With the video game industry enjoying increasing prominence in Atlantic Canada, Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Computer Science is getting in on the action with an event from Feb. 3 to 5 that promises to teach novice developers the basics of coding video games.

Global Game Jam, as Dalhousie dubs the event, will last 48 hours and teach participants to design and develop a video game from

The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship hosted eight United Kingdom-based companies at a pitch event Monday as part of a broader partnership with British government agencies Innovate UK and Innovate UK Edge.

The eight innovative businesses, some of which are recently founded and some of which are more established players bringing new technologies to market, comprised

A community fridge in Halifax that is used and stocked anonymously by local citizens is in need of donations due to growing demand.

Founded a year ago by students and recent grads, the fridge is located outside the Glitter Bean Café off Spring Garden Road. Keeping it filled is increasingly difficult, said board member and spokesperson Rhyan Schennery.

“Over the last year, we have noticed

Commercial space flight startup Maritime Launch Services is eyeing suborbital rocket launches from its under-construction facility in Canso, Nova Scotia, this year, as the federal government promises to modernize aerospace regulations to accommodate the private space industry.

MLS Chief Executive Steve Matier said in an interview that his company is taking a “crawl, walk, run” approach to its

The Singapore-based Liveability Challenge is seeking entrants -- including bluetech companies -- for its competition for technlogy that can battle climate change and/or improve food production. 

Founded five years ago to address major challenges, the Liveability Challenge is this year doubling its prize money for a grand prize of up to $1 million for the winners of each of two tracks: climate

Halifax medtech startup NovaResp, which is developing an algorithm to help manage sleep apnea, has raised a $2 million funding round led by pre-seed venture capital firm Concrete Ventures as it eyes commercialization in 2024.

Invest Nova Scotia also bought in, alongside angel investors, including several repeat-backers. In a statement, NovaResp described the raise as “seed plus funding”

Three innovation economy players took home silverware Thursday night at the Halifax Business Awards, hosted by the city’s chamber of commerce.

ESG Partners, an environmental, social and corporate governance consulting firm, won New Business of the Year. Impactful Health R&D, which is developing antimicrobial packaging for fish, won Innovative Business of the Year. And Nautel, one of the world's

Stockholm-based business intelligence company University Business Incubators Global, or UBI, has named Memorial University’s Genesis startup hub as a “top challenger” for its annual list of the top 10 university-affiliated startup incubators internationally.

Genesis is one of only three North American universities to be named as top challengers — UBI’s term for incubators that stand out within

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending a total of $1.7 million to three Halifax biotech companies: ClearDynamic, AGADA Biosciences and NovaResp Technologies.

ClearDynamic is taking home the lion’s share of the funding, $948,750, to assess the feasibility of its system to treat joint pain by injecting tiny particles of glass into a patient’s bloodstream.

The technology is similar in

Immigrant founders and veteran entrepreneurs are making a strong showing among remote startup accelerator Propel’s resident companies, as the organization mobilizes to meet spiking demand for its services.

Founders over the age of 40 will make up about 40 percent of the entrepreneurs Propel works with during the fiscal year ending in March, and second-time founders have increased from 41 percent