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| The Strategy Institute's second annual North American Municipal Wireless Summit is being held on June 24 and 25 at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver. |
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Case Studies
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| Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is a family of five hospitals and a cancer centre, serving more than 2.2 million local and nearby residents. One of the cornerstones of HHS is the McMaster University Medical Centre, which is home to McMaster Children's Hospital, one of the most highly regarded pediatric facilities in Canada. |
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| The town of Banff, Alberta, has joined forces with lighting manufacturer Osram Sylvania in a pilot project to convert street illumination to more energy-efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs). |
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| Beginning in July, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will start a pilot program testing a next-train prediction system for the subway. In November, a similar system will be tested for buses and streetcars. |
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| Using Cisco Systems network technology, School District No. 23 in Kelowna, B.C., recently launched the Together iLearn program, which is reportedly one of the largest and most sophisticated one-to-one notebook computer implementations in North America. |
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| Up to 400 patients per year from the Ottawa area will receive cancer treatment faster due to a new mobile radiation unit at the Ottawa Hospital. |
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| To tie in with emergency preparedness week in Canada, Toronto's Centennial College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new Interprofessional Simulation Centre at the HP Science and Technology Centre last week. |
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May 24-28, 2008
CUTA Annual Conference
Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA)
Sutton Place Hotel, Edmonton, Alta.
Visit www.cutaactu.ca. May 26-28, 2008
CAMA Conference
Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA)
Quebec City, Que.
Visit www.camacam.ca. May 27-30, 2008
18th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems
Precarn
University of Windsor – St. Denis Centre, Windsor, Ont.
Visit www.aigicrvis.ca. May 30-June 2, 2008
FCM Conference
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
Quebec City, Que.
Visit www.fcm.ca. June 1-4, 2008
ITS Canada Annual Conference and General Meeting
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Canada
La Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Que.
Visit www.itscanada.ca.
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