Four companies or organizations were recognized for their leadership in innovation in New Brunswick on Thursday, receiving Kira awards at the 20th annual presentation of the awards.

The Kiras, which recognize success in New Brunswick’s knowledge industry, were held as planned even though the St. John River was rising to record levels within sight of the Fredericton Convention Centre. New

A team of three Dalhousie University neuroscience students is planning to conduct clinical trials in Saudi Arabia for the device they’ve built in a robotics course at the university.

Hayam Mahmoud-Ahmed, Manar Alamri and Batlah Alnemer completed Dal’s Creator Series, an entrepreneurship program for students to design and build hardware. The three women have built a sleeve wired with electrodes

Six companies will be joining the inaugural cohort of Start-Up Yard at COVE, the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurshipin Dartmouth.

The early-state ocean companies, whose businesses range from rescuing endangered marine life to advancements in underwater communications, will receive $25,000 in non-dilutive funding and access to mentoring, workspaces, workshops and experts through the

Applications are now open for the 2018 Spark Innovation Challenge, a Nova Scotia-wide competition for early-stage technologies companies.

Last year, Innovacorp and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency awarded up to $800,000 to 18 different companies across four regions in Nova Scotia. The goal of the competition is to support high-potential, innovative solutions in the province.

Companies

When the New Product Design Competition was held in Halifax in April, the winning prize of $11,000 went to Surround Shower, a team that aims to add comfort and enjoyment to showering.

Founded by St. Mary’s University commerce students Logan Inglis and Evan Higgins, Surround Shower is a dual-head shower fitting that lets you enjoy streams of hot water from two directions. The product has a

Side Door Access, a Halifax company that's building a network of hosts for private house concerts, is celebrating its growth by moving into spanking new offices in the expanded Volta Labs on Barrington Street.

CEO Laura Simpson's home in the North End has been the venture's home during its first year.

The company's first-year milestones include hiring more staff, making strides in developing

Seven ventures ranging in scope from the fashion, food and automobile industries have been accepted into the University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute.

The three-month startup accelerator is run out of the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship.

“Narrowing the businesses down from 106 applications was an incredible amount of work” said Joe Allen, Managing

The government of New Brunswick announced today that it is investing a fresh $5 million this year to support research and graduate students with its New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) funding

The statement released today announced a $11.4 million investment. A government official said that $6.4M had been announced last year.

“This boost in investment is incredibly welcomed and

A Cape Breton entrepreneurial team with an exit under its belt plans to launch a new online product that helps homeowners find people to perform odd jobs.

The company, Bid Tasker Mobile Applications, features entrepreneurs Donald Hanson, his cousin Darren Hanson and Chief Technical Officer Todd Chant. The two Hansons previously headlined a company called Coretech, which they sold in 2015.

Now

The shareholders of Halifax-based Stockport Exploration have approved the company’s merger with Sona Nanotech, completing another step in the merged company’s path to a stock market listing.

The companies on Friday released a statement saying the Stockport shareholders voted 99 percent in favour of the merger last Thursday. The meeting was attended by 18 Stockport investors, as well as employees