The federal government has relaxed the criteria for its Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, or CEWS, but not enough to satisfy the organization representing Canadian innovators.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said the government wants to make it easier for fast-growing companies to take advantage of the program.

He had announced two weeks ago that the government would provide a 75

Fundmetric, the Halifax software company that helps charities increase engagement with donors, is offering its “giving page” free to small charities across Canada to help them raise money during the pandemic.

The giving page is the online page that Fundmetric provides for charities so there’s a place where donors can go to make contributions, and it customizes messaging to resonate with the best

Forced to Focus, a webinar featuring brand and business strategist Peter Drummond, will take place Thursday, April 9th at 3:00 ADT.

Hosted by Natural Products Canada, the webinar will help entrepreneurs use this time to dig into their business and discover their competitive advantage so they can emerge from the current crisis stronger than before. Drummond highlights five questions entrepreneurs

Responding to the pandemic, several tech companies in Newfoundland and Labrador have joined forces and raised more than $200,000 to launch the Closed Door, Open Heart initiative.

The campaign encourages companies and individuals who are in a position to help to give generously so that communities can survive to open their doors together after Covid-19. 

The campaign began with a tech sector

Halifax-based website developer ImmediaC is building websites that allow clients to maximize online sales during the economic downturn and is also cutting costs for non-profits.

ImmediaC began in 1998 and builds websites, mobile apps and cloud-database applications that are hosted in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. Many clients are now focusing on online sales, bookings, chat and delivery functions.

The Council of Canadian Innovators, a national association of high-growth, Canadian-based technology companies, has set up a slack channel for startups and scaleups across the country to help each other through the current crisis.

The organization has been advocating on behalf of all high-growth innovation companies in the country since the downturn began last month. It recently has been urging

Small and medium-sized businesses in Atlantic Canada want governments to tweak recent support programs to help these companies avoid bankruptcy in the current pandemic.

Spokespeople for organizations representing the owners of SMEs applaud the government’s efforts to help small businesses and they understand that governments are reacting to the pandemic on the fly and don’t have time to produce

Halifax-based LeadSift, whose software helps customers find sales leads, has reached an agreement with Innovacorp to let Nova Scotian tech startups use its software free.

LeadSift has developed software that helps business-to-business companies find potential customers who have revealed an intention to make purchases in their field. The company doubled its revenues in 2019 and was expecting to

The first cohort of Lab2Market, the Canadian organization that helps researchers form businesses, will be a Dalhousie University program dedicated to healthcare innovation in light of the current pandemic.

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the national group to alter its plans and open applications until April 17 for a healthcare cohort, which will run over the summer.  

Modeled on successful

Dartmouth-based automated marketing company SimplyCast has retooled its communication software in order to support organizations during the pandemic.

In a statement, the company said its software can be used by municipalities, health-care clinics, governments, non-profits, organizations and enterprise corporations to aid with such issues as the management of resources, public engagement,