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.

Hy-Drive (TSX-V: HGS) a Mississauga based company, announced that it has entered into a marketing agreement with HreinOrka Ltd. granting rights as the exclusive agent for Hy-Drive(R) Hydrogen Generating Systems (HGS) in Iceland.

Dynasty Gaming Inc. (TSXV: "DNY") announces that it closed a private placement of C$1,000,000. This offering, covering an amount in addition to the private placement for C$5,000,000 that closed on 17 November, resulted in the sale of 2,000,000 units (the "Units") of the Company at a price of $0.50 per Unit.

OnMonday Nov. 27th the federal government plans to announce major investments in state-of-the-art infrastructure for Canadian educational institutions.