The Halifax Partnership unveiled its Halifax Index on Monday, revealing that surging population growth, especially among young people, has led to an increase in GDP.

The annual assessment of the economy of the Nova Scotian capital shows that the

Atlantic Canada has the world’s fourth best “activation stage” ecosystem for startups, says Silicon Valley think tank Startup Genome.

The organization each year ranks startup ecosystems around the world, and Innovacorp signed up Atlantic Canada to

On Wednesday, I will be delivering a Lunch and Learn talk at Volta on Media Relations for Startups – a topic a lot of startups should give some thought to.

I’m frequently asked about media relations by founders. How do we get our story in a certain

Dartmouth-based Site2020’s traffic-control equipment was used on more than 200 construction sites last year, and CEO Mitch Hollohan expects to deploy another 1,000 units over the next two years.

The company’s product, the Guardian SmartFlagger, is

A sold-out crowd gathered in Halifax last night to learn from, reflect on, even laugh at other people’s failures, and in doing so join a movement that has spread to more than 300 cities in 90 countries.

The Halifax chapter of Fuckup Nights held its

Companies going through the University of New Brunswick’s Energia Ventures will receive as much as $500,000 in total investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation in the next two years.

Energia and NBIF announced Wednesday companies going

Two Halifax-area medtech companies – Spring Loaded Technology and Densitas – have received a slice of an $11 million equity funding exercise anchored by the Montreal-based health technology organization Medteq.

Medteq, which nurtures Canadian

Stepscan Technologies, the Charlottetown company that has developed pressure-sensitive floor mats, has launched a new product that helps the military train soldiers in combat techniques.

Primarily a medical device company, Stepscan has developed

Ocean Sonics, the Nova Scotia-based maker of equipment that listens to and monitors the oceans, has moved into a new headquarters in Truro Heights that will facilitate growth of staff, innovation and sales.  

Ocean Sonics designs and manufactures

Gary F. Keenan, the Co-Founder and Chairman of F6 Networks of Fredericton, was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Atlantic Region Startup Canada Awards on Tuesday.

Keenan, who last year was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Atlantic

Economic Development Greater Saint John is launching a new program that offers curriculum and pay to young people interested in developing businesses in the Port City.

The development agency has teamed up with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities

Two well-known drivers of New Brunswick’s innovation sector are celebrating a win for their own recently founded startup as they take home international recognition for their Devil’s Keep vodka.

Ray Fitzpatrick and Joe Allen have won a Platinum