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Frost & Sullivan names Bit Stew Systems 2014 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year
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Burnaby - InfoTech & Communications - Jun 20, 2014
FusionPipe Software Closes New Investment From BC's WUTIF VCC Angel Fund
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Vancouver - Wireless Technologies - Jun 19, 2014
'Ready to Rocket' Company Tyze Personal Networks Acquired by Saint Elizabeth Health Care
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Vancouver - Other Tech Sectors - Jun 18, 2014
24 BC Tech Companies Named to 2014 PROFIT 500
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Absolute Software Appoints Geoff Haydon as New Chief Executive Officer
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Friday, June 20, 2014 (4:30 PM to 9 PM)

Mobile Test Automation: Tools and Techniques
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Thursday, June 26, 2014 (6 PM to 8 PM)

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Ontario Science Centre Awards 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award to Victoria, BC Teen Innovator

The Ontario Science Centre has awarded a 16-year-old girl Ann Makosinski from Victoria, B.C. the 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award for applying science in a creative way to make a positive difference in the world.

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Ballard and Consortium Partners Receive CUTA Award For Whistler Fuel Cell Bus Fleet

Ballard Power Systems (BLDP)(BLD.TO) together with BC Transit, New Flyer and PW Transit have been awarded the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) 2014 Corporate Leadership Innovation Award for the Whistler Fuel Cell Bus Project.

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Government of Canada Announces Shortlisted Organizations for Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP) - 3 in BC

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the organizations that have been chosen to advance in the selection process for the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP), which is designed to help outstanding small- and medium-sized Canadian enterprises to grow, prosper and create jobs.

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BCTIA Shortlisted for National Technology Accelerator Funding

he BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) acknowledged today their Centre4Growth Incubator Program has been shortlisted for expansion funding under CAIP, the federal government's Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program delivered by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program.

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Distrix Establishes Silicon Valley Office

Distrix (Spark Integration Technologies, Inc. DBA Distrix), a developer of software enabling simple, secure and resilient networks, announced it has opened a Silicon Valley office.

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Webtech Wireless Implements Webtech 511 Solution with City of Mississauga

Webtech Wireless Inc. (WEW.TO), a provider of vehicle fleet location-based services (LBS) and telematics technology, today announced that the City of Mississauga has implemented the Webtech 511 solution, which is now available on Google Play and the iTunes App Store as "Mississauga Roads".

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BC-based Mining Technology Company MineSense Technologies Moves Head Office to Vancouver

MineSense Technologies Ltd., an early stage technology company which develops and markets sensor based ore recovery and extraction solutions for the mining industry, announced that it has recently moved their Head Office from the North Shore to Vancouver.

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NGRAIN Introduces Subscription-Based Pricing for NGRAIN Augmented Reality

NGRAIN, a leading provider of interactive 3D augmented reality and visualization technology for enterprise businesses, today announced that it has debuted a new subscription pricing model for its augmented reality (AR) software.

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Contract Announcements

OSI Signs Contract to Provide Advanced Tactical Capabilities to the Royal Australian Navy

OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) announced today the signing of a contract to provide the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) with its Ship Helicopter Operating Limits (SHOL) software module. Under the terms of this contract the SHOL module will be added to OSI's ECPINS-W software that is deployed across the RAN fleet of warships.

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Ballard Progresses Licensing Strategy Through Telecom Backup Power Agreement in China

Ballard Power Systems (BLDP)(BLD.TO) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Azure Hydrogen (Azure) in relation to an assembly license for Telecom Backup Power systems for the China market. The agreement has a value of approximately $6 million over the 2014-15 period.

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Financing Announcements

Cisco To Invest $150 Million to Support and Accelerate Innovation in Canada

Cisco Canada today, together with Canada's Finance Minister, the Hon. Joe Oliver, announced the Cisco Canada Innovation Program, a strategy to invest $150 million (CAD$) to support and accelerate innovation in Canada.

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Neovasc Inc. Announces Receipt of Final Approval to Graduate to the TSX

Neovasc Inc. (NVCN) (NVC.V) today announced that effective at market opening on June 23, 2014, Neovasc's common shares will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") under the Company's current trading symbol of "NVC".

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Versatile Systems Sells Equus Position for Gross Proceeds of US$2.35 Million

Versatile Systems Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VV) today announced the sale of 960,087 shares of Equus Total Return Inc. at a price of US$2.45 per share for gross proceeds of US$2,352,213.

