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Trivia EH? IMAX

May 10, 2012 By Submit to Canadiana Connection

The idea for IMAX came about in 1967, at EXPO ’67, when a group of Canadian entrepreneurs and filmmakers felt that a single, powerful projection system was the way to go. IMAX debuted at EXPO ’70, in Osaka. The first permanent installation of an IMAX theatre took place at Toronto’s Ontario Place …

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Trivia EH? RIM and the BlackBerry

April 19, 2012 By Submit to Canadiana Connection

As of late 2011, there were approximately 70 million BlackBerry users worldwide. In Canada, one-third of Smartphone users have chosen BlackBerry. RIM, a Waterloo, Ontario based company, was founded in 1984. The first BlackBerry hit the market in 1999 (in Germany). Dubbed the “850”, it …

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Trivia EH? Canadian Tire

April 12, 2012 By Submit to Canadiana Connection

It was the Billes’ brothers, J.W. and A.J., who in 1922 purchased the Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd. Store in east-end Toronto; relocated in 1923 to downtown Toronto, it became Canadian Tire Corporation. By 2012, Canadian Tire had diversified and expanded to include all the following …

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