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NB Unveils Innovation Funding
With Innovation Week taking place in New Brunswick, the provincial government has announced new funding for two leading innovation agencies and new money for the Innovation Voucher Fund.
In the first of two innovation-related announcements, Premier
What Canada’s First E-ID Will Mean
Three years ago, I saw the future when I witnessed Estonia’s digital government initiatives. For me, the genie was out of the bottle and I couldn't shake the vision. Since that day, I only see what's possible when it comes to New Brunswick. The
New Brunswick’s Airport Problem
Business people and entrepreneurs are told to go to where their potential investors and customers are. Often, they are in cities like Boston and New York.
Though hopping on a plane and flying right to these places seems easy enough, it’s not so
Spritely’s App To Aid Newcomers
As it prepares for the soft launch of its product in the coming weeks, Spritely Technologies Inc. has been accepted into the summer 2017 Project Incubation Bootcamp in Halifax.
Founded by serial entrepreneur and hyper-networker Akram Al-Otumi,
Innovation Week Launched in NL
Newfoundland and Labrador launched its fourth annual Innovation Week on Monday with the theme of “innovative thinking”.
The week brings businesses, investors, inventors, youth and other stakeholders together to find ways to grow the province’s key
EhEye, Bulletproof Shine at Kiras
James Stewart finally took the stage at the Fredericton Convention Centre on Thursday night, winning not one but two Kira Awards.
Stewart is the Co-Founder and CEO of EhEye, a digital security company that enhances the use of video in security.
Brown Wins Governor General’s Award
David Brown, the Chief Operations Officer of Fredericton biotech company Chinova Bioworks, has been named one of six recipients of the 2017 Governor General’s Innovation Awards.
Governor General David Johnston announced the recipients in Ottawa on
Job of the Week: Clockwork Fox
Our Job of the Week column this week highlights an opening for a front-end web developer with the Newfoundland and Labrador education technology company Clockwork Fox Studios.
St. John’s-based Clockwork Fox focuses on game-based learning. It makes
Ng Moves Ahead with Triple Effect
Older people who struggle with technology are often figures of fun, at least in our house. But the frustration and sense of isolation felt by technologically-challenged seniors is genuine. It’s a problem Sally Ng plans to address with her technology
CDL In Talks For Halifax Outpost
The Creative Destruction Lab, one of the leading tech accelerators in the country, is in talks to set up a base in Halifax as part of its national expansion.
People familiar with the situation said CDL, which originated at the University of
BDC Unveils $280M Lending Program
The Business Development Bank of Canada today announced a $280 million financing package to support small and mid-sized businesses in the Atlantic Provinces over the next two years.
Targeted industries for the lending program include ICT,
Empowered Homes Lands $600K
Empowered Homes, the St. John’s startup developing smart thermostats for high-voltage heating systems, has received $600,000 in equity financing from Venture NL and Killick Capital.
The company has been taking pre-orders for its first Mysa smart
