Speedware, a division of Activant Solutions Inc. announced that it has signed two new HP e3000 migration contracts worth over $7 million.

OncoGenex Technologies Inc. filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a preliminary prospectus with the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities for a proposed initial public offering of its common shares.

The inability to attract and retain talent as well as other human resources issues continue to be the biggest threats to corporate profitability in Canada, according to results of a survey released today by Accenture.

EnviroTower, announced it has secured $8.5 million in its latest round of financing to further accelerate North American market expansion of its unique, patented technology. The round was co-led by NGEN Partners of Santa Barbara, California a leading venture capital company in the U.S. Cleantech investment sector, and by initial investor, XPV Capital, one of Canada's foremost Cleantech investors.


A group of Winnipeg private investors is pitching a tax-credit idea to the Manitoba government to try to attract more investment in the province's VC sector.

Ottawa's Embotics receives new venture funding from Tera Capital Corporation.

Psiphon, released on Friday, is a software program that gets around Internet censorship.

Law firms Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and London, UK-based Stringer Saul LLP announced that they will merge to create the first full-service integrated Canadian-UK law firm.

Little Geeks, a not-for-profit computer donation initiative, announced that it is ready to collect, refurbish and distribute used computers to underprivileged children in the Greater Toronto Area. A donation program like no other, Little Geeks allows donors (or "Donor Geeks") to directly impact their own community, by providing free computing technology and educational tools to children in their own neighborhoods.


Nortel's(*) common shares, listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX"), will begin trading on a consolidated basis when the NYSE and TSX opens Friday, Dec. 1/06.