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Montreal Musicians and Artists Get Together to Help Haiti Quake Victims

L’Union fait la force is a group that contacted TELUS last week to help organize a benefit concert in Montreal this Thursday to raise money to help Haiti. The show will be at the TELUS Theatre in Montreal this Thursday and many local artists will take the stage.  The tickets are $20 each and all the proceeds will go to three humanitarian organizations  the Red Cross, Médecins du Monde and Clowns Sans Frontières.  Tickets can be purchase through Admission Network (www.admission.com) and TELUS will also make available a call centre…

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SMS response to Haitian Earthquake incredible

In the aftermath of the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, there are a few mobile related events that show how enabling technologies can make a difference in the real world, either for one person or thousands. It was reported by Australian news yesterday that a Canadian woman who was trapped under rubble in the quake was able to send an SOS via text messaging to the Foreign Affairs Office in Ottawa, almost 3000 km away. The information was then relayed back to Canadian diplomats in Haiti who then…

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