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PM Amends Wage Subsidy Criteria

  • Apr 09, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government has relaxed the criteria for its Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, or CEWS, but not enough to satisfy the organization representing Canadian innovators.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said the government wants to

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Fundmetric Aiding Canadian Charities

  • Apr 08, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Fundmetric, the Halifax software company that helps charities increase engagement with donors, is offering its “giving page” free to small charities across Canada to help them raise money during the pandemic.

The giving page is the online page that

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Drummond Webinar and MaRS Program

  • Apr 08, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Forced to Focus, a webinar featuring brand and business strategist Peter Drummond, will take place Thursday, April 9th at 3:00 ADT.

Hosted by Natural Products Canada, the webinar will help entrepreneurs use this time to dig into their business and

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NL Tech Cos Donate to Closed Door, Open Heart

  • Apr 08, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Responding to the pandemic, several tech companies in Newfoundland and Labrador have joined forces and raised more than $200,000 to launch the Closed Door, Open Heart initiative.

The campaign encourages companies and individuals who are in a

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ImmediaC Addresses Pandemic

  • Apr 08, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based website developer ImmediaC is building websites that allow clients to maximize online sales during the economic downturn and is also cutting costs for non-profits.

ImmediaC began in 1998 and builds websites, mobile apps and

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CCI’s Slack Channel for Founders

  • Apr 08, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The Council of Canadian Innovators, a national association of high-growth, Canadian-based technology companies, has set up a slack channel for startups and scaleups across the country to help each other through the current crisis.

The organization

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SMEs Demand More Flexibility from Government

  • Apr 07, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Small and medium-sized businesses in Atlantic Canada want governments to tweak recent support programs to help these companies avoid bankruptcy in the current pandemic.

Spokespeople for organizations representing the owners of SMEs applaud the

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LeadSift, Innovacorp Aid IT Startups

  • Apr 07, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based LeadSift, whose software helps customers find sales leads, has reached an agreement with Innovacorp to let Nova Scotian tech startups use its software free.

LeadSift has developed software that helps business-to-business companies

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Lab2Market-Health Seeks Applicants

  • Apr 07, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The first cohort of Lab2Market, the Canadian organization that helps researchers form businesses, will be a Dalhousie University program dedicated to healthcare innovation in light of the current pandemic.

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the

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SimplyCast Covid-19 Communication

  • Apr 07, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based automated marketing company SimplyCast has retooled its communication software in order to support organizations during the pandemic.

In a statement, the company said its software can be used by municipalities, health-care clinics,

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En Point Reworks Mentoring Solution

  • Apr 06, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

After two years of incremental changes, mentorship software firm En Point is launching the first comprehensive rework of its online platform.

En Point’s software helps universities, companies, non-profits and professional associations to manage

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NB Fund for Pandemic Challenges

  • Apr 06, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

A new funding program to address public health challenges created by the pandemic has been announced by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF).

The fund will support research efforts

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