DAVE Wireless, the company formed by John Bitove and venture capitalists from the United States, today announced that it has renamed itself as Mobilicity.
Mobilicity says it will launch this spring in Toronto, with a rollout in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa later this year later this year.
Dave Dobbin, President of Dave Wireless, says the company will offer a range of mobile devices from basic talk-and-text phones to smartphones with no contracts.
The company, which will compete with wireless incumbents Rogers, Bell, and Telus along with newcomers Videotron, Globalive and BMV, spent $243 million in 2008 to acquire 10 wireless licences.
Posted on 2 February '10, under Business. No Comments.
Is here’s a fight brewing between the Katz Group and Northlands over who will build and control a new hockey arena, Northlands will now have help from two heavy-hitting lobbyist firms.
Can’t we all just get along and get this done?
Posted on 2 February '10, under Business, Oilers. No Comments.
Fares on Edmonton Transit Services buses and LRTs are going up and transit riders in Edmonton were upset with the price hike.
Starting Monday, a single fare will rise to $2.75 from $2.50, while regular and DATS bus passes will increase by $6.25, up to $81.50.
Posted on 31 January '10, under Developments. No Comments.
With titles of classics such as The Secret History of Kang Xi and Outlaws of the Marsh, Stuart Wachowicz expects the DVD section of the Confucius Institute Library will become a favourite haunt for aficionados of Chinese soap operas.
The library, which officially opened to the public this week, contains 24,000 volumes of print and electronic Chinese literature covering everything from language learning, history, economics, philosophy, geography and tourism. It also has a DVD collection of Chinese movies and soap operas, many with English/ French/Spanish subtitles such as the 40-episode TV serial, Outlaws of the Marsh, an adaptation of one of the four most famous ancient Chinese novels.
Posted on 28 January '10, under Education. No Comments.
Former mulletman Michael Bolton is ready to kiss and make up with his Edmonton fans —16 years after pulling the plug on his last local show.
The pop singer will perform Thursday, April 8 at Edmonton Event Centre, according to his website. Ticket info has yet to be announced.
Posted on 25 January '10, under Events. No Comments.
Lilith Fair organizers have added Edmonton as a stop on this summer’s tour and have announced almost two dozen more acts for the bill.
Loretta Lynn, Heart, Norah Jones, Cat Power and Gossip were among the new acts announced Thursday.
The lineup already included Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Colbie Caillat, Erykah Badu, Tegan and Sara, Metric and Lilith founder Sarah McLachlan.
Other Canadian cities on the tour include Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
Posted on 22 January '10, under Events. No Comments.
Georges Laraque has played his last game as a member of the Montreal Canadiens and the veteran enforcer isn’t happy about it.
The hockey club says it intends to buy out the final year of Laraque’s contract at the end of the season and have sent him home for the rest of the campaign.
Soooo …. can we have him back? Oilers need all the help they can get.
Posted on 21 January '10, under Oilers. No Comments.
A new downtown arena in Edmonton? An excellent idea trumpeted NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.
Bettman was in Edmonton on Wednesday, making his annual pass through the west. While in town, he met with Oilers president Patrick LaForge and Bob Black, the executive vice-president of Sports and Entertainment for the Katz Group during which time he received an update on the proposed arena project.
Source: faceoff.com
Posted on 21 January '10, under Oilers. No Comments.
Rogers Communications Inc. said Tuesday it is cutting programming and jobs from its Citytv network.
Rogers, based in Toronto, owns five conventional Citytv stations in markets across the country — Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Toronto.
Rogers Media Television spokeswoman Koreen Ott said six per cent of Citytv’s total staff of about 1,000 “were affected by the restructuring.”
Source: Edmonton Journal
Posted on 20 January '10, under Business. No Comments.
If your search is for Cisco training and you haven’t worked with routers before, what you need is the CCNA. This training course was created to teach students with a commercial knowledge of routers. Big organisations who have various regional departments need routers to connect their networks in different buildings to allow their networks to keep in touch. The Internet also is based on huge numbers of routers.
