News Releases 2008
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May 16, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Adrian Samuel Leemhuis, Future Growth Group Inc., Future Growth Fund Limited, Future Growth Global Fund Limited, Future Growth Market Neutral Fund Limited, and Future Growth World Fund and ASL Direct Inc.
May 15, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Irwin Boock, Svetlana Kouznetsova, Victoria Gerber, Compushare Transfer Corporation, Federated Purchaser, Inc., TCC Industries, Inc., First National Entertainment Corporation, WGI Holdings, Inc. and Enerbrite Technologies Group
May 14, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Irwin Boock, Svetlana Kouznetsova, Victoria Gerber, Compushare Transfer Corporation, Federated Purchaser, Inc., TCC Industries, Inc., First National Entertainment Corporation, WGI Holdings, Inc. and Enerbrite Technologies Group
May 14, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Adrian Samuel Leemhuis, Future Growth Group Inc., Future Growth Fund Limited, Future Growth Global Fund Limited, Future Growth Market Neutral Fund Limited, and Future Growth World Fund and ASL Direct Inc.
May 14, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Goldpoint Resources Corporation, Lino Novielli, Brian Moloney, Evanna Tomeli, Robert Black, Richard Wylie, and Jack Anderson
May 13, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of John Illidge
May 13, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Stafford Kelley
May 13, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Landbankers International MX, S.A. de C.V.; Sierra Madre Holdings MX, S.A. de C.V.; L&B Landbanking Trust S.A. de C.V.; Brian J. Wolf Zacarias; Roger Fernando Ayuso Loyo; Alan Hemingway; Kelly Friesen; Sonja A. Mcadam; Ed Moore; Kim Moore; Jason Rogers; and Dave Urrutia
May 8, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Irwin Boock, Svetlana Kouznetsova, Victoria Gerber, Compushare Transfer Corporation, Federated Purchaser, Inc., TCC Industries, Inc., First National Entertainment Corporation, WGI Holdings, Inc. and Enerbrite Technologies Group
May 8, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Stafford Kelley
May 7, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of XI Biofuels Inc., Biomaxx Systems Inc., Ronald David Crowe and Vernon P. Smith and In the Matter of Xiiva Holdings Inc. carrying on business as Xiiva Holdings Inc., XI Energy Company, XI Energy and XI Biofuels
May 7, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Adrian Samuel Leemhuis, Future Growth Group Inc., Future Growth Fund Limited, Future Growth Global Fund Limited, Future Growth Market Neutral Fund Limited, and Future Growth World Fund and ASL Direct Inc.
May 6, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Irwin Boock, Svetlana Kouznetsova, Victoria Gerber, Compushare Transfer Corporation, Federated Purchaser, Inc., TCC Industries, Inc., First National Entertainment Corporation, WGI Holdings, Inc., and Enerbrite Technologies Group
May 6, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of John Alexander Cornwall, Kathryn A. Cook, David Simpson, Jerome Stanislaus Xavier, CGC Financial Services Inc. and First Financial Services
May 5, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Adrian Samuel Leemhuis, Future Growth Group Inc., Future Growth Fund Limited, Future Growth Global Fund Limited, Future Growth Market Neutral Fund Limited, and Future Growth World Fund and ASL Direct Inc.
May 2, 2008
OSC Issues Temporary Cease Trade Order Against ASL Direct Inc.
May 1, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Adrian Samuel Leemhuis, Future Growth Group Inc., Future Growth Fund Limited, Future Growth Global Fund Limited, Future Growth Market Neutral Fund Limited, and Future Growth World Fund
May 1, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Goldpoint Resources Corporation, Lino Novielli, Brian Moloney, Evanna Tomeli, Robert Black, Richard Wylie, and Jack Anderson
May 1, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of John Daubney and Cheryl Littler
May 1, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Darren Delage
April 30, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of First Global Ventures, S.A., Abraham Herbert Grossman (a.k.a. Allen Grossman) and Alan Marsh Shuman (a.k.a. Alan Marsh)
April 23, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of In the Matter of Adrian Samuel Leemhuis, Future Growth Group Inc., Future Growth Fund Limited, Future Growth Global Fund Limited, Future Growth Market Neutral Fund Limited, and Future Growth World Fund.
