Dalhousie University is receiving a $154 million grant from the federal government, representing the largest single research funding deal in the institution’s history, to conduct “the most intensive investigation ever into the ocean’s role in

Matthew Martel, previously COO of Halifax non-profit the Black Business Initiative, will replace Rustum Southwell as its CEO.

Southwell will retire Monday but oversee the transition to Martel’s leadership as an advisor.

Martel is a serial

Halifax-based BlueNode, which sells logistics software for the shipping industry, has been acquired by San Marcos, California’s Everstream Analytics for an undisclosed price in what BlueNode CEO Louis Beaubien has described as a bid to diversify his

Halifax’s Union.Dev, which makes administrative software for labour unions, now has clients across Canada and in several American states, with its cross-border expansion effort bolstered by the release of its second product.

Founded in 2018 by

Emera IdeaHUB Program Manager Barrinique Griffin has joined the board of directors of Onside, which aims to foster inclusive innovation in Nova Scotia.

Griffin, who spent four years at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development before

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced two new projects worth $4.3 million — a $1.3 million initiative to create a digital engineering platform for designing oceans assets and a $3 million plan to develop seafloor imaging tech for fishing

Dalhousie University’s CDL Atlantic, part of the internationally noted Creative Destruction Lab network of startup accelerators, has opened applications for its 2023 cohort, including a general stream, dubbed Prime, and a bluetech stream, Oceans.

Laval, Que.-based Dispersa, which has its research and development operations in Sydney, has raised $3 million of funding split evenly between equity and debt, with the round led by economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia.

Dispersa makes

Wayne Sumarah, CEO of industry group Digital Nova Scotia, will retire at the end of May after three years on the job.

Sumarah, a marking executive who previously worked in the telecommunications sector, presided over a 50 percent increase in the

St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats is donating about $40,000 worth of inventory to non-profit Habitat pour l'humanité Québec, Habitat for Humanity’s Francophone arm, in celebration of Earth Day.

Mysa said in a statement the 300 smart

French digital technology and defence giant Thales Group is spearing the creation of a new cybersecurity hub at Fredericton’s Knowledge Park under a partnership with economic development agency Ignite and the University of New Brunswick’s digital

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, the federal organization that organizes joint funding partnerships with the private sector, has announced a raft of 16 ongoing projects that are worth a total of $52 million.

The combined funding package represents one