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 RIM gets Bedford go-ahead   
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Posted by: ITNovaScotia Admin Wednesday, October 11, 2006

By AMY PUGSLEY FRASER City Hall Reporter

Regional council paved the way Tuesday night for an Ontario company to build a $230-million technical support centre that will employ 1,200 people.

Research In Motion, the makers of wireless hand-held computer cellphones called BlackBerrys, chose a 20-hectare property in Bedford once slated for a blood-processing plant.

In order to get its Halifax-area headquarters underway, the company needed council to amend the Bedford West Secondary Planning Strategy.

Coun. Gary Martin (Bedford) said Halifax stands to benefit if RIM goes ahead with its plans...

See the full story at The ChronicleHerald.ca
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Re: RIM gets Bedford go-ahead    By Tom R on Saturday, October 14, 2006
good. we need more branded buildings and more investment like this. good for construction and good for visibility. i'm sure RIM management knows lots of other companies who have money to invest and or set up shop elsewhere, if we can get them here with little or no investment just by showing how responsive and business friendly we can be, it'll be good for the industry.
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