April 22, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of John Illidge, Patricia McLean, David Cathcart, Stafford Kelley and Devendranauth Misir
April 21, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Imagin Diagnostic Centres Inc., Patrick J. Rooney, Cynthia Jordan, Allan McCaffrey, Michael Shumacher, Christopher Smith, Melvyn Harris and Michael Zelyony
April 18, 2008
CSA News Release - Canadian Securities Regulators Enhance Internal Control Reporting Requirements
April 16, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Biovail Corporation, Eugene N. Melnyk, Brain H. Crombie, John R. Miszuk and Kenneth G. Howling
April 16, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Swift Trade Inc. and Peter Beck
April 16, 2008
OSC Chair says Action Needed Now to Strengthen Canada’s Securities Enforcement System
April 15, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of FactorCorp Inc., FactorCorp Financial Inc., and Mark Ivan Twerdun
April 15, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Gold-Quest International, Health and Harmoney, Iain Buchanan, and Lisa Buchanan
April 15, 2008
CSA News Release - CSA increases financial literacy among youth with “Financial Fitness Challenge”
April 15, 2008
Mary Condon and Paulette Kennedy Appointed as OSC Commissioners
April 14, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Landbankers International MX, S.A. de C.V.; Sierra Madre Holdings MX, S.A. de C.V.; L&B Landbanking Trust S.A. de C.V.; Brian J. Wolf Zacarias; Roger Fernando Ayuso Loyo; Alan Hemingway; Kelly Friesen; Sonja A. Mcadam; Ed Moore; Kim Moore; Jason Rogers; and Dave Urrutia
April 9, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Peter Sabourin, W. Jeffrey Haver, Greg Irwin, Patrick Keaveney, Shane Smith, Andrew Lloyd, Sandra Delahaye, Sabourin and Sun Inc., Sabourin and Sun (BVI) Inc., Sabourin and Sun Group of Companies Inc., Camdeton Trading Ltd. and Camdeton Trading S.A.
April 8, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Gold-Quest International, Health and Harmoney, Iain Buchanan, and Lisa Buchanan
April 8, 2008
Media Advisory - OSC Chair to Address Economic Club on Securities Enforcement in Canada
April 8, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of The Juniper Fund Management Corporation, Juniper Income Fund, Juniper Equity Growth Fund and Roy Brown (a.k.a. Roy Brown-Rodrigues)
April 7, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In The Matter Of Norshield Asset Management (Canada) Ltd., Olympus United Group Inc., John Xanthoudakis, Dale Smith And Peter Kefalas
April 7, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Gregory Galanis
April 4, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Bennett Environmental Inc., John Bennett, Richard Stern, Robert Griffiths and Allan Bulckaert
April 2, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of MRS Sciences Inc. (Formerly Morningside Capital Corp.), Americo Derosa, Ronald Sherman, Edward Emmons and Ivan Cavric
April 2, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Landbankers International MX, S.A. de C.V.; Sierra Madre Holdings MX, S.A. de C.V.; L&B Landbanking Trust S.A. de C.V.; Brian J. Wolf Zacarias; Roger Fernando Ayuso Loyo; Alan Hemingway; Kelly Friesen; Sonja A. Mcadam; Ed Moore; Kim Moore; Jason Rogers; and Dave Urrutia
April 2, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Land Banc of Canada Inc., LBC Midland I Corporation, Fresno Securities Inc., Richard Jason Dolan, Marco Lorenti, and Stephen Zeff Freedman
April 1, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Firestar Capital Management Corp., Kamposse Financial Corp., Firestar Investment Management Group, Michael Ciavarella and Michael Mitton
April 1, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Shallow Oil & Gas Inc., Eric O'Brien, Abel da Silva, Gurdip Singh Gahunia also known as Michael Gahunia, and Abraham Herbert Grossman aka Allen Grossman
April 1, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In The Matter of Darren Delage
March 28, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In The Matter Of Sulja Bros. Building Supplies, Ltd. (Nevada), Sulja Bros. Building Supplies Ltd., Kore International Management Inc., Petar Vucicevich and Andrew Devries
March 28, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Saxon Financial Services, Saxon Consultants Ltd., International Monetary Services, FxBridge Technology, Meisner Corporation, Merchant Capital Markets, S.A., Merchant Capital Markets, MerchantMARX, Simon Bachus, Joseph Cunningham, Richard Clifford, Ryan Cason, John Hall, Donny Hill, Jeremy Jones, Mark Kaufmann, Conrad Praamsma, Justin Praamsma, Scott Sanders, Jack Sinni, Marc Thibault, Sean Wilson and Todd Young
March 28, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Gregory Galanis
March 28, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Bennett Environmental Inc., John Bennett, Richard Stern, Robert Griffiths and Allan Bulckaert
