Fredericton’s PLATO Testing, an indigenous-led IT services and training company, has bought Saskatchewan-based Information Technology Consultants, or ITC, with the aim of expanding its presence in the prairie provinces.

Founded 25 years ago and already active in Saskatchewan, PLATO and sister company PQA Testing use a “train-and-employ” business model. The PLATO branding was introduced in 2015,

The University of New Brunswick’s National Cybersecurity Consortium, or NCC, will head up the newly created Cyber Security Innovation Network in a deal worth at least $160 million.

The NCC has already secured commitments of $80 million from the private sector — including cash and in-kind contributions from UNB itself worth $19.4 million — and the federal government will match the private funding

Industry group Natural Products Canada, or NPC has announced that two Atlantic Canadian companies are among those receiving a total $2.8 million of funding for product commercialization.

The two Nova Scotia companies are Dartmouth’s Impactful Health R&D and Halifax’s Smallfood. Impactful Health is developing packaging for fish that prolongs its shelf life via antibacterial properties, and

About two decades ago, a young venture capital investor named Tony Van Bommel was attending an event in Fredericton showcasing technology developed at the University of New Brunswick, when something caught his eye.

Having just joined the VC team at Business Development Bank of Canada, Van Bommel was on the lookout for opportunities, and one booth featured a new cybersecurity product that battled

Charlottetown innovation hub Startup Zone has announced two entrepreneurial education programs as part of its new Startup School initiative, which will focus on encouraging participants to “learn by doing.”

The two programs are called Startup School: Innovator and Startup School: Launch. Both are the result of a partnership with CEED Nova Scotia, the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and

A study commissioned by the provincial government and carried out by Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship has found that Nova Scotia may enjoy comparative advantage in the world of electric boats.

The study, Nova Scotia's Opportunity for Marine Electrification, analyzed market conditions and input from industry players to asses the province’s positioning in the marine

Dartmouth-based bluetech company Marecomms is launching the commercialization phase of its evolution now that it has demonstrated its underwater communications system can work over two kilometres in shallow water.

Last Thursday, the company demonstrated that its Robust Acoustic Modem, or ROAM, could send sonar images and photos through a two-kilometre channel in the busy waters of Halifax

Halifax startup hub Volta held its annual Democamp Wednesday, playing host to a roster of mostly software-focused startups.

The event was held virtually and gave nine entrepreneurs the chance to expound on how their innovations work and their value propositions. And they did so without the help of slide decks because Volta’s Democamps aim to focus on the technology being showcased, not the

Applications for Nova Scotia’s Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program open February 28th and close March 16th for youth 15-30 years old.

In preparation, organizers are hosting Skills Building Sessions to prepare youth for the job application process.

The Clean Leadership Summer Internship program matches employers with interns for summer work placements of between 9 to 15 weeks.

Organisers

Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, the Rothesay, NB, maker of safety equipment for drones, has inked a $1.1 million deal allowing the federal government to test its Payload Precision Delivery System for airdropping supplies into isolated communities.

The contract was awarded by Science and Economic Development Canada’s Testing Stream and includes an option for other government departments to buy