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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Wednesday, July 14
White mud in Edmonton
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 14 Jul 2004 11:29 PM EDT
   Edmonton suffered a freak flood/hailstorm earlier this week. From a report prepared by CTV's online staff: "The heavy rainstorm started Sunday afternoon, dumping 150 millimetres of rain on the city. The storm blew in with little warning, flooding homes and turning roads into lakes. Environment Canada called it "a ... more »
After eight years, a dot-com news site turns a profit
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 14 Jul 2004 10:19 PM EDT
Reuters reports that MSNBC.com, the joint venture between Microsoft Corp. and General Electric Co.'s NBC unit will turn a profit for the first time in the quarter which ended June 26. MSNBC.com says it was helped by record revenue of $45-million (US) for the entire year. There are ... more »
Bell Canada tries to kill Frame Relay and ATM networks
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DavidAkin
on Wed 14 Jul 2004 08:27 PM EDT
Writing in the excellent industry newsletter Telemanagement, published by the Angus Telemanagement Group Inc. of Ajax, Ont., John Riddell reports that Bell Canada is keen to phase out all Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) services over the next decade. No new Frame Relay or ATM contracts are ... more »
EDS Canada has a new CFO
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DavidAkin
on Wed 14 Jul 2004 10:50 AM EDT
EDS Canada, the unit of Electronic Data Systems
Corp. of Plano, Texas, has appointed Brian Brewer as its new chief
financial officer. Brewer was the CFO for Acklands-Grainger Inc. and before
that CFO for Xerox Canada Inc. He's also worked for Imperial Oil. more »
Here comes Canada's new bank machines
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 14 Jul 2004 10:42 AM EDT
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