As a panel judge in the electronic disclosure category, I attended the CICA corporate reporting awards earlier today at the swank Carlu in College Park. The usual suspects were all in attendance – it’s beginning to feel like “going home” with all the familiar faces. Many of this year’s winners were predictable – a select group of companies whom consistently excel in corporate reporting and take these awards very seriously.
In the electronic category it was great to see so many companies having improved over last year and honourable mention Petro …

I’m glad to announce that Q4 has been selected by the Branham Group and Backbone magazine as one of the Branham300 Top 25 Up and Comers. The list is composed of companies established within the past three years, no earlier than Jan. 1, 2004. These companies are not ranked; rather, they are showcased alphabetically as firms that show tremendous promise within Canada’s ICT industry.
You can download the full list here: http://www.backbonemag.com/files/PDF/Top_300_2008/top25-up_and_comers.pdf
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As part of our ongoing effort to improve and upgrade our infrastructure I’m pleased to announce that the new Q4 data center is now fully redundant and SAS 70 TYPE II certified.
SAS 70 is an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Our data center’s SAS 70 certification enables us to further our expansion into the enterprise market by delivering certification of the controls needed for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
This certification deals with the controls related to service delivery, operations, infrastructure maintenance, change management, backup of …

Earlier this week we announced the closing of latest round of funding. Here’s the full press release:
Financing to fund ongoing development of innovative workflow compliance and disclosure solutions and expanded sales and marketing efforts
Q4 Web Systems Inc. (“Q4 Web Systems” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed $1.8M CDN in private placement financing from investors including a Schedule A Canadian bank.  The proceeds of the financing will be used by the Company to expand sales and marketing activities and accelerate the development of Q4 Web System’s …

Congratulations to all of the IR Magazine Canada Awards winners! The awards were held last Thursday. We were pleased to present the Lifetime Achievement award to Ron Blunn’s two sons. It was a privledge to present such a special award.

Best investor relations by a TSX Venture Exchange company
Shift Networks Inc
Best investor relations for an IPO
Tim Hortons
Best investor relations web site – small to large cap
ATI Technologies Inc
Best use of conferencing – small to large cap
Canadian Tire Corporation Limited
Gildan Activewear Inc
Best investment community meetings – small to large cap
ATI Technologies Inc
Best …

Here are the final categories for the IR Magazine Canada Awards. The awards are tomorrow night and we look forward to seeing many of you there. Congratulations again to all the companies and people nominated. Job well done!

Best disclosure policy
CN
Inmet Mining Corporation
TD Bank Financial Group
Most improved investor relations
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nexen
Best M&A investor relations
ATI Technologies
Falconbridge 06
Inco
Best investor relations for an IPO*
Canada Cartage Diversified Income Fund
Teranet Income Fund
Tim Hortons
* New listings on TSX
Best investor relations by a TSX Venture Exchange company
Active Control Technology
Shift Networks
Sterling Resources
Titanium Corporation
Best investor relations in the US …

Here are the IR Magazine Canada Awards nominees for Best Annual Report, Best Investment Community Meeting and The Best Use of Technology. Congratulations to these great companies!

Best Annual Report
CN
PotashCorp
Telus
Best Investment Community Meetings
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals
ATI Technologies
Cognos
Best Use of Technology
ATI Technologies
EnCana
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Here are the IR Magazine Canada Awards nominees for Best Investor Relations by a CEO and the Best Senior Management Communications. Congratulations to these impressive leaders.

Best Investor Relations by a CEO 
CN – Hunter Harrison
Shoppers Drug Mart – Glenn Murphy
Suncor Energy – Rick George
TD Bank Financial Group – Edmund Clark
Best Senior Management Communications
$1bn to $10 bn market cap
Agnico-Eagle Mines
Canadian Pacific Railway
Meridian Gold
Under $1bn market cap
Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund
FNX Mining Company
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Here are the IR Magazine Canada Awards nominees for Best Investor Relations Officer 2006. Managing IR in today’s enviroment is a challenging endeavor. Our hat goes off to everyone below for a job well done in 2006.

Over $10 bn market cap
CN – Bob Noorigian 
Inco – Sandra Scott
Rogers Communications – Bruce Mann 
Suncor Energy – John Rogers
$1 bn to $10 bn market cap 
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals – Janet Craig
Magna International – Louis Tonelli 
Shoppers Drug Mart – John Caplice
TransAlta Corporation – Jennifer Pierce & Mardell van Nieuvenhuyse 
Under $1 bn market cap
Axcan Pharma – Isabelle Adjahi 
Cineplex …

We’re pleased to be a sponsor of the upcoming IR Magazine Canada Awards on February 8th.  Here is the short list of nominees for award The CIRI Grand Prix for Overall Best Investor Relations.

Congratulations to all of the nominees!.
Over $10 bn market cap
Barrick Gold
CN
Manulife Financial
Telus
$1 bn to $10 bn market cap
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals
Canadian Tire
Cognos
Shoppers Drug Mart
$500 mn to $1 bn market cap
Aeroplan Income Fund
Axcan Pharma
Cascades
FNX Mining Company
Under $500 mn market cap
Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund
Dalsa Corporation
Gennum Corporation
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