March 28, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Hacik Istanbul
March 28, 2008
CSA News Release - Canadian Regulators Issue Guidance Regarding Cease Trade Orders
March 27, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Hollinger Inc., Conrad M. Black, F. David Radler, John A. Boultbee and Peter Y. Atkinson
March 27, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Jose L. Castaneda
March 27, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of a request for a hearing and review of a decision of a hearing panel of Market Regulation Services Inc. and In the Matter of the Universal Market Integrity Rules and In the Matter of David Berry
March 27, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Jose L. Castaneda
March 26, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of XI Biofuels Inc., Biomaxx Systems Inc., Ronald David Crowe and Vernon P. Smith and In the Matter of Xiiva Holdings Inc. carrying on business as Xiiva Holdings Inc., XI Energy Company, XI Energy and XI Biofuels
March 24, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Gregory Galanis
March 24, 2008
OSC Commences Proceedings in Relation to Biovail Corporation, Eugene N. Melnyk, Brian H. Crombie, John R. Miszuk and Kenneth G. Howling
March 24, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Biovail Corporation, Eugene N. Melnyk, Brian H. Crombie, John R. Miszuk and Kenneth G. Howling
March 19, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Peter Sabourin, W. Jeffrey Haver, Greg Irwin, Patrick Keaveney, Shane Smith, Andrew Lloyd, Sandra Delahaye, Sabourin and Sun Inc., Sabourin and Sun (BVI) Inc., Sabourin and Sun Group of Companies Inc., Camdeton Trading Ltd. and Camdeton Trading S.A.
March 19, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Al-tar Energy Corp., Alberta Energy Corp., Drago Gold Corp., David C. Campbell, Abel Da Silva, Eric F. O'Brien, and Julian M. Sylvester
March 19, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Franklin Danny White, Naveed Ahmad Qureshi, WNBC the World Network Business Club Ltd., MMCL Mind Management Consulting, Capital Reserve Financial Group, and Capital Investments of America
March 18, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of In the Matter of Andrew Stuart Netherwood Rankin
March 13, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of The Juniper Fund Management Corporation, Juniper Income Fund, Juniper Equity Growth Fund and Roy Brown (a.k.a. Roy Brown-Rodrigues)
March 13, 2008
CSA News Release - Canadian Regulators Adopt Harmonized Prospectus Rule
March 4, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Sunwide Financial Inc., Sun Wide Group, Sun Wide Group Financial Insurers & Underwriters, Wi-Fi Framework Corporate, Bryan Bowles, Steven Johnson, Frank R. Kaplan, and George Sutton
March 4, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Swift Trade Inc. and Peter Beck
February 29, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Franklin Danny White, Naveed Ahmad Qureshi, WNBC the World Network Business Club Ltd., MMCL Mind Management Consulting, Capital Reserve Financial Group, and Capital Investments of America
February 29, 2008
CSA News Release - Canadian Regulators Propose Enhancements to Registration Regime
February 28, 2008
CSA News Release - Learn How to Avoid Investment Scams During Fraud Prevention Month
February 27, 2008
OSC Releases Key Findings of Environmental Reporting Review
February 26, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In The Matter of Sulja Bros. Building Supplies, Ltd. (Nevada), Sulja Bros. Building Supplies Ltd., Kore International Management Inc., Petar Vucicevich and Andrew Devries
February 26, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of MRS Sciences Inc. (Formerly Morningside Capital Corp.), Americo Derosa, Ronald Sherman, Edward Emmons and Ivan Cavric
February 25, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of The Juniper Fund Management Corporation, Juniper Income Fund, Juniper Equity Growth Fund and Roy Brown (a.k.a. Roy Brown-Rodrigues)
February 22, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Al-tar Energy Corp., Alberta Energy Corp., Drago Gold Corp., David C. Campbell, Abel Da Silva, Eric F. O'Brien, and Julian M. Sylvester
February 22, 2008
CSA News Release - Canadian Securities Regulators Propose Improvements to Executive Compensation Disclosure
February 21, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Andrew Stuart Netherwood Rankin
February 20, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Jose L. Castaneda
February 19, 2008
Notice from the office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Andrew Stuart Netherwood Rankin
February 19, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Shallow Oil & Gas Inc., Eric O'Brien, Abel da Silva, Gurdip Singh Gahunia also known as Michael Gahunia, and Abraham Herbert Grossman aka Allen Grossman
