I am delighted to announce that my first novel The Haight will be published next month and is now available for pre-order.

Those of you who have got to know us over the past few years know that Carol and I suffer from a rather dismal addiction – writing books. We’ve both published a few and this is my first novel, a murder mystery set in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in 1968. I call it

New Brunswick and Ottawa-based AVSS (Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions) has announced it is supplying key innovations for Canada Post’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Proof of Concept Trials.

AVSS is collaborating with Canada Post to demonstrate the benefits of using drone technology for parcel and medical delivery.

Founded by Josh Ogden of Rothesay, NB, and Josh Boudreau of Ottawa, AVSS is

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is our lone Job of the Week today.

The non-profit seeks a new Director of Research to help manage its growing portfolio of investments. The candidate must have a graduate degree from a recognized university program that ideally involved a research requirement, at least 10 years of relevant work experience and be fluent in both French and English. 

The

Almost a decade after its first prototype drew national media attention, Roshell Industries is bringing its motorized ski accessory to the market.

Originally from Labrador, Roshell is the maker of the Skizee Woodsrunner, a motorized accessory that propels skiers through and over the snow. It’s been nearly a decade since the first prototype was built and it’s now available for preorder.

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Startup Canada last night announced 10 regional winners of its fifth annual Startup Canada Awards event. Held in Miramichi, N.B., the event celebrated the achievements of Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs, businesses and support organizations.

Winners included respected members of the community such as Dawn Jutla, the CEO and President of Peer Ledger in Halifax, who won the Woman Entrepreneur

Innovacorp has named the companies that have made the shortlist for this year's Spark Innovation Challenge, the province-wide contest for early-stage technologies companies. 

Judges in four regions reviewed 122 Spark submissions to come up with the shortlist below.  Winners, who will be announced next month, could win up to $50,000 and guidance from seasoned business professionals.

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When analyzing our data on the Atlantic Canadian startup community over the past few years, we’ve noticed that startups that collaborate with post-secondary institutions outperform the broader community. Once again, with our study of companies in 2017, we have found that innovation companies working with universities (and in a few cases with communities colleges) have stronger

FREDERICTON – This week, Fredericton-based startup accelerator Planet Hatch announced anew leadership team as it approaches its five-year anniversary. This includes appointing a new director, Adam Peabody.

Huddle chatted with Peabody about the impact Planet Hatch has had on New Brunswick business, where he plans to take it next, and more:

Planet Hatch has been around for about five years now,

Dartmouth- and Toronto-based EdTech company Squiggle Park has closed an $800,000 funding round in a deal that strengthens its relationship with Indigo Books and Music CEO Heather Reisman.

Squiggle Park, which has developed an online tool that helps children learn to read, said in a statement today that with the latest round it has raised a total of $1.03 million to date. The statement said the

Female leaders and diversity champions working in ICT were recognized last night during the Digital Diversity Awards presented by Digital Nova Scotia, a non-profit that focuses on the growth and development of Nova Scotia’s digital technologies industry.

“Since 1843, women have led major advances in programming and software development, yet today women still represent less than 25 percent of the