar installations: Report]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15196</link>
						<description><![CDATA[In 2009, Ontario was the third largest market for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in North America, with 48MW installed, according to a report by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). The Canadian Solar Industry Association (CanSIA) estimates 100 to 200 MW will be installed in Ontario in 2010. Nearly 100 MW has already been installed, and several large projects, multi-megawatt projects are underway, says CanSIA. Ontario and New Jersey are neck and neck for the number two slot in the North American solar PV market for installations in 2010.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energies]]></category>
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						<title><![CDATA[Chicago's iFranchise Group sees opportunity in Canadian market]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15185</link>
						<description><![CDATA[The iFranchise Group, a franchise consulting firm based near Chicago, recently joined the Canadian Franchise Association. Company executives believe that the Canadian franchise market is one of great opportunity and potential for businesses of all types and sizes. The iFranchise Group expects to continue to provide services to Canadian companies on an ongoing basis.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Business Services]]></category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[U.S. based Kogent Corporation continues its North American expansion]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15177</link>
						<description><![CDATA[California-based Kogent Corporation, a firm that provides prebuilt, industry-specific Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, has hired new Vice President, Eastern Canadian Operations to spearhead Kogent's strategic expansion into the Canadian market. Kogent will provide BI, Data Warehousing and Analytics solutions to help companies make smarter business decisions.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[PEI to get $12 million for wind energy project]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15160</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Wind power in PEI will receive funding to further its development in the province. The federal government will spend up to $12 million over five years to help the Wind Energy Institute of Canada construct and operate a nine to 10 megawatt wind turbine cluster and electricity storage system. Nearly 21% of the province's power would come from renewable sources once the project is complete.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energies]]></category>
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						<title><![CDATA[Acciona Energy to construct wind farm in Canada]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15155</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Acciona announced the production of a new wind farm in Canada; the Lam&egrave;que Wind Power Project will be located in Lam&egrave;que Island over the Atlantic coast of Canada. The farm is expected to have 30, 1.5 MW wind turbines. The wind farm erected with an investment of over $115 million is expected to provide unremitting clean power to 8000 homes in the vicinity. The minister while concluding said that the announcement is an indication of the government's commitment to provide clean and renewable power. He added that the Lameque wind farm while providing clean energy is also helping to initiate quality jobs in renewable energy sector.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ovento Canada launches new North American business]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15140</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Netherlands-based Olthoff Wind Group BV (OWG) and Canada-based Aeolus Consulting Ltd. have created Ovento Canada Ltd. in Toronto to provide technical and financial support and asset-management services to wind farm developers and investors in Canada and the U.S.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energies]]></category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[Canada invests in green jobs]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15130</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Canada announced goals to generate 1,400 new full time green collar positions at Ontario's first turbine blade and solar module manufacturing plants. The province of Ontario is encouraging green energy investments such as wind and solar through its Green Energy Act which was passed in 2009. For example, the wind turbine and blade manufacturing plant will be built by Siemens and Samsung and is expected to produce 900 direct and indirect jobs in the green sector. Meanwhile, Canadian Solar Inc. will be elsewhere in Toronto which will generate additional 500 green jobs.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[Government of Canada to attract foreign investment and create jobs]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15122</link>
						<description><![CDATA[The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, announced that community organizations in British Columbia will receive grants through the Government of Canada Invest Canada-Community Initiatives (ICCI) program. The ICCI program helps communities attract, retain and expand FDI. This year, Canada is investing $3 million to help local organizations across the country attract foreign investment to their communities.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Google eyes Canadian expansion to strengthen business brand]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15107</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Canadian e-commerce is lagging and Google plans to hire more staff to strengthen its business brand in this country, says the new head of Google Canada. &quot;The message is very clear: invest for growth in Canada,&quot; Chris O'Neill said in a phone interview from Mountain View, Calif. Google already has 150 employees in Canada at offices in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and the Kitchener-Waterloo region of Ontario. Mr. O&rsquo;Neill isn't sure yet how many new employees the company will hire but they could be in engineering, sales, marketing and policy. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[Ontario leads charge as Canada becomes world's third-largest game development community]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15112</link>
						<description><![CDATA[A combination of a deep talent pool, strong economy and targeted incentives has helped the Province of Ontario push Canada to the world&rsquo;s third largest centre for video-game development talent, trailing only Japan and the United States. Executives from the Ontario Technology Corridor are attending the Game Developers Conference (GDC Europe 2010) in Cologne to show digital entertainment companies that Ontario is the best place in North America to expand or relocate their businesses. Ontario&rsquo;s fast-growing entertainment and creative cluster produces $15 billion in revenue and over 200,000 jobs, contributing $12.7 billion to the province's GDP.]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Digital Gaming]]></category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[Chrysler to spend $27M on Toronto auto parts plant]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15099</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Chrysler Canada is spending $27.2 million on new technology for its auto parts casting plant in Toronto, preserving the factory&rsquo;s 280 jobs. The plant in Etobicoke, which currently produces aluminum die castings and pistons, is being prepared to make vehicle suspension parts called crossmembers starting in the third quarter of 2011, Chrysler said. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[Google Waterloo grows into new office space]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15097</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Google is expanding its presence in the Waterloo, Ontario, region as it prepares to move into a new office and is planning to hire for positions in product management, user experience, and software engineering. The new location at the Lang Tannery district in downtown Kitchener amounts to two floors of office space. The building, across the street from the University of Waterloo, also aligns with Google&rsquo;s green initiatives.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>		
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						<title><![CDATA[McGuinty government brings investment and up to 1,400 jobs to Ontario]]></title>
						<link>http://www.shiftportal.com/iic/redirection/index.cfm?id=15089</link>
						<description><![CDATA[The province's first-ever wind turbine blade manufacturing plant and a new solar module manufacturing facility will serve Ontario's growing clean, green energy industry and create up to 1,400 jobs. Companies that want to secure clean energy Feed-in Tariff (FIT) contracts must use Ontario products and services for a specific percentage of their project. The 694 clean energy contracts already announced are expected to create approximately 20,000 direct and indirect green economy jobs over five years and about $9 billion in private sector investment. ]]></description>
						<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energies]]></category>
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