Spark Nova Scotia, the contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses has announced this year’s winners.

The contest is run in three regions — Cape Breton, North, and Southwest — and offers winners up to $50,000. The competition featured five finalists in each of the three regions.  

Ideas included things that help children.  Notably, the Southwest’s first and second place winners pitched health-related innovations, tugging at the judges’ heart strings by addressing malnutrition in children and meningitis in babies, respectively, said ???

Ideas also included platforms. “An interesting point about the North was that four of the five finalists were platforms. The winner was a St FX student who delivered an excellent pitch with a product that could have a real impact.”

There were also things that are tactile, said Goodwin.

“The Cape Breton winner represented what organizers call “Spark Classic” — which goes back to the grassroots of why Spark exists. A Cape Breton family man who invented a simple truck attachment for a problem faced by thousands of workers at job sites. Not tech, but definitely innovation.”

This year’s winners are:
Southwest Region – Alex Dulay & Erich Daquioag, Nutrilolli. inc
North Region – Lauren Harback, Is this a Scam?
Cape Breton Region – Todd MacDougall, Decal Defender