Medventions pilot pairs young innovators with Newfoundland doctors to inspire next-gen medtech
Pilot program in Carbonear, NL, follows similar cohorts in Toronto and Halifax.
Hacks on, hacks off: How one coding dojo is preparing kids for the AI world
Code Ninjas Kanata is training kids from five to 14 how to trust and code around AI.
Kepler makes history with world-first launch of optical relay satellite network
Canadian company beats out similar projects from Amazon and Starlink.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency reinstates Goodfood’s safe food licence
Meal kit service’s Montréal facility back in operation following nine-day suspension.
Kepler to launch historic satellite network on SpaceX rocket this Sunday
Successful launch would be world-first, beating out similar projects from Amazon and Starlink.
Kinaxis appoints former Plainview head Razat Gaurav as CEO
Former leader John Sicard retired in 2024 after 30 years with the company.
Canadian VC’s perfect storm, BC’s roaming robo-barns, and a CES tech check
Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for January 9, 2026.
MDA Space signs contract with US Department of War agency to potentially help with “Golden Dome” project
Contract lets MDA bid on future tasks and services that support the $151-billion program.
From roaming robo-barns to laser weeders, how an innovative program is helping BC farmers
Innovate BC’s On-Farm Technology Adoption Program gave farmers $4.5 million last year to buy new tech.
CanLII and Caseway AI reportedly moving towards settlement in copyright dispute
Non-profit sued Caseway in late 2024 for allegedly scraping its data to build an AI legaltech tool.
Backboard.io looks to solve AI amnesia with “substantial” pre-seed round
Assent co-founder Rob Imbeault’s new AI company has backing from Mistral and Garage.
Sprung Studios launches Sonar, an AI tool to track how players feel about games
After working on gaming’s biggest titles, Sprung wants to make player feedback easier to find.
The Basic Phone launches Kickstarter for “dumbphone” that’s just the right amount of smart
You can’t log onto TikTok, but you can call an Uber.
The ultimate 2025 #CDNtech quiz
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Clicks releases a phone for your phone, giving users a taste of BlackBerry
The Communicator is your “second phone” for communicating, not consuming. It also resurrects the headphone jack.