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Cannabis Congress Set for Saint John

  • Jan 31, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Saint John will host the World Cannabis Congress 2018 in June, billing it as Canada's premier event for connecting players in the global cannabis industry.

The organizers announced the invitation-only event on Monday, saying they hope to attract

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5 East Coast Teams in Fierce Founders

  • Jan 30, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Nexus, Vertiball Win Apex Competition

  • Jan 30, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Nexus Robotics of Nova Scotia and Vertiball of University of New Brunswick were the two big winners at the Apex Business Plan Competition in Fredericton last week.

Eighteen teams from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario competed in either the

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Aqualitas Receives Cannabis Approval

  • Jan 30, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

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

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Solace Power Unveils Equus35

  • Jan 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Jobs: Outshine Seeks a Marketer

  • Jan 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Black Arcs: Digital Tool for Land Use

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

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.

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UNB Competition To Award $19,000

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Lovett Launches EO Accelerator

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

A year after exiting his security company , Ron Lovett is giving back to the Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurial community.

Lovett, who sold Source Security and Investigations in late 2016, has founded an accelerator for entrepreneurs under the

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Six Win Halifax Business Awards

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Six entrepreneurs captured first-place prizes at the 18th annual Halifax Business Awards at the newly opened Halifax Convention Centre on Thursday night.

The sold-out event, hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, featured 30 finalists, who were

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Battling Scalpers with Blockchain

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A year after coming up with the idea of using blockchain to battle outrageous ticket prices, Conor Daly and Kyle Gardiner are well on their way to having a basic product to sell to ticketing agencies.

The two Halifax-based founders of UpFront

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MTI Forms Partnership with Artemis

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based Metamaterial Technologies Inc, a smart materials and photonics company, has signed a three-year business development and technology partnership with U.K.-based Artemis Optical to develop a hybrid coating for the defence industry.

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