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PM Amends Wage Subsidy Criteria
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
Fundmetric Aiding Canadian Charities
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
Drummond Webinar and MaRS Program
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
NL Tech Cos Donate to Closed Door, Open Heart
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
ImmediaC Addresses Pandemic
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
CCI’s Slack Channel for Founders
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
SMEs Demand More Flexibility from Government
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
LeadSift, Innovacorp Aid IT Startups
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
Lab2Market-Health Seeks Applicants
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
SimplyCast Covid-19 Communication
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,
En Point Reworks Mentoring Solution
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
NB Fund for Pandemic Challenges
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