It’s vital that you already know a good deal about the operation and function of computer networks, as networks are connected to routers. Otherwise, you’ll probably struggle. Better to find a course teaching basic networking skills (for example Network+, perhaps with A+) before getting going with CCNA. Some companies will design a bespoke package for you.
Achieving CCNA is perfectly sufficient to start with; don’t be cajoled into attempting your CCNP. After gaining experience in the working environment, you’ll know if it’s relevant for you to have this next level up. Should that be the case, your experience will serve as the background you need for the CCNP – because it’s far from a walk in the park – and shouldn’t be taken lightly.
Your training program should always include the most up to date Microsoft (or any other key organisation’s) authorised exam preparation packages.
As the majority of examining boards for IT are from the USA, it’s essential to understand how exam questions will be phrased and formatted. It isn’t good enough simply understanding random questions – they have to be in the same format as the actual exams.
Be sure to request some practice exams so you can test your knowledge at all times. Simulations of exams add to your knowledge bank – then the actual exam is much easier.
The world of information technology is one of the most exciting and ground-breaking industries you could be involved with. Being up close and personal with technology puts you at the fore-front of developments affecting everyone who lives in the 21st century.
We’re only just starting to comprehend how this will truly impact our way of life. How we correlate with the world as a whole will be inordinately affected by computers and the internet.
And keep in mind that income in IT over Britain as a whole is much better than the national average salary, therefore you will be in a good position to gain considerably more once qualified in IT, than you’d get in most other industries.
With the IT marketplace emerging year on year, it’s looking good that the search for certified IT specialists will remain buoyant for the significant future.
Searching for your first position in IT is often made easier if you’re offered a Job Placement Assistance facility. The need for this feature can be bigged up out of proportion though – it isn’t unusual for training companies to make too much of it. At the end of the day, the massive skills shortage in Great Britain is why employers will be interested in you.
Work on polishing up your CV right away however – you should get plenty of help from your training provider on this. Don’t procrastinate and leave it till the exams have actually been passed.
Various junior support jobs have been bagged by people who are still studying and haven’t got any qualifications yet. At least this will get your CV into the ‘possible’ pile and not the ‘no’ pile.
Generally, a specialist independent regional recruitment consultant or service (who will get paid by the employer when they’ve placed you) is going to give you a better service than a sector of a centralised training facility. Also of course they should know the local industry and employment needs.
A good number of trainees, so it seems, invest a great deal of time on their training course (for years sometimes), and then just stop instead of trying to get a job. Introduce yourself… Make an effort to let employers know about you. Don’t think a job’s just going to jump out in front of you.
Charging for examinations with the course fee then giving it ‘Exam Guarantee’ status is popular with a good many training companies. But look at the facts:
Everybody’s aware that they’re ultimately paying for it – it’s not so hard to see that it’s already in the overall figure from the training provider. It’s definitely not free (it’s just marketing companies think we’ll fall for anything they say!)
Evidence shows that if a student pays for each examination, when they’re ready to take them and not before, they will be much more likely to pass first time – because they are conscious of their payment and so will prepare more thoroughly.
Find the best exam deal or offer available when you take the exam, and avoid college mark-up fees. In addition, it’s then your choice where to take your exam – so you can choose somewhere closer to home.
Big margins are made by a number of companies that get money upfront for exam fees. A number of students don’t take them for various reasons but the company keeps the money. Believe it or not, there are companies around that rely on that fact – as that’s how they make a lot of their profit.
Additionally, you should consider what an ‘exam guarantee’ really means. Many training companies won’t be prepared to pay for re-takes until you can prove to them you’re ready to pass.
Paying maybe a thousand pounds extra on an ‘Exam Guarantee’ is foolish – when consistent and systematic learning, coupled with quality exam simulation software is actually the key to your success.
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Posted on 20 January '10, under Education. No Comments.