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Partnership or Alliance Agreements

SFU Researchers Collaborate With Retirement Concepts to Advances Tech Solutions for Healthy Aging

Simon Fraser University researchers are partnering with one of B.C.'s largest retirement care home companies, Retirement Concepts (RC) in a unique partnership to advance technology solutions that will improve the lives of seniors.

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Verisante Technology Partners with the BC Cancer Foundation to Showcase Aura(TM) for Skin Cancer Detection

Verisante Technology, Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VRS) (VRSEF), a leader in cancer detection technology, announced today that the Company is partnering with the BC Cancer Foundation to showcase Verisante Aura, a device for the detection of skin cancer.

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INETCO Systems Limited Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program

INETCO Systems Limited, a leading provider of application-aware infrastructure performance monitoring (AA-IPM) software, announced it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program.

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Personnel Appointment Notices

QHR Announces New Management Structure

QHR Corporation (QHR.V), a leader in the Healthcare Information Technology sector, today announced strategic changes to its management structure and also selected September 16th, 2014 as the date for QHR's Annual General Meeting in Toronto, Ontari

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SFU VP Research Mario Pinto named NSERC President

Simon Fraser University Vice-President, Research B. Mario Pinto will become the next president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

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Agga Media Announces the Appointment of Roger Lines as Vice President of Product

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Product Announcements or Clinical Trials

Delta-Q Introduces IC650 Charger to European Floor Machine Market

Delta-Q Technologies announced that it has recently introduced its new IC650 Industrial Battery Charger to the European floor machine market at ISSA/INTERCLEAN 2014 in Amsterdam.

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Vivonet Launches Next Major Version of Vivonet Kiosk

Vivonet Acquisitions Ltd. announced today that it has launched the next major version of its Kiosk product. The new Vivonet Kiosk 1.1 release added iOS cellular compatibility, along with a variety of other new features that enable restaurants to deploy the product into various operating environments such as stadiums, airports, food trucks, table service dining and more.

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Avigilon Broadens Access Control Portfolio

Avigilon Corporation (AVO.TO), a leading global provider of end-to-end security solutions, today introduced the latest version of its Access Control Manager (ACM) platform to its product portfolio.

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T-Net 20 Stock Index
Company Last Trade Change This Week Percent Change Market Cap

1.

MDA

$86.74

-0.36

-0.4%

Billion

$3.1

2.

PMC-Sierra

$7.62

+0.14

+1.9%

Billion

$1.5

3.

WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC.

$17.47

+1.22

+7.5%

Million

$966.1

4.

Avigilon Corporation

$23.32

-0.78

-3.2%

Million

$932.5

5.

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

$21.94

+0.17

+0.8%

Million

$677.7

Company Last Trade Change This Week Percent Change Market Cap

6.

Ballard Power Systems Inc

$4.61

+0.95

+26.0%

Million

$455.3

7.

Neovasc Inc.

$6.70

-0.30

-4.3%

Million

$307.6

8.

Absolute Software Corporation

$6.81

+0.06

+0.9%

Million

$282.0

9.

QLT Inc.

$5.54

-0.16

-2.8%

Million

$279.7

10.

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation

$14.84

+0.57

+4.0%

Million

$213.1

Company Last Trade Change This Week Percent Change Market Cap

11.

Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima

$7.16

+0.41

+6.1%

Million

$159.8

12.

Cardiome Pharma Corp

$8.68

+1.33

+18.1%

Million

$108.2

13.

UrtheCast

$1.38

 0.00

 0.0%

Million

$80.1

14.

PNI Digital Media Inc.

$1.69

 0.00

 0.0%

Million

$58.0

15.

QHR Technologies Inc.

$1.19

-0.06

-4.8%

Million

$56.5

Company Last Trade Change This Week Percent Change Market Cap

16.

OncoGenex Technologies Inc.

$3.58

+0.23

+6.9%

Million

$52.5

17.

Photon Control Inc.

$0.49

-0.02

-3.9%

Million

$50.4

18.

CounterPath Corporation

$1.19

-0.03

-2.5%

Million

$49.5

19.

WebTech Wireless Inc.

$0.37

-0.01

-2.6%

Million

$39.0

20.

Norsat International Inc.

$0.52

-0.02

-3.7%

Million

$30.3

T-Net 20 Total Market Capitalization: +1.7%  $9.5 Billion

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