370 Testing Passiv’s FinTech Product

At this very moment, some $16 million in Canadian retirement accounts are being managed with the aid of a new investment tool managed by a young Fredericton company.

The company is Passiv. It’s the brainchild of Brendan Lee Young and Brendan Wood, two passive investors who wanted a better, more cost-effective tool to make sure their investment accounts were always properly balanced.

They built

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5 East Coast Teams in Fierce Founders

When Fierce Founders named the 25 startups entering its latest bootcamp for women entrepreneurs earlier this month, five of them were from Atlantic Canada.

Yes, one-fifth of the intake in what’s undoubtedly the country’s leading program for female founders hails from the East Coast. It is only the latest sign that there is a special rapport between Fierce Founders and the Atlantic Canadian

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Aqualitas Receives Cannabis Approval

Liverpool, NS-based Aqualitas is on track to be the third licensed producer of medical cannabis in Nova Scotia after receiving Health Canada’s approval to cultivate the crop.

The new licence is in line with Health Canada’s Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations. Currently, there are 89 Health Canada approved producers of cannabis across Canada, 48 of which are in Ontario. Aqualitas

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Solace Power Unveils Equus35

Solace Power Inc. has released the latest version of its wireless recharging technology, creating a “workhorse” product that customers can install easily.

Based in Mount Pearl, NL, Solace launched Equus35, the first in a family of complete wireless charging solutions, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month. The new product delivers 35 watts of power across gaps of more

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Jobs: Outshine Seeks a Marketer

An opening at Outshine, an online marketing company in Halifax, is featured in our Jobs of the Week column today. 

The company is looking to hire a marketing consultant to guide Outshine’s advertising practices, while reporting directly to the company’s president.

Outshine uses digital advertising, data science and analytics to serve its clients in the B2B space. Its work primarily aids

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Black Arcs: Digital Tool for Land Use

Jake Arsenault and Lori Clair wanted to solve a relevant problem. So, for 18 months, they considered options before creating The Black Arcs, a company that is developing an online tool for exploring the inter-relatedness of land use issues.

Designed for consultants, city planners and anyone with an interest in the core issues impacting their town, the simulator is modelled on a video game to

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UNB Competition To Award $19,000

Students from three provinces are competing for more than $19,000 in cash and prizes in a business plan contest at University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.

UNB’s International Business and Entrepreneurship Centre is hosting the BMO Financial Group Apex Business Plan Competition at the Wu Conference Centre. The three-day event wraps up today.

Eighteen teams from New Brunswick, Nova

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