Industry group Digital Nova Scotia has announced the finalists for its Tech Forward Awards, honouring players in the province’s information technology community.

The event will be held Nov. 17 at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront at 5:30 p.m. Attendance will cost $80 per person or $720 for a table for Digital Nova Scotia members, or $95 and $855 for non-members. More information and a

Moncton-based online recruitment company CareerBeacon has bought Toronto’s Ruutly, which allows employers to create interactive job ads.

Co-founders Yves Boudreau and Benoit Bourque started what's now CareerBeacon in 2014 to make backend software for online job boards. The company was originally called Qimple, but has since undergone two rebrandings, with the latest having been to adopt the name

Malcolm Fraser, the last CEO of Innovacorp, has taken a new position as Managing Director of NPC Ventures, the new venture capital arm of Charlottetown-based Natural Products Canada.

NPC Ventures aims to be a $50 million fund that invests in companies making products out of natural materials, with a special emphasis on nutrition, human and animal health and agtech. The fund now has $20 million

Entrevestor Live is the best opportunity you’ll find to hear how to build a successful company in Atlantic Canada.

In just three hours, you can hear from 10 East Coast companies that have raised a total of $200 million, and they’ve done it by building operations here in Atlantic Canada.

Entrevestor Live will take place on the afternoon of Oct. 20 – a live event that showcases success in the

The Richmond, BC-based Ocean Legacy Foundation, or OLF has announced it is partnering with telecom giant Telus on a public awareness campaign about plastic pollution in oceans.

Founded in 2013 and helmed by Executive Director Chloe Dubois, the OLF funds research on reducing ocean plastics, as well as advocacy work, research and development for waste management systems and cleanup projects to

The Ocean Startup Challenge, which offers idea- and early-stage bluetech startups up to $40,000 each, as well as specialized training, mentorship, networking and events, has revealed the 60-company shortlist for its third iteration.

Organized by the Ocean Startup Project -- which has offices across Canada but operates out of Newfoundland and Labrador's Genesis startup hub in the Atlantic region

Awareness of the education and support offered free by the Black Startup Project is growing among BIPOC founders who are taking advantage of the training and mentoring available from the Halifax-based network.

Upcoming workshops will look at how to start and grow your own business and how to solve customer needs. The information is also available online. Entrepreneurs can also attend mentoring

Britain's leading global affairs magazine, The Economist, hosted its World Ocean Tech and Innovation Summit at the Halifax Convention Centre this week.

The event drew blue economy leaders from across Canada and around the world, including delegates from major companies and NGOs.

Sponsored jointly by Canada's Ocean Supercluster, the provincial government, the Halifax Partnership and Creative

The Canadian and British governments are collaborating on a new bluetech innovation competition, with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency giving the Ocean Technology Council of Nova Scotia $275,000 to help run the program.

The competition will see teams from both countries compete to develop new sa ensor technology and communications systems for autonomous marine vehicles with the aim of

The entrepreneurial community at University of New Brunswick will hold its annual Future of Innovation Conference on Oct. 19, with a special focus on the future of work.

The J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship will host the conference at the university’s Wu Conference Centre from 8:30 to 1 pm. You can register for the event here.

The event will feature key