Halifax-based Dispension Industries, which launched as a seller of smart kiosks for dispensing controlled substances as part of harm reduction programs, is diversifying into alcohol sales, starting with sports arenas.

Chief executive Corey Yantha,

One reason somewhere between $400 million and $1.36 billion worth of construction equipment is stolen worldwide every year, depending on the estimate, is simply its value, but another reason is that all vehicles of the same model usually share the

A Dalhousie University PhD student is investigating best practice among the region’s information technology startups and looking for a few dozen Nova Scotian founders to help him with the study.

Uchechukwu Nwogu, who is working on his doctorate in

Good management practices, in both human resources and finances, offer founders the best chance of successfully navigating an innovation landscape that continues to be marked by conflicting economic signals, a panel of startup experts said last

Industry groups TechNL and Energy NL, along with non-profit Energy Research and Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador, will host a two-day conference Tuesday and Wednesday at the St. John’s Convention Centre.

The conference will be focused on the

The Atlantic Canada Cleantech Scale-up and Investment Challenge is looking for would-be investors to participate in a 10-week training program and eventually back the winners of its 21-company healthtech and cleantech startup competitions.

Brilliant Labs, which aims to foster coding and digital skills among the youth, will host its inaugural Brilliant Blue innovation competition virtually Dec. 16, with 19 teams from Nova Scotia and another 19 international groups.

The challenge

Construction technology-maker Veristart has won $10,000 from this year’s Pitch & Pick Invitational startup competition, held by Newfoundland and Labrador’s Genesis startup hub for graduates of its Evolution accelerator.

Founded by entrepreneurs

A PhD student who aims to protect wild fish stocks by producing food made from insects won big at the recent Illuminate program at Memorial University in St. John’s.

Jessika Lamarre, founder of Invertable, took home multiple awards at the inaugural

Dartmouth-based agtech company CoteX Technologies has formed a partnership with agribusiness giant Nutrien to jointly explore commercializing an environmentally friendly coating for fertilizer.

The two companies issued a joint press release last

As Charlottetown-based drug manufacturer BIOVECTRA launches its new, $90 million biomanufacturing facility, CEO Oliver Technow says expansion of its production capacity is an important part of its plans to stay internationally competitive.

Energia Ventures, the Fredericton-based accelerator affiliated with University of New Brunswick, will hold its demo day for the four companies in its latest cohort on Dec. 7.

Energia is hosted by the university’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for