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Jim Balsillie won’t be the owner of an NHL team any time soon, according to the CBC. Apparently the Predators’ current owner, Craig Leipold, freaked out when he learned that Balsillie had the lease at Copps secured and everything was in place to move the team to Hamilton. So instead of accepting Balsillie’s [...]

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To provide an update to my last post, it appears that Jim Balsillie may move the Nashville Predators to ‘The Hammer’. Apparently, Balsillie has a lease agreement with Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. I’d prefer the team to be here in Kitchener, but I’m ok with Hamilton; it’s only 60 kilometres away.

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Jim Balsillie wasn’t able to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins, so he bought the Nashville Predators instead. There’s a good chance that after next year, he’ll relocate the team out of Nashville, to…….who knows? The rumour is that those of us here in K-W will be getting an NHL franchise. It may be [...]

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Head over to Playdium in Mississauga on November 22 and check out the Communitech members that are seeking talent. Kitchener-Waterloo tech companies that will be in attendance are RIM, Google, Christie Digital, Desire2Learn (where I work), DiskStream, Handshake VR, LiveHive Systems, Covarity, Software Innovation, Sirific, and many others. Our CEO, John Baker, will [...]

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Dena and I are now home owners

After a couple months of MLS searches, walk-throughs, meetings and general running around, we’ve finally found a new place to hang our hats. We checked out places in other areas of Kitchener and didn’t find anything that suited us, even though we liked the area that [...]

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Today, the bunghole will be tapped. It’s not as dirty as it sounds
Today is the beginning of that time of year again when Kitchener-Waterloo hosts the largest Bavarian festival outside of Germany - it’s K/W Oktoberfest time! Looking out my office window at 2:30PM on Friday, I could already see people [...]

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Jim Balsillie, chairman of RIM, has purchased the Pittsburgh Penguins. The burning question on a lot of people’s minds is whether the Penguins will move, and if so, where? It’s been speculated that Hamilton was considered. Wouldn’t it be something, though, if they moved the team to Kitchener or Waterloo so as [...]

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I know it seems like my blog is becoming Google-centric. That’s not on purpose, and it’s totally not my plan. I just call it like I see it. Chalk this up to another Silicon Valley company moving into our neighbourhood.
McAfee was the latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to open shop here. Communitech [...]

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Now this is a good idea, and it’s from local yokels! IMS in Waterloo has created the world’s first solution for hands-free and (more importantly, I believe) eyes-free email communication for when you’re driving. They call it the iLane. It works via Bluetooth with smart phones and Blackberry’s (another Waterloo invention).
The great [...]

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In the Simpsons episode, “A Tale of Two Springfields”, Springfield runs out of phone numbers in the 636 and needs to create a new 939 area code. Homer becomes irate because those with the 636 area code are in the “rich side of town”, and his number is changed to a 939 one. [...]

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According to this Money Sense study, Kitchener is the fifth best city in the country to live in from an economic standpoint. I’m not totally shocked by this, since the area has a good balance of lifestyle, culture, and business (thanks to all of the technology and manufacturing companies here). Here’s the list [...]

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