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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Crystallex International has selected Q4 Server to manage their online disclosure efforts and reduce web site risk. We’re pleased to add Crystallex as part of our continued growth within the TSX resource sector.
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There is a lot of material to go over and I certainly haven’t done that yet but I have read some very interesting parts. One of the recommendations introduces MERIT (“Model for Effective Regulatory Information Transfer” – catchy eh). MERIT is a system for extending and viewing XBRL documents that include all disclosure activities. I’ve heard people speak about XBRL as an extensible implementation (I know how XML works) many times but I have yet to see evidence that it has been extended to include non-financial reporting data in any …

1. XBRL is not programming – True
XBRL tags content (financial data) in an open format that makes transporting, storing, and sharing data very easy because it is an open standard, well documented, and structured. Sometimes this documented structure is referred to as a “taxonomy”.
2. XBRL is hard for [most] humans to read – True
XBRL is an implementation of XML. Why should this matter to you? It really shouldn’t. XBRL is not meant for humans to read like the morning paper; it is meant to be created (generated most likely) and …

I don’t usually like to post about a post but this is worthy. It appears that Yahoo! Finance has added quite an interesting new feature that identifies companies that are delinquent in submitting their regulatory filings! Wow, it’s not just any kind of investor service that could pull this off – you won’t likely see issuers volunteering this type of information. Check out the full post here:
Yahoo! Finance Flags Delinquent Nasdaq Firms
I have to admit that I used to like Dominic Jones’ blog more [before the launch …

First read the release:
SEC to Rebuild Public Disclosure System to Make It ‘Interactive’
Then think about it for a bit.
Viewing/ sharing/ analyzing/ cross-analyzing/ summarizing/ validation/ development/ distribution… should all become easier because computers can now help with most of the processing because the data is all STRUCTURED.
This is very exciting. Don’t you think?
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You’ve had your site up and running with the same look and feel but you are looking to change that a little (or even a lot)…
With Q4 Server you are free to invent new creative and lay it on the same backend and re-arrange public layout to meet your exact requirements.  We supply your CMS and a variety of IR/CR modules but we look to you to put your unique look and feel on it.
If you have an upcoming redesign coming up let us know and we’ll work with you and your …

Looks like Imax (IMX.TO) is currently the subject of an informal inquiry by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its revenue-accounting practices, yesterday became the target of a potential $200-million Canadian class-action lawsuit that could become the first test of Ontario’s new Bill 198 law aimed at making it much easier for shareholders to sue companies and their executives. Here is the article on Globe Investor.
Here at Q4 Web Systems we are watching this very closely. The reasons being Q4 Record automatically records all of a company’s disclosure on …

Since Internet Explorer 7 is nearing a full release (currently at Release Candidate 1) we have begun investigating the impact this may have on our product. Our initial look has shown some small things we will have to deal with but nothing that will present any major problems.
We will however be continually assessing and planning our strategy around supporting the latest version of one of the most popular browsers available.
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Yamana Gold’s web site went live earlier today on Q4 Server v3.0. We’re thrilled with the site and it’s been great working with the people over at Yamana. If you have a moment check out their site at www.yamana.com
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