Business Pulse July, 2011

	New Support For Digital Tech Sector Creates 80 Jobs July 14, 2011 Welland Tribune Ontario is helping Silicon Knights - a St. Catharines-based video game company - expand its production capabilities, create 80 new jobs and protect 97 existing positions. MORE

	Cairns Complex enters the home stretch June 27, 2011 Brock News Summer activity is heating up at Brock's $111-million research jewel as workers move into the final phase of constructing the Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex. MORE

	Federal research funding announced at Brock June 20, 2011 Brock News A Brock researcher whose work helps us understand how we recognize one another was given national acknowledgment today during a federal funding announcement at Brock. MORE

	Province pours $12M into grape industry June 30, 2011 Niagara Falls Review The funding will be doled out over four years to help grape growers pull out some of their existing vines and replace them with more popular grape varieties. MORE

	Contact centre looking to hire 184 full time staff July 12, 2011 Welland Tribune Convergys is looking for 184 full-time customer service representatives for its contact centre here. MORE

	Vessel transits up 10% in seaway system June 18, 2011 Welland Tribune Significant increases in grain, salt, coal and petroleum products moved during the first two months of activity on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Welland Canal have given the 2011 shipping season a positive start, says St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. MORE

	NC Teaching Brewery savours international success July 5, 2011 Niagara College News Just months after its official opening, the Niagara College Teaching Brewery already has reason to toast to its success. MORE

	Ice syrup provides new market to NOTL July 8, 2011 Welland Tribune It's something sweet and it's made of grapes — something different is growing in the St. David's vineyards. MORE

	Brock takes lead on climate change research for Ontario's grape and wine industry July 11, 2011 Brock News As vineyards struggle to survive the damages inflicted by increasingly erratic weather, the Government of Ontario has given $2.86 million so a team of scientists can better understand how climate change is impacting Ontario's grape and wine industry. MORE

	A home for Mike Weir's winery July 11, 2011 St. Catharines Standard Golfer Mike Weir's winery has found a home, but not at its original site of choice. MORE

	Funds for 'brilliant' minds June 18, 2011 Niagara This Week Catherine Mondloch's innovative research into how children recognize faces is about to be taken to the next level. MORE

	International nursing students arrive at Niagara College July 11, 2011 Niagara College News With the new $40-million Applied Health Institute (AHI) as their learning lab, a group of about 30 students from India have arrived at Niagara College. MORE