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Startup Zone Announces New Programs

  • Feb 22, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Charlottetown innovation hub Startup Zone has announced two entrepreneurial education programs as part of its new Startup School initiative, which will focus on encouraging participants to “learn by doing.”

The two programs are called Startup

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COVE Study Finds Electrification Opportunity

  • Feb 22, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

A study commissioned by the provincial government and carried out by Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship has found that Nova Scotia may enjoy comparative advantage in the world of electric boats.

The study, Nova Scotia's

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Marecomms Moves Into Commercialization Phase

  • Feb 21, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based bluetech company Marecomms is launching the commercialization phase of its evolution now that it has demonstrated its underwater communications system can work over two kilometres in shallow water.

Last Thursday, the company

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Nine Pitch at Volta Democamp

  • Feb 21, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta held its annual Democamp Wednesday, playing host to a roster of mostly software-focused startups.

The event was held virtually and gave nine entrepreneurs the chance to expound on how their innovations work and their value

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NS Youth Invited to Apply for Clean Leadership

  • Feb 21, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

Applications for Nova Scotia’s Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program open February 28th and close March 16th for youth 15-30 years old.

In preparation, organizers are hosting Skills Building Sessions to prepare youth for the job application

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AVSS Bags $1.1M Testing Deal

  • Feb 17, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, the Rothesay, NB, maker of safety equipment for drones, has inked a $1.1 million deal allowing the federal government to test its Payload Precision Delivery System for airdropping supplies into isolated communities.

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BDC Online Event on Valuations

  • Feb 17, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

The Business Development Bank of Canada, a federal Crown corporation, will host a webinar Thursday, Feb. 24 about how entrepreneurs can capitalize on the trend of rising valuations for tech companies.

The speakers will include BDC’s Brenda Slauko,

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MARS VR Starts Trials

  • Feb 16, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s MARS VR Lab has begun clinical testing for a virtual reality hardware and software suite that gamifies the process of teaching children how to operate motorized wheelchairs.

The technology, dubbed the XPOD, uses a virtual reality headset

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Our First Canadian Oceantech Data Report

  • Feb 16, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

We’re super proud today to publish our first Canadian Oceantech Data Report, which we hope will provide a baseline for analyzing ocean-related innovation in Canada in coming years.

This is the first time we’ve produced a national research report

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Alongside Raises $8M

  • Feb 15, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Two months after it inked a deal to acquire job board CareerBeacon, Moncton’s Alongside has closed an $8 million funding round, comprising 40 percent equity funding and the remainder a loan from TD Canada Trust.

Chief Executive Yves Boudreau said

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Early Career Ocean Professionals Sought

  • Feb 14, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

ECOP Canada is asking people who have recently embarked on careers in the ocean sector to fill out a survey so the group can better understand and meet the international and national needs of early career ocean professionals -- which it calls ECOPs

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New IT Training Programs Coming

  • Feb 14, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

The University of New Brunswick has partnered with the McKenna Institute and TechImpact to launch a new initiative that aims to address the tech industry’s labour shortage in New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada.

The three parties will hold a series

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