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By Natalie Raffoul and Benjamin Bergen June 23, 2020

New federal recovery panel has opportunity to build a stronger Canada out of pandemic’s rubble

COVID-19 finds industry and public policy leaders scrambling for answers on how to rebuild our domestic economies and restore…

By Isabelle Kirkwood June 23, 2020

Humi, a Toronto-based startup that develops human resources (HR), payroll, and benefits software for small and medium-sized…

By Douglas Soltys June 22, 2020

When the pandemic hit in mid-March, within days, so too did the layoffs. “We were witnessing the rapid decline of job…

By Isabelle Kirkwood June 22, 2020

Credit union Vancity and the Women’s Enterprise Centre have launched the Unity Women Entrepreneurs Program to offer loans…

By Josh Scott June 22, 2020

Creative Destruction Lab’s Calgary accelerator, CDL-Rockies, has launched an agriculture stream to help seed-stage science…

By Isabelle Kirkwood June 22, 2020

Vancouver-based Bench was initially hit hard by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A sudden drop in sales in March forced…

By Isabelle Kirkwood June 19, 2020

Ten cleantech companies have received a collective $41.8 million from the federal government through Sustainable Development…

By Stefan Palios June 19, 2020

As economies begin to re-open following COVID-19 closures, tech companies are looking at their own recovery. A recent Sage…

By Isabelle Kirkwood June 19, 2020

Toronto-based challenger bank Stack has been acquired by Credit Sesame, a United States-based credit and loan company. The…

By Josh Scott June 19, 2020

San Francisco-based Turo, which enables private car owners to rent their vehicles through its online platform, has expanded…

By Josh Scott June 19, 2020

The free, new online business support program is designed to help Ontario businesses adapt to a more digital world during and…

By Isabelle Kirkwood June 19, 2020

Applications for the expanded Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA), which were set to open across the country Friday, have…

By Meagan Simpson June 19, 2020

Google is set to launch a new accelerator program focused on women founders in Canada and the United States. The program, called…

By Josh Scott June 19, 2020

Toronto-based ModiFace’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology, which allows customers to digitally test makeup…

By Isabelle Kirkwood June 19, 2020

ArcTern Ventures has brought on Marc Faucher as managing partner, as well as Kristin Aamodt as investment director in ArcTern’s…