The organizers of the 19th annual Kira Awards have announced the finalists for the awards, which recognize success in New Brunswick’s knowledge industry.

The awards committee said in a statement the winners will be named at a gala in Fredericton on May 3. Tickets are available here.

Here are the finalists:

Innovation Champion Award Finalists:

BioNB

East Valley Ventures

Les productions

The federal government on Wednesday announced $4.4 million in funding for Venture for Canada, which will allow 505 graduates to intern at innovative Atlantic Canadian companies.

The government issued a statement saying that it will provide funding for the organization that helps graduates of Canadian post-secondary institutions land positions at startups and innovative companies. The funding is

An analysis of the 299 first-quarter job postings for Atlantic Canadian tech developers shows early-stage companies – not larger corporations -- are using most of the cutting-edge technology in the region.

Our survey of three job boards in the region between December and mid-March 2018 found 299 technology jobs open in the region. Our research also revealed only 23 percent of the postings are

Moncton-based Dovico Software Inc., which makes time-management software, plans to hire as many as 13 people full-time with about $460,000 of funding from the provincial and federal governments.

The governments said this week they would provide funding for the company, which has been selling its software for more than 25 years and now has about 30 employees. Its flagship product Dovico Timesheet

A University of New Brunswick student has been recognized for her smartphone app that allows people with food allergies to find safe places to eat.

Holly Ayles, a third-year UNB business administration student from Fredericton, captured first place in the ideas category of the 12th annual RBC Student Pitch Competition hosted by UNB’s Technology Management & Entrepreneurship program.

She came up

My opinion piece last week on policies on rural startups drew a range of responses, many of them disagreeing with my premise.

You can read my arguments here for policies that encourage startups in population centres, rather than rural areas. I want to highlight a few of the responses on social media.

Here’s what Bob Pelley, Innovacorp’s regional manager for Cape Breton and Northern Nova Scotia,

CarbonCure Technologies is a finalist for the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE Challenge and has a shot at winning a total of US$8 million in the next two years.

The organizers of the competition announced the 10 finalists for the prize this morning. Each finalist will receive US$500,000 and spend the next two years testing its product in one of two tracks. At the end, one winner from each track will

As its traction accelerates, Dartmouth-based Squiggle Park has received validation from a panel of education experts by being one of 12 EdTech programs selected this year by LEAP Innovations in Chicago.

LEAP issued a statement last week saying that its Leap Pilot Network had selected a dozen IT programs that help children, teachers and parents improve educational outcomes, and one was Squiggle

Our Jobs of the Week column is highlighting two internships with the province of New Brunswick and two openings with Halifax-based Dash Hudson.

As part of its new Public Innovation Internship Program, the New Brunswick government is looking to fill two internship positions, one for a summer term, the other for a full year. The program aims to identify and grow the province's innovation talent

After surveying startups across the region recently, I’ve come to believe more than ever that public policy should encourage startups in cities rather than rural areas.

Successful startups need two primary components — human and financial capital — and no matter how much of the second is available for young companies, the first will always be a challenge.

Rather than trying to fabricate