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B. Corp Status Fuels Ethical Swag
Cape Breton–based sustainable promotional products company Ethical Swag is navigating the current economic chaos through the B-Corp certified systems it already had in place.
The Sydney company helps organizations make their values visible through
Toward Prosperity Sets Out New Economic Plan
For the first two-thirds of Toward Prosperity, the reader could be forgiven for thinking they’d picked up the wrong book.
In the title, this superb new analysis of the Atlantic Canadian economy by economist David Campbell and retired pollster Don
Mobile App Brings Bloomsday to Halifax
This Saturday through Monday, Haligonians can experience 1904 Dublin and 2025 Halifax in an app-based self-guided tour of the novel Ulysses. Billed as part literary excursion, part scavenger hunt, and part pub crawl, the app is the work of Andrew
Halifax Will Host 2026 Annual Invest Canada Conference
The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) has announced that Halifax will host the 2026 edition of its annual conference, Invest Canada, from May 26 to 28.
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation CEO Jeff White, who was
DeNova To Lead $7.2M Aquaculture Feed Project
Dartmouth-based DeNova, which makes sustainable feed ingredients for aquaculture, will lead a $7.2 million Microbial Protein for Sustainable Aquaculture Project outlined this week by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster.
The project was the largest of five
Dal Innovates Announces Teams for Summer Accelerator
A total of 20 student teams will take part in Dal Innovates’ Lab2Market Launch and Collide Launch summer accelerator programs.
Comprising 33 students and recent graduates from 10 post-secondary institutions, the students will develop their ventures
Nditive Eyes Product Launch in 2026
Having graduated from the most recent cohort of the Techstars Sustainability Paris Accelerator, the team at St. John’s-based Nditive is setting its sights on launching their gas monitoring product in 2026.
Founded by Dr. Salar Salahi and Dr. Seyed
Essential Recruit Rebrands to Focus on Rural Resilience
New Glasgow, NS-based Essential Recruit, now known as Judy Intelligence, has secured $600,000 in federal funding to lead a two-year pilot test of its AI-powered workplace development platform that helps employers and communities find, attract, and
Founders, Investors Present at Tribe
Four startups led by underrepresented founders presented at an event at Tribe on Friday, telling their stories of resilience and rising sales to a group of community members.
Tribe, which supports BIPOC entrepreneurs and members of other
Elle, MD Biotechnologies Wins NBIF Contest
Jennifer Johnston, Founder of Elle, MD Biotechnologies, has won this year’s Fueling Female Founders Pitch Competition run by Fredericton-based New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
Johnston is a family physician and assistant professor at Dalhousie
Aurea’s Shine Turbine Wins 2025 HardTech Award
Dartmouth-based Aurea Technologies has won a 2025 HardTech Award for its portable Shine Turbine. The recognition comes from Vancouver-based MistyWest, a product development firm focused on sustainability.
Aurea, which has just celebrated eight
3DBioFibR closes $3M Funding Round
Halifax-based natural materials company 3DBioFibR has closed a $3 million funding round to help it to scale up its manufacturing capacity to meet soaring demand for next-generation biomaterials.
The company issued a statement Tuesday saying the