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Lobster Forum Set for Truro Tuesday
Ocean to Plate, a one-day forum to discuss innovation in the lobster industry, will take place Tuesday in Truro.
The forum will bring together lobster industry players from all parts of the value chain as well as academics from Atlantic Canada’s
What’s next in Nova Scotia’s ETC Reform?
The Nova Scotia government delivered half a reform on its equity tax credit last week, and it will be interesting to see what the other half of the reform will entail in a few months.
Don’t get me wrong. Last week’s announcement was a welcome step
Kognitiv Spark Works With Northern UAVs
Kognitiv Spark of Fredericton has announced a partnership that will help communities in the Canadian North benefit from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.
The company issued a press release today saying that it had formed an alliance
CarbonCure To Be Added to 11 Plants
Carboncure Technologies of Dartmouth has announced its client Irving Materials, Inc. of Greenfield, Indiana, is adopting the Carboncure technology at 11 of its plants in the coming months.
Irving now uses the technology at four plants, and the
Barrington Edge Grows Portfolio
Halifax-based tech consulting group Barrington Edge has invested in a high-growth U.S. tech company and hopes to use the relationship to improve sales for Atlantic Canadian clients.
Barrington Edge, which grew out of the more established Barrington
Pitch@Palace, Dream Summit Seek Entries
Two upcoming events are offering Atlantic Canadian startups a chance to pitch before national or international investors and stakeholders.
Invest Atlantic is looking for East Coast startups to apply to pitch at this year’s Canadian Dream Summit,
NS Boosts Equity Tax Credit Limit
Nova Scotia has quintupled the size of its equity tax credits for people investing in young, innovative companies, and signaled that more changes are on the way.
The provincial government announced Friday that its new Innovation Equity Tax Credit
Funding Spike Led to Higher Sales in NL Startups
Sponsored Content
There’s one big lesson from the most recent analysis of our data from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Funding is important.
There’s nothing startling in that statement, but as we look back on our data presentations from 2018, the
Jobs: SpryPoint, LifeRaft, Spring Loaded
Three jobs from Charlottetown’s SpryPoint headline the Jobs of the Week column today. We also have openings at Spring Loaded Technology in Dartmouth and LifeRaft of Halifax.
Founded in 2011, SpryPoint has developed a cloud-based platform of
Envenio Exits, Purchased by Juul
Fredericton-based Envenio, whose technology assists in the understanding of fluid dynamics, has quietly exited, being taken over by San Francisco electronic cigarette company Juul.
Neither Envenio nor Juul has put out a public statement on the deal
CarShare Atlantic’s Cooley Steps Down
It was a bittersweet birthday for CarShare Atlantic as the Halifax company celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Pam Cooley, announced that she will step down from the position in February.
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Accenture Opens Outpost at Volta
The global consultancy Accenture has opened an innovation outpost at Volta in Halifax, made possible through a $400,000 grant from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Halifax MP Andy Fillmore announced the funding at a reception at Volta on