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Wavefront's Wireless Zone Brings 1000 Hardware Devices to the Canadian Startup Community Making Testing Mobile Applications Easily Affordable

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA: VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 12/07/16 -- Wavefront Wireless Commercialization Centre Society ("Wavefront"), a national centre of excellence, headquartered in Vancouver, B ...

Calgarians have the power to house the homeless

CALGARY, ALBERTA: The Calgary Homeless Foundation becomes a Sponsor Energy Community Partner ...

What if 1% of all the money spent on Black Friday and Cyber Monday was donated to worthy causes?

MONTREAL, QUEBEC: MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 11/28/16 -- In 2015, Canadians spent more than $10 billion on Black Friday and Cyber Monday-an average of $330 per person. If just 1% of this amount had instead ...

Affordable housing ground breaking in South Calgary coincides with launch of new charitable housing organization, HomeSpace Society

CALGARY, ALBERTA: CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 11/25/16 -- On Friday, November 25, 2016, HomeSpace Society, a new charitable affordable housing real estate entity, was launched at an event at Bankers Hall atte ...

Media Advisory: Affordable housing ground breaking in South Calgary coincides with launch of new charitable housing organization, HomeSpace Society

CALGARY, ALBERTA: CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 11/24/16 -- HomeSpace Society, in partnership with the Calgary Homeless Foundation, a member of the RESOLVE Campaign, are pleased to announce a new affordable hou ...

Opening Doors Conference sees affordable housing community from across Alberta gather in Calgary for National Housing Day

CALGARY, ALBERTA: CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 11/23/16 -- Embargoed Until 1 p.m. (MT)Close to 200 affordable housing stakeholders from across Alberta gathered in Calgary today to attend the 12th Annual Nation ...

10 Deep-Dive Lean And IPD Case Studies Show Striking Uniformity of Project Success

CALGARY, AB and ARLINGTON, VA: CALGARY, AB and ARLINGTON, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 11/22/16 -- Canada's Integrated Project Delivery Alliance (IPDA) and the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) from the US are pleased to announce t ...

119 Indigenous Women Demand Justice From Barrick Gold at UN Forum in Geneva

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and PORGERA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Tired of waiting for fair compensation from mining giant for gross sexual violence, 119 indigenous women from Papua New Guinea call for UN intervention ...

Greater transparency would spur charitable donations: survey

TORONTO, ONTARIO: Only half think charities are open and transparent, but 72 per cent say that accreditation positively influences their views ...

Lean Construction Institute Names Balfour Beatty's Mark Konchar Board Chairman

DALLAS, TX: DALLAS, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 11/07/16 -- The Lean Construction Institute (LCI) has named Mark Konchar the incoming chairman of its board of directors, a one-year term that will commence on Jan. 1, ...