The idea for IMAX came about in 1967, at EXPO ’67, when a group of Canadian entrepreneurs and filmmakers felt that a single, powerful projection system was the way to go. IMAX debuted at EXPO ’70, in Osaka. The first permanent installation of an IMAX theatre took place at Toronto’s Ontario Place …
Canadian company trivia
Trivia EH? RIM and the BlackBerry
As of late 2011, there were approximately 70 million BlackBerry users worldwide. In Canada, one-third of Smartphone users have chosen BlackBerry. RIM, a Waterloo, Ontario based company, was founded in 1984. The first BlackBerry hit the market in 1999 (in Germany). Dubbed the “850”, it …
Trivia EH? Canadian Tire
It was the Billes’ brothers, J.W. and A.J., who in 1922 purchased the Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd. Store in east-end Toronto; relocated in 1923 to downtown Toronto, it became Canadian Tire Corporation. By 2012, Canadian Tire had diversified and expanded to include all the following …