TORONTO - IN YOUR FACE! Actually, the word is...stay out of my face. Businesses are wasting time and money trying to reach people online without realizing many consumers resent big brands invading their social networks - according to research from TNS Canada, a Kantar company and part of WPP.

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CANADA - Culled from a series of research studies conducted across 19 countries, 30+ focus groups, and 12,000+ online studies, McCann Truth Central, the global thought leadership unit of McCann, has released '12 Truths About Social in 2012'. These 'truths' illuminate the impact of the social media landscape on consumers and brands.

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TORONTO - The much anticipated 11th edition of Deloitte's TMT Predictions is out, providing highly useful global insights into emerging technology, media and telecommunications trends. The TMT Predictions are of significant interest to consumers and help businesses determine how and where billions of infrastructure, investment and marketing dollars will be spent in the year ahead and beyond. The 2012 Canadian TMT Predictions are based on in-depth interviews and research, input from Deloitte clients and alumni, industry analysts, leading global TMT executives and more than 7,000 Deloitte TMT member firm practitioners.

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RICHMOND, BC - Vancouver Airport Authority today officially opened Canada's first Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE), a massive three-sided steel facility that will reduce noise from engine run-ups conducted as part of regular aircraft maintenance.

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CALGARY - The Reverend Bruce Sheasby (or the Reverend Elvis, if you prefer) loves The King that much, he named his Sunday Hotel service, which is currently in Calgary, "Your Grace Land".

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Calgary - Calgary City News

TORONTO – Siamese Systems Inc., a mobile application start-up based out of Toronto, is slated to release its first productivity app for the Blackberry Playbook. They have coined the application Picinote™, and it hits Blackberry’s Tablet App World today, Thursday, December 8th, 2011.

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FORT MCMURRAY - Syncrude heavy equipment operator, Maggy Horvath, unearthed what may be a nearly complete plesiosaur. The discovery contributes to Alberta's prehistoric history and the understanding of the evolution of life on Earth.

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OTTAWA - Canada's Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) reports an increase in telecom consumer complaints for the fourth straight year.

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