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January
·   DiskStream winds down operations after funding ends
·   GE Fanuc closing Waterloo office
·   Sandvine forecasts 60-90% growth in 2007
·   RDM reports record sales on strong scanner sales
·   Open Text reports first results after Hummingbird acquisition
Plus news from Virtek, ARISE, Navtech, NCR, Com Dev, ATS, RIM, MedShare, Accelerator Centre, RapidLabs, Symbility, Geosign, Synnex, RapidMind.

February
·   Covarity raises $2.5M
·   Sirific closes a US$19M round
·   RIM options review leads to US$250M earnings adjustment
·   MKS expects big finish to 2007 after another disappointing quarter
·   DALSA sales up 12% in 2006
Plus news from Biorem, Photowatt, Desire2Learn, Terapath, Open Text, Agfa, Descartes.

March
·   Geosign raises record $188M
·   RapidMind receives $7.5M investment
·   Photowatt IPO cancelled; Spheral Solar to be re-evaluated
·   Com Dev appoints interim leader after surgery to CEO
·   Com Dev reports best Q1 in its history
Plus news from Agribiotics, Descartes, ARISE, Kaleidescape, Navtech, Synnex Canada, Software Innovation, Biorem, Google Waterloo, Sandvine, Symbility.

April
·   Sandvine reports breakthrough quarterly results
·   MedShare raises $1.8M
·   Com Dev takes $9M hit, wins $39M contract
·   Virtek ends year in the black
·   RIM sales hit $3B in 2007
Plus news from MKS, RDM, ARISE, Dalsa, Descartes, Open Text, RapidMind, ATS, Biorem, Symbility, iAnywhere.

May
·   Geosign chops "under 100" jobs
·   RIM buys 37 acres in Waterloo from Dalsa
·   RIM COOs asked to repay $2M each
·   Descartes looks to acquisitions for growth
·   STOCK REPORT: RIM value jumps another $6B
Plus news from Athena, MedShare, Com Dev, Sandvine, Symbility, ARISE, Biorem, RDM.

June
·   Handshake VR shutting down
·   Sandvine raising $50M, makes two acquisitions
·   Com Dev books record business in money-losing quarter
·   Virtek begins "a challenging year"
·   RIM records first billion-dollar quarter
Plus news from Navtech, MKS, Tungle, ATS, First Sentinel, Desire2Learn.

July
·   Tech community mourns loss of Steve Spicer
·   Dalsa looks to cut costs after another disappointing quarter
·   AideRSS unveils RSS filtering technology
·   LiveHive wins two high-profile customers for online contests
Plus news from RDM, Software Innovation, Suited Media, RIM, Sirific, Meikle.

August
·   Open Text sales up sharply to end the fiscal year
·   ARISE prepares to start construction in Germany
·   Dalsa makes job cuts, plans to divest Colorado office
·   Descartes makes it 10 profitable quarters in a row, buys UK firm
·   ATS raises $110 million, faces challenge from two shareholders
Plus news from MKS, Virtek, Sandvine, Symbility, PackagingOne, Com Dev, Desire2Learn, Biorem, RDM, Senesco, CanJobs.com.

September
·   ARISE raising another $30M
·   ATS shareholders vote for new board and CEO
·   Com Dev expects a big finish to 2007
·   Virtek reviews options after another rough quarter
·   Navtech quarter ends slightly in the red
Plus news from LSI, Google, Tungle, TurboSonic, LiveHive, Labtronics, SlipStream.

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