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Feds Commit $29M to New Defence Hub

  • Nov 26, 2025
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  • Nov 25, 2025
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Solace Inks US$3.8M Deal with Boeing

  • Nov 24, 2025

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Feds Commit $29M to New Defence Hub

  • Nov 26, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government has committed $29.4 million to Canada’s first Maritime Defence Innovation Secure Hub (DISH), which will be developed at COVE in Dartmouth.

The federal government has announced it will spend $29.4 million to establish the hub

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MedReddie Raises $2M in Capital

  • Nov 25, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Saint John- and Waterloo-based MedReddie, which helps to streamline hospital procurement, has raised $1.55 million in equity financing and secured $500,000 in grants, bringing its latest round of capital to $2 million.

The equity round, announced

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Solace Inks US$3.8M Deal with Boeing

  • Nov 24, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Mount Pearl, NL-based Solace Power has secured a US$3.8-million (C$5.4 million) contract with Boeing, the company’s seventh engagement with the aerospace giant and the largest aerospace contract in its history.

The Newfoundland and Labrador company

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QuickFacts Wins IBAO Best InsurTech Award

  • Nov 23, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based QuickFacts has been named Best InsurTech at the 2025 Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) Awards. 

Co-founded by Christy and Jeff Barsalou, QuickFacts offers a platform that lets insurance brokers view packages from

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Eight Honourees at Tech Forward Awards

  • Nov 20, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia’s technology sector recognized eight companies and individuals Thursday night at the 2025 Tech Forward Awards in Halifax.

The event, organized by Digital Nova Scotia, honoured 24 finalists selected from nearly 200 nominees across the

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GoodLeaf Closes $52M Equity Round

  • Nov 19, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Guelf, Ont.-based GoodLeaf Farms, which began life as Halifax-based TruLeaf, has raised $52 million in equity financing to expand its vertical farming operations in Western and Central Canada and establish a new R&D centre in Ontario.

The company,

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Food Web To Launch Platform Dec. 8

  • Nov 18, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Food Web, a Halifax startup that connects commercial kitchens with food entrepreneurs, will officially launch its new Food Web Kitchens platform on Dec. 8.

The digital platform allows kitchen owners to rent out unused hours in their licensed

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NS Researcher Wins Mitacs Award for Fabric Tick Repellent

  • Nov 17, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Wolfville, N.S.-based Acadia University researchers have created an all-natural and long-lasting fabric spray tick repellent. The work was conducted under the supervision of Nicoletta Faraone, recently appointed to head up the new Canadian Tick

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InnovateNB Nominees Announced

  • Nov 16, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

The organizers of the InnovateNB Celebration and Awards 2025 have announced the nominees for the innovation awards in nine categories.

The awards program recognizes individuals and organizations contributing to innovation across New Brunswick.

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Top 7 Over 70 Seeks Nominations

  • Nov 16, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Calgary-based non-profit Top 7 Over 70 will hold its awards ceremony in Halifax in May next year. The group runs an awards program that celebrates the recent successes of adults over 70 and it is the first time the awards will be held in Atlantic

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7 Fathoms Makes a Splash on Dragons’ Den

  • Nov 13, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Grates Cove, NL-based skincare company 7 Fathoms recently appeared on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, where they successfully pitched their business to one of the show’s investors.

The company is making skin and hair products incorporating the bioactives found

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CVCA Says Region Booked $35M in VC in Q3

  • Nov 12, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canadian startups raised about $35 million in venture capital in the third quarter of 2025, says Canada’s main VC body, which is small change compared to the total coming for the fourth quarter.

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private

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