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African Nova Scotian Stream for Green Economy

  • Jan 06, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

Green economy companies and organizations are invited to apply for the Employers for the Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, which this year sees an African Nova Scotian internship stream join regular and Indigenous streams.

The youth

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Sona’s COVID Test Approved in Europe

  • Jan 05, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Sona Nanotech, which makes rapid diagnostic tests, has been granted regulatory approval to sell its rapid test for COVID-19 in the European Union.

The company said in a statement New Year’s Eve that its rapid, COVID-19 antigen test

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Ecosystem Wish List for 2021

  • Jan 04, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Ideally, my wish list for the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem for 2021 would begin with an East Coast angel network.

But I’m growing more pessimistic about an angel network coming to fruition in the near future, so what’s needed this year is to

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Four NL Startups Receive $800K

  • Jan 03, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

The governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada last week announced almost $800,000 in financial support for four startups based in St. John’s.

The provincial Department of Industry, Energy and Technology said it would provide more than

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Happy Holidays to our Readers

  • Dec 24, 2020
  • Peter and Carol Moreira

We're signing off on 2020 with a wish for happy holidays for all our readers. 

We're really looking forward to 2021, and not just because it has to be better than 2020. We're looking at some interesting projects, and will be fascinated to learn how

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Interactive Novel Wins School Covid Care Contest

  • Dec 24, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Schools have a new tool to help them handle the pandemic now that Eyeread has named interactive novel Ready R Naught the winner of a contest to create School Covid Care Packages.  

In a collaboration with NSCAD University, Eyeread, a digital

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Collaborating To Build a Smart City

  • Dec 22, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Saint John Energy, the municipal utility that sells electricity to residents of greater Saint John, is partnering with several innovation-driven companies in the region with the goal of improving service and profitability.

In November, the company

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SeaChange Eyes Production by June

  • Dec 21, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

SeaChange Biochemistry, which extracts specialty chemicals from seaweed, is planning to begin production at its new facility in Clark’s Harbour, NS, by June.

Having won or placed prominently in a range of pitching competitions in the last two

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Ocean Project Targets Digital Twins

  • Dec 20, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a new $18 million project that aims to create “digital twins” for use in ocean-related industries.

The organization charged with developing new technology and an enhanced workforce for Canadian ocean

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Clean Leadership Applicants Sought

  • Dec 20, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based Clean Foundation is seeking host and student applicants for its Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, a sustainability-focused youth employment program in Nova Scotia.

The group has partnered with provincial employers to

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Job of the Week: Dash Hudson

  • Dec 20, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column this week features an opening for a Customer Success Associate at Dash Hudson in Halifax.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media.

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After Sandpiper, Graham Joins Imaginal

  • Dec 17, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Eight months after being named Investment Principal of Sandpiper Ventures, Danielle Graham has taken two new jobs, becoming a partner of both the Halifax-based business advisory group Imaginal Ventures and the U.S. venture capital group Aligne

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