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TruLeaf Launches Across Maritimes

  • Aug 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture, the agtech company planning a chain of indoor farms across the country, announced Monday its locally grown microgreen products are now available in select Atlantic Superstores across the Maritimes.

Appearing under

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We Should Follow Trump’s Lead

  • Aug 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Now that I have your attention, let me explain what we mean by the headline.

The Trump Administration (or what’s left of it) has set a target of three per cent annual economic growth each year of his presidency. I doubt he has an ice cube’s hope in

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Innovacorp Invested $5.6M in 2016-17

  • Jul 30, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp, the venture capital and innovation agency owned by the Nova Scotia government, sank $5.6 million into startups in its 2016-17 fiscal year, continuing at the same pace as the previous three years.

The agency released the numbers last

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Job of the Week: Code + Mortar

  • Jul 30, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Weeks after its relaunch, Code + Mortar of Halifax is building up its development team and looking for a senior developer.

Code + Mortar headlines the Job of the Week column this week, having been in the news in June when it changed its name from

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SomaDetect Courts Vermont Farmers

  • Jul 28, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

As it begins its pilot project in New Brunswick, SomaDetect has been validating the international demand for its product. The Fredericton AgTech company recently signed letters of intent with three-quarters of the 80 farmers it met with during a

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Nova Box Globalizes Local Products

  • Jul 28, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

Each of the ship captains currently in Halifax for the Tall Ships Regatta will take home a box full of Nova Scotia-themed treasures along with their memories. The Nova Boxes are being provided by Nova Box creator Allyson England, who established her

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Dane Creek Adds to Pet Food Venture

  • Jul 27, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Dane Creek Capital Corp. this week agreed to buy pet-related assets of Dartmouth-based Nature’s Way Canada in its latest step in building up a Nova Scotia-based portfolio of sustainable pet food products.

Dane Creek is a Mississauga, Ont.-based

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Big Data Congress Eyes Oceans, Ag

  • Jul 26, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The fifth annual Big Data Congress, to be held in Halifax in November, will feature something that none of the previous four have – a focus on specific sectors.

Alternating between Saint John and Halifax, the Congress is an annual celebration of

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NL Replaces RDC with InnovateNL

  • Jul 25, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is replacing its Research & Development Corporation with a new body called InnovateNL, whose first chair is Killick Capital President Mark Dobbin.

In a statement last week, the government said the

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Trip Ninja Eyes Big Deal in August

  • Jul 25, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Last Friday, Halifax’s Trip Ninja integrated its travel-planning platform with Galileo, a computer reservations system owned by the international travel service company TravelPort.

It was one more step in a three-year process in an entrepreneurial

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RtTech Receives Key Certification

  • Jul 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Moncton-based RtTech Software announced last week that its Cipher platform has received a major certification for interoperability in the industrial automation space.

The Industrial Internet of Things company, whose products help industrial

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Job of the Week: Dash Hudson SDR

  • Jul 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Dash Hudson continues to grow its staff, and its opening for a Sales Development Representative in Halifax is the focus of this edition of Job of the Week.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its

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