For the past six or so months, Tech Vibes has been ranking Canadian startup companies by averaging their Alexa and Compete.com rankings. Previously they were doing it on a city-by-city basis, but this month opted for the Canada Startup Index. As a Canadian I see a lot of anecdotal evidence that .ca is gaining in popularity. [...]

MyID is currently running their .CA domain auction. Bids have to be place by June 26th, 2008. The list of domains that have reached their reserve after the break. Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-430625248');el.params = {title: 'MyID domain auction: 7 domains have reached their reserve', link: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-auction/myid-domain-auction-7-domains-have-reached-their-reserve/1675', skin: 'blue', content: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=1675'};

Image via Wikipedia Cafe.ca, a premium Canadian domain name, will be re-auctioned by Pool with no reserve. But you must backorder the domain name if you want to participate in the auction - which starts tomorrow, June 11, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. Pool has been offering one premium .ca domain for auction each month since April, after [...]

The second MyID .CA domain auction starts today at 1pm EDT and will run until June 12th. The auction features 101 .CA domains. In the first auction 24 (out of a total of 77) names were sold for a total of $158,000.00 CAD.  Also Pool.com will start the premium auction for betting.ca today. The full list [...]

MyID.ca is running a premium .ca auction which ends within the next couple of hours. Submissions for the June auctions will be accepted until midnight tonight A list of domains that have hit their reserve after the break. Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-346597759');el.params = {title: 'MyID .CA Auction ends today', link: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-auction/myid-ca-auction-ends-today/1616', skin: 'blue', content: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=1616'};

As CIRA, the operator of the .CA registry for Canada announced, the 1 millionth .CA domain was registered on April 13th, 2008. In order to celebrate this milestone, the registry has set up a new user story website at OneMillionDomains.ca. [Press Release] Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-1025648564');el.params = {title: '1 Million .CA domains registered', link: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/1-million-ca-domains-registered/1524', skin: 'blue', [...]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is attempting to push through legislation that will strip the .CA domain extension from Canada and allow the State of California exclusive rights to the domain. Schwarzenegger spokesperson, Arnold Smotcher said “Everyone knows that CA stands for California.” The State estimates billions of dollars in economic impact in internet users [...]