/CNW/ - Among the few items relating to higher education in the 2010 federal budget, new funding was promised to post-doctoral fellows (PDFs). Post-doctoral fellowships are awarded to Ph.D. graduates in order to undertake important research before working in faculty or industry research positions.
/CNW/ - Infrastructure Ontario released a request for qualifications (RFQ) today to design, build, finance and maintain a new consolidated courthouse in St. Thomas. The new courthouse will be constructed on Wellington Street on the site of the historic Elgin County Courthouse, which will be incorporated into the new courthouse design.
/CNW/ - The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) today thanked Canadians and all fans who showed their support for the Canadian athletes and the 2010 Games by purchasing a pair of Red Mittens. Over 3.5 million pairs of mittens were sold during the five-month campaign and the mittens quickly became one of the most enduring and popular items of the pre-Games and Games-time period. The full inventory of Red Mittens has now been sold.
/CNW/ - Dr. Roger Skinner, Regional Supervising Coroner for East Region, Kingston Office, today announced that an inquest will be held into the death of Edmond Mallette.
/CNW/ - Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (TSX:LIM) (the "Company" or "LIM") is pleased to announce that it has amended the terms of the previously announced bought deal with a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Financial Ltd. and including Jennings Capital Inc. and Haywood Securities Inc. (collectively, the "Underwriters"), to increase the size of the offering by an additional 1,766,000 common shares from the treasury of the Company (the "Treasury Common Shares") subject to receipt by the Company of all necessary regulatory approvals. Under the amended terms of the offering the Underwriters have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,406,000 Treasury Common Shares for proceeds of C$30,003,300 and total proceeds of C$35,057,300, including C$5,054,000 in proceeds pursuant to the sale of flow-through shares (the "Underwritten Offering").
/CNW/ - TD Bank Financial Group will hold its annual meeting of common shareholders in Quebec City, Quebec on Thursday, March 25, 2010.
/CNW/ - Resverlogix Corp. ("Resverlogix" or the "Company") (TSX:RVX), at the request of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) on the behalf of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), would like to make a brief statement regarding the recent increase in stock volume and price. Resverlogix management believes the recent increases are due to the underlying importance of recent public announcements as well as increased public awareness of the company due to an article written by BusinessWeek. Management is not aware of any non-public information related to the increase.
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The 55th Filmfare Awards have been announced recently.As expected Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots championed some famous Popular Award trophies,Film won Best director,Best story,Best screenplay,Best dialogue,Best supporting Actor and Best Film Award. Anuraag Kashyap’s Kalki Koechlin from Dev D won the Best Supporting Actress.
With the Academy Awards just days away, fans online are increasingly discussing the nominees for best picture, a category that has expanded to include 10 films this year, along with the actors and actresses nominated in a lead role, according to analysis undertaken by The Nielsen Company using Nielsen Online BuzzMatrics.
eScan, one of the leading Information Security solutions that provide proactive protection against virus, spam, trojan, and many other information security threats, announced its participation in RSA Conference 2010 taking place at the famous Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco from March 1st to March 5th 2010.
Following are the excerpts from the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s reply to the Lok Sabha today:
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Hi - CNN's Max Foster talks with AC Milan football star Clarence Seedorf on AC Milan’s chance of winning the Champions League, his humanitarian work and why he is not representing his national team.
The interview can be watched online at: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/03/04/ctw.connector.clar...
Acer, the world’s third largest PC brand has announced fresh new schemes for its retail partners. Acer has yet again introduced an exciting offer, to incentivise its partners, called the “Acer Retail League” for February – March – April 2010.
The current leaders in the Dutch Eredivisie League, PSV Eindhoven are just one point ahead of second placed FC Twente in the Eredivisie Standings after 25 weeks. Their next game against the lower ranked NAC Breda team, would be crucial for them to garner points and consolidate their lead in the league. Ten Sports will beam this game live.
