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  • Ontario: Instant Government Services & Info Via Your Mobile Devices

    Now you are just a click away from Ontario (Canada) government info and services such as driver’s licence and health card renewals. By using your mobile devices, you can now access the Service Location Finder to: Locate the closest ServiceOntario nearest you Find the latest information about the services the centre offers and hours of…

  • Ontario’s Drive Clean Test Exemptions of Vehicles Less Than Seven Years Old, September 1, 2011

    As an Ontario driver, you will be pleased to know that you can save some money and time through the proposed provincial changes to Drive Clean Testing program which will continue helping to protect the environment. Effective September 1, 2011, Ontario Drive Clean Testing will have the following exemptions on vehicles from being tested as…

  • Ontario Woos Hollywood to Create Jobs and Growth in Film and TV Industry

    No wonder Hollywood producers love coming to Ontario, Canada, to make their film and television productions! Ontario is very ingenious to woo Hollywood and other foreign producers by offering the following hot incentives that directly assist the film and television industry: Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit; Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit; Ontario Computer Animation…

  • Happy Earth Hour in Ontario, Canada!

    Today is the big day! Earth Hour will start this evening from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recorded 207,473 total Earth Hour pledges in Canada! Kudos Ontario for these great green works: “Conserve energy and generate peak demand savings of more than 1,700 MW of electricity since 2005, which is…

  • Happy World Water Day: Launching Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence!

    Ontarians are very fortunate to have Lake Ontario and other parts of the Great Lakes to the tune of $1.8 billion in sales of clean water and clean water technologies to the world due to the following reasons. “Ontario borders on four of the five Great Lakes which contain 20 per cent of the world’s…

  • Remote Drug Dispensing Machines Are Coming to Your Neighbourhood

    As more Canadians are getting older and living longer, our society must be innovative in making changes to our daily living routines so that there are more conveniences, safety and speed in obtaining our bare necessities. Ontario will be rolling out remote dispensing machines across the province, which will fill out prescriptions in real-time consultations…

  • AbitibiBowater Will Create More Clean Electricity and Jobs in Northern Ontario by 2013

    There’s good news abuzz about AbitibiBowater, Thunder Bay’s clean energy plant. AbitibiBowater has been functioning as a biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) project. However, AbitibiBowater will soon start its expansion and by January 2013, AbitibiBowater will provide more clean, electrical power by 40megawatts which is equivalent to the additional power for 38,000 homes for…