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November 14, 2011

RackForce Hybrid Cloud Services Now Available over Alberta's SuperNet

CALGARY, AB – RackForce Networks and Axia announced today that RackForce’s Hybrid Cloud Services are now directly connected to Axia's Alberta Next Generation Network, Alberta’s SuperNet.

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October 20, 2011

Axia partners with Glenbow Museum as exhibition sponsor for Watch Me Move

CALGARY, AB – Axia is proud to partner with the Glenbow Museum as the exhibition sponsor of WATCH ME MOVE: The Animation Show, the most extensive exhibition ever produced to present a full range of animated imagery created over the last 150 years and a first for North America.

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October 18, 2011

Axia CEO Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Award Winner

CALGARY, AB – Axia CEO Art Price has been named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 in the Prairies Region Technology category. The announcement was made at a gala event in Calgary on October 25, 2011.

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August 31, 2011

Cybera and Alberta SuperNet Improve Reach of Athabasca University

EDMONTON, AB – Athabasca University (AU), Canada’s Open University with much of its curriculum delivered online, now has a faster, more direct connection to sites like Google, Microsoft and YouTube, thanks to Cybera’s transit exchange service.

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June 30, 2011

Alberta's SuperNet delivers all the fun of Ponoka's annual Stampede Parade to local healthcare residents

CALGARY, ALBERTA – More than 120 Ponoka healthcare patients took in all the fun of the town's annual Stampede Parade on Wednesday without leaving the comfort of their facilities, thanks to Alberta's SuperNet.

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May 16, 2011

Congratulations to the CEPF on receiving the 2011 Crime Prevention Award

CALGARY, ALBERTA – Axia would like to congratulate the Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation (CEPF) on recently receiving the 2011 Crime Prevention Award.

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December 17, 2010

Axia recognizes Alberta organizations for their innovation using Alberta's SuperNet.

CALGARY, ALBERTA – Six Alberta organizations have been recognized for their innovative use of Alberta's SuperNet technology.

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August 23, 2010

Alberta's SuperNet helping to keep Southern Alberta families safe on the Internet.

CALGARY, ALBERTA – Residents in eight rural Southern Alberta communities will have the opportunity to virtually attend an Internet safety presentation conducted by a Calgary Police Services crime prevention specialist, thanks to Alberta’s SuperNet.

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June 25, 2010

Ponoka Stampede Parade marches into three healthcare facilities over Alberta's SuperNet.

PONOKA, ALBERTA - The floats, horses and marching bands of this year’s Ponoka Stampede Parade streamed across Alberta’s SuperNet and into three healthcare facilities, bringing some variety – and fun – to more than 100 patients.

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June 25, 2010

Alberta's SuperNet to give hospital residents curbside view of annual Ponoka Stampede Parade.

PONOKA, ALBERTA - Residents at three healthcare facilities who can’t make it downtown to watch the annual Ponoka Stampede Parade on July 2 will still have a live, front-row view of the fun.

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June 10, 2010

Alberta's SuperNet delivers National Domestic Homicide Prevention Conference to Northern Alberta participants.

CALGARY, ALBERTA - Harnessing the power of Alberta’s SuperNet, four Northern Alberta communities will join the over 300 participants in the National Domestic Homicide Prevention Conference on June 10, 2010. Axia NetMedia Corporation is proud to connect attendees in Grande Prairie, Peace River, Fort McMurray and Fairview who will participate via videoconferencing over Alberta’s SuperNet, the provincial broadband backbone that connects 429 communities and more than 4,700 government facilities across the province.

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May 6, 2010

CAREERS: The Next Generation announces the NEXTGEN Online Project

CAREERS: The Next Generation (CAREERS) is pleased to announce that is has received $993,160 in funding support from the Rural Alberta‟s Development Fund (RADF) to initiate the development of an innovative project entitled NEXTGEN Online. Harnessing the power of the Alberta SuperNet, the NEXTGEN Online Project will extend the reach of CAREERS, creating more educational and career opportunities for youth in rural Alberta.

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