Hi,
According to your request, I would be happy to take in developing such forum/content aggregator for you. Among other candidates I stand out because I have serious educational background and 17 years experience in Website Development.
For your type of website (it has pretty much functionality) I would suggest PHP to develop your project. What do you think?
One of my similar projects was developed on the basis of PHP. It is portal for business brokers. See http://www.thebusinessplace.com. The Business Place is an online matchmaking service connecting investors looking to buy a business and vendors trying to sell a business, as well as brokers, banks, venture capital firms and other business suppliers.
Duration: 07.2007 - present. I develop and support this project ongoing basis
Technologies: LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP5), Zend Framework, OOP, MVC, SVN, SQL, xHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM, XML, AJAX.
I live in Canada too, so you are almost in the same time zone as me. I am available via skype, e-mail and mob. phone during your business hours, working 6-8 hours a day.
Let’s discuss details during a brief conversation. What time is comfortable for you?