Here’s your quick morning update on news in the sign industry:

1. Ryerson University in downtown Toronto has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking qualified sign installation companies to return the famous Sam the Record Man sign to Yonge-Dundas Square.

2. Pattison Outdoor Advertising has been awarded an interior and exterior ad program contract for the recently expanded Edmonton International Airport (EIA), reportedly the fifth busiest airport in Canada.

3. Peter Spencer, president of Applied Image Embroidery & Graphics in Richmond Hill, Ont., was drawn as the lucky winner last week in Sign Media Canada’s iPad Mini 4 contest and visited the magazine’s offices to claim his prize.

4. The ability to place inks on an ever-broader range of substrates is driving the growth of the wide-format printing sector, according to new research compiled by InfoTrends and released by the International Sign Association (ISA).

5. AIP Media, a trade-only graphics installer based in Mississauga, Ont., recently transformed a Tim Hortons franchise for the annual #WarmWishes campaign.