February 15, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Land Banc of Canada Inc., LBC Midland I Corporation, Fresno Securities Inc., Richard Jason Dolan, Marco Lorenti, and Stephen Zeff Freedman
February 13, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Franklin Danny White, Naveed Ahmad Qureshi, WNBC the World Network Business Club Ltd., MMCL Mind Management Consulting, Capital Reserve Financial Group, and Capital Investments of America
February 13, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of FactorCorp Inc., FactorCorp Financial Inc., and Mark Ivan Twerdun
February 13, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In The Matter of Norshield Asset Management (Canada) Ltd., Olympus United Group Inc., John Xanthoudakis, Dale Smith And Peter Kefalas
February 13, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Limelight Entertainment Inc., Carlos A. Da Silva, David C. Campbell, Jacob Moore and Joseph Daniels
February 13, 2008
CSA News Release - Canadian Securities Regulators Release Concept Paper Relating to International Financial Reporting Standards
February 8, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of David Berry
February 8, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Hacik Istanbul
February 4, 2008
CSA News Release - Youth Invited to Take Part in the ‘Financial Fitness Challenge’ Contest
February 1, 2008
CSA News Release - Canadian Regulators Harmonize Take-Over Bid and Issuer Bid Rules
January 31, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Shallow Oil & Gas Inc., Eric O'Brien, Abel da Silva, Gurdip Singh Gahunia also known as Michael Gahunia, and Abraham Herbert Grossman aka Allen Grossman
January 30, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of MRS Sciences Inc. (Formerly Morningside Capital Corp.), Americo Derosa, Ronald Sherman, Edward Emmons and Ivan Cavric
January 25, 2008
CSA News Release - Securities Passport System Implemented - Regulators Introduce Streamlined Review Policies for Passport Jurisdictions and Ontario
January 22, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Global Partners Capital, WS Net Solution, Inc., Hau Wai Cheung, Christine Pan, Gurdip Singh Gahunia
January 22, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In The Matter of Norshield Asset Management (Canada) Ltd., Olympus United Group Inc., John Xanthoudakis, Dale Smith And Peter Kefalas
January 22, 2008
Ontario Court sentences Jose L. Castaneda
January 22, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Sulja Bros. Building Supplies, Ltd. (Nevada), Sulja Bros Building Supplies Ltd., Kore International Management Inc., Petar Vucicevich, and Andrew DeVries
January 22, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Shallow Oil & Gas Inc., Eric O'Brien, Abel da Silva, Gurdip Singh Gahunia also known as Michael Gahunia, and Abraham Herbert Grossman aka Allen Grossman
January 18, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Swift Trade Inc. and Peter Beck
January 16, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Jose L. Castaneda
January 16, 2008
OSC urges consumers to “check before you invest” - Take the time to research investments this RRSP season
January 15, 2008
CSA News Release - Canadian Regulators Release Oversight Review Report of the IDA
January 14, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of AiT Advanced Information Technologies Corporation, Bernard Jude Ashe and Deborah Weinstein
January 11, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Borealis International Inc., Synergy Group (2000) Inc., Intergrated Business Concepts Inc., Canavista Corporate Services Inc., Canavista Financial Center Inc., Shane Smith, Andrew Lloyd, Paul Lloyd, Vince Villanti, Larry Haliday, Jean Breau, Joy Statham, David Prentice, Len Zielke, John Stephan, Ray Murphy, Alexander Poole, Derek Grigor and Earl Switenky
January 10, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In The Matter Of David Watson, Nathan Rogers, Amy Giles, John Sparrow, Leasesmart, Inc., Advanced Growing Systems, Inc. (A Florida Corporation), Pharm Control Ltd., The Bighub.Com, Inc,, Universal Seismic Associates Inc., Pocketop Corporation, Asia Telecom Ltd., International Energy Ltd., Cambridge Resources Corporation, Nutrione Corporation And Select American Transfer Co. and In the Matter of Stanton de Freita
January 8, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Merax Resource Management Ltd., carrying on business as Crown Capital Partners, Richard Mellon and Alex Elin
January 8, 2008
CSA News Release - Latest Canadian Securities Regulators’ enforcement efforts result in approximately $6.3 million in sanctions
January 7, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of Hollinger Inc., Conrad M. Black, F. David Radler, John A. Boultbee and Peter Y. Atkinson
January 2, 2008
Notice from the Office of the Secretary - In the Matter of MRS Sciences Inc. (formerly Morningside Capital Corp.), Americo Derosa, Ronald Sherman, Edward Emmons and Ivan Cavric
