A new group in Halifax is encouraging collaboration in IT, the arts and other disciplines, and is beginning to have an impact on the city’s startup community.

Collect is a loose organization that brings together creators – anyone with their own idea or an enthusiasm for other people’s ideas – for weekly sessions. They exchange ideas in such fields as art, design, music or software and work on

Having re-engineered the traditional rickshaw and re-designed his business model, Simon Herbinger is envisioning Rickshaw Collective franchises across Canada and internationally.

Herbinger incorporated Halifax-based Rickshaw Collective in 2023. The company has recently expanded to the city of St. John’s, taking their lightweight rickshaws to popular George Street and the pedestrian mall on Water

Young companies are being sought for ideaBUILD, a 10-month program run by the Dalhousie Emera ideaHUB in Halifax.

IdeaBUILD offers founders a $10,000 grant towards prototyping materials, a 12-week bootcamp, and deep-tech-leading industry advisers who work alongside them to validate and build their product’s first operational prototype, organizers said on LinkedIn.

The deadline to apply is April

Amlamgog First Nation of New Brunswick and Cape Breton-based Aeon Blue are finalists for the inaugural Canadian Cleantech Awards, which aim to highlight the country’s cleantech successes.

Foresight Canada, which is organizing the awards, released the list of finalists in five categories this week. It will announce the winners May 13 at the Climate Innovation Zone at this year’s Web Summit

Innovators in Newfoundland and Labrador are invited to apply for the Bounce Health Innovation Challenge, a four-month program focusing on developing digital health solutions around aging and brain health.

The challenge offers $75,000 in funding, including a $25,000 top prize. Solutions are expected to support older adults, caregivers, and communities across the province, organizers said in a

The innovation community is invited to the final presentations by Energia Ventures’ winter 2026 cohort.

Based at the University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, Energia Ventures is a three-month intensive accelerator for entrepreneurs with an innovative business in the energy, smart grid, clean tech, and cybersecurity sectors. It offers

The town of Bridgewater, the Municipality of the County of Kings, and Pictou County have announced the launch of the INMC Nova Scotia International Startup Competition. It will send three Nova Scotia startups to compete at the International Network of Michelin Cities (INMC) Conference in Cuneo, Italy in October.

The competition brings together Nova Scotia’s three INMC membership holders under a

Invest Nova Scotia is seeking companies to participate in a trade mission to the Web Summit Vancouver Conference from May 11-14 (previously known as the Collision Conference that took place in Toronto).  

Applicants must be technology startups with a live, launched product and interest in global expansion.

Web Summit Vancouver is one of North America’s leading technology conferences. It offers

St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics Inc. has agreed to acquire British underwater-tech company Covelya Group for $615 million in cash and stock.

Announced late last week, the deal combines two providers of subsea technology serving defence and commercial maritime markets, with the goal of offering a greater range of mission-critical products in more geographic markets.

The purchase price includes

Montague, P.E.I.-based AKA Energy Systems has signed a teaming agreement with South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. and technology firm KTE Co.to collaborate on Canada’s Canadian Patrol Submarine Project.

The tri-party agreement was formalized on March 5 during Hanwha Ocean’s CPSP Partners’ Day event in Ottawa. It establishes a framework for cooperation on submarine power distribution,