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A Canadian man who realized he forgot his passport as he approached the U.S. border found a new way to gain entry — his iPad.

Martin Reisch said Tuesday a slightly annoyed U.S. border officer let him cross into the United States from Quebec after he presented a scanned copy of his passport on his Apple iPad. Reisch was a half hour from the border when he decided to try to gain entry rather than turn back and make a two-hour trek back home to Montreal to fetch his passport.

He told the officer he was heading to the U.S. to drop off Christmas gifts for his friend's kids. He said that true story, the scanned passport and his driver's license helped him get through last week.

He said the officer seemed mildly annoyed when he handed him the…

Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, created in 2006. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes (UFP) and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led by Françoise David.

At a recent Quebec Solidare party's meeting, party members took a stance on big issues like education, health care, social justice and the French language in Quebec society.

Party members have decided among other things that when they come to power in Quebec, they would immediate make companies operating in Quebec prove to the government authorities that the knowledge of English is absolutely necessary for the position (in order to make English one of the requirements). If it is not proven but in effect, companies could…

Startup technology accelerator office opens its doors in Calgary’s trendy Inglewood

AcceleratorYYC, a ‘Day 1’ space for local technology startups and entrepreneurs, officially launched today. Several local startups have already taken up residence including Insight Emissions, Community Point, eSchedule, and QRZap.  AcceleratorYYC is calling all other local first stage tech companies to apply and participate.

The entrepreneur led co-work space is tailored to the unique needs and challenges of pre-launch and pre-product startups. The first of its kind in Calgary, this new technology space is about providing the resources needed to answer the question 'I've quit my job - I'm in a startup - what now?'

Located on 9^th Ave…

A Canadian maker of a Wi-Fi turnkey network management solution for hotels is being bought by AT&T.

Superclick Networks Inc. of Montreal said Monday that it has agreed to be purchased by America's biggest phone company for $15 million if the Montreal company's shareholders agree. The sides hope the deal with be approved in the fourth quarter.

For co-founder Sandro Natale, the deal means the firm has come quite a long way since the day 10 years ago he and a partner thought of delivering high speed Internet to Montreal hotels.

"We never really thought that this was going to be something big," he said in a telephone interview. "It started up with a small office on St. Laurent (Street). We had some makeshift desks on a bunch of boxes. Our board room was held…

Recruiters can be a vital resource in your job search strategy, but you have to understand how they work (and therefore, how you need to work with them). Most frustrations that arise from working with recruiters are the result of not knowing how to get within their radar, and not fully understanding what their role is and how they can help you.



The first point to remember is that recruiters are not there to find you a job - they work for the company that hired them, not for you. Their job is to consult with a company and find the right candidate for an open position. In essence, they broker relationships between employers and talent, but they work for the company.



Your job, then, is to be on their radar when they have a position for which you're a good fit…and there are a…

#devTO is a place in Toronto for all developers, regardless of age, experience or sex to gather and collaborate on the development problems. These problems are as broad as our job descriptions, can't figure out how to get that interface to look good in Chrome and Safari? Not sure how to deploy code to multiple servers with no downtime? What is the best way integrate social media into your projects? I'm sure at some point you've all run into something like one of the problems above, so why not share it and benefit from the experience of others.

This is a review by Shanta Nathwani of the time when she attended the second #DevTO session held at Richmond Day July 2011.

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According to the Surveymonkey.com survey report conducted by Kovasys IT Recruitment with their Canadian client base - 91% of IT departments in Canada are ready to hire while over 52% of companies say that they are facing IT shortages.

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Corporate Canada is ready to hire IT personnel, according to the newly released report conducted by Kovasys Inc. The IT recruitment company with offices in Toronto and Montreal held an annual survey of their clients, that over thirty CEOs, managers, and directors from the provinces of Quebec and Ontario responded to. More than 91% of these employers said that their firms' IT department (system administrators, technical support, developers, etc.) will increase over the next year while only…

Times are good at an IT recruiting firm when your talent is getting multiple offers.

Entrepreneurs are poised to drive the next major wave of economic growth, but the wider community must do more to support these creative-minded innovators, Ernst & Young said today when revealing this year's finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year^®. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards honour the spirit and contribution of entrepreneurs here and around the world. Nominees are reviewed by an independent judging panel, which is composed of several distinguished business leaders and previous award recipients

"Quebec needs entrepreneurial role models," explains François Dufresne, Quebec Director of Entrepreneur Of The Year. "That's why it's essential that…

We have met up with Sam Title, to talk about his new company, The Coffice. Coffice is a Project to bring together the best of a modern Office, a delicious Coffeshop and a relaxed Business Lounge.

1. Summarize your company in an elevator pitch.

The Coffice is an online community dedicated to bringing together professionals who choose to perform work-related tasks from coffee shops on a day-to-day basis. It also serves as a source of information and networking opportunities for current “Cofficers” and for the Coffice-curious.

2. Who started the company? Do you / team members have tech background?

I started The Coffice, first as a book idea that resulted from an inspiring conversation I had with a friend – over coffee, of course.

I…