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• Fox Resources Completed QT, Financings and Name Change

  - 2008-08-18

  Fox Resources Ltd. (formerly Waverley Biotech Inc.) ("Fox" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FAX) is pleased to announce that it obtained the final approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") on its Qualifying Transaction (the "QT"), the financings and the name change. The Otter Gold Property The...

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• GeNOsys Announces Service Contract with the University of British Columbia

  - 2008-06-24

  PROVO, Utah -- GeNOsys, Inc. (OTCBB: GNYS) today announced the signing of a Service Contract with the University of British Columbia ("UBC"). The Service Contract is for a period of one year. Under the Service Contract, UBC will conduct research at the UBC Department of Medicine, and the Vancouver Coastal...

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• TapImmune Announces Execution of Exclusive Option Agreement With The University of British Columbia

  - 2008-06-09

  TapImmune Inc. (OTCBB: TPIM), a biotechnology company specializing in the development of immunotherapeutics for cancer and vaccines for infectious diseases, today announced that the company has executed an exclusive option agreement with The University of British Columbia UBC for three follow on technologies related to the original TAP-technology acquired by...

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• Study: spirituality a big part of kids' happiness

  - 2008-04-04

  TORONTO -- Spirituality is a major contributor to a child's overall happiness--even more so than for adults--according to a new study from the University of British Columbia. The study tested 315 children ages 9 to 12, measuring spirituality and other factors such as temperament and social relations that can...

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• 100-Years Young University of British Columbia Gets Birthday Stamp.

  - 2008-03-04

  OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Mar 4, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- On March 7th, Canada Post will celebrate the centenary of the University of British Columbia UBC with a domestic rate (52-cent) stamp. An Act to Establish and Incorporate a University for the OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Mar 4,...

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• Learning from Cod Collapse to Save Tuna

  - 2008-02-18

  Scientists Advocate Solutions and Urgent Action BOSTON -- Continued mismanagement could force some tuna populations to quickly go the way of cod, a highly threatened fishery that once helped shape economies of whole nations, leading scientists said in the symposium "Last Best Chance for Tuna: Learning from the Cod...

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• First Point and University of British Columbia Sign Collaborative Agreement to Study Extraction of Nickel From Alloys.

  - 2008-02-13

  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Feb 13, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- First Point (TSX VENTURE:FPX) has expanded its metallurgical test work into the recovery of nickel from rocks containing naturally occurring nickel-iron alloys and is one of the fir VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Feb 13, 2008 (Marketwire via...

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• ASEV awards $60,000 in scholarships

  - 2007-12-01

  The American Society for Enology and Viticulture ASEV announced student scholarship awards totaling $60,000. Twenty scholarships were awarded to students enrolled at Cornell, Stanford, Cal Poly, Washington State, Purdue, Virginia Polytechnic, Texas Tech, Cal State Fresno and West Virginia universities and University of British Columbia, University of Guelph and UC...

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• MIV Therapeutics to Present at the BMO Capital Markets Focus on Healthcare Conference

  - 2007-11-26

  MIV Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: MIVT) (FRANKFURT: MIV), a leading developer of next-generation coatings and advanced drug delivery systems for cardiovascular stents and other implantable medical devices, today announced that Dr. Mark Landy, president of MIV Therapeutics, will present a company overview at the BMO Capital Markets Focus On Healthcare Conference...

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• Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Enters into Letter of Intent to Acquire Mineral Assets from Strategic Metals Ltd.

  - 2007-11-06

  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nov 6, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (CNQ:ROCK) ("Rockhaven" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent dated November 1, 2007 (the "Letter of Intent") to acquire certain mineral properties located in...

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