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Code Create Teach brings coding education to remote communities in the Canadian North

Isabelle Kirkwood January 11, 2019

Non-profit Kids Code Jeunesse, in collaboration with coding bootcamp Lighthouse Labs, is venturing to Northern Canada to conduct…

Caitlin Hotchkiss January 10, 2019

Serial tech entrepreneur Godard Abel has led a $10 million USD investment in retail tech startupThreeKit, a 3D product configurator…

Vitaly Pecherskiy January 10, 2019

In this series, brought to you by the Toronto-based native advertising technology company StackAdapt, you’ll join Vitaly…

Sera Wong January 10, 2019

Toronto-based e-Zn is the only Candian company selected by The Shell GameChanger cleantech accelerator. The company was nominated…

Sameer Chhabra January 10, 2019

Canadian drone pilots will need to pass an online exam and earn a pilot certificate for “basic or advanced operations,”…

Sera Wong January 10, 2019

Calgary-based Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc. is working with Onduo, a joint venture between Verily (a subsidiary of Alphabet)…

Caitlin Hotchkiss January 10, 2019

The Summer Institute, an accelerator operated by the University of New Brunswick’s J Herbert Smith Centre for Technology…

Sera Wong January 9, 2019

This week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Toronto wearable startup Muse unveiled its first soft headband designed especially…

Sera Wong January 9, 2019

The tech workforce in British Columbia faces significant growth in the coming years, with the 2016 Tech Talent BC Report predicting…

Caitlin Hotchkiss January 9, 2019

Leadership training company Raw Signal Group has announced a one-day career lab event, taking place on February 26 in Toronto’s…

Caitlin Hotchkiss January 9, 2019

The Waterloo chapter of the Founder Institute has opened applications for its 2019 program. Founded in Silicon Valley and with…

Caitlin Hotchkiss January 9, 2019

CoreLogic announced that it has completed the acquisition of Toronto-based insurance claims software vendor Symbility Solutions…

Isabelle Kirkwood January 9, 2019

According to a 2018 study, the practice of bitcoin mining consumes so much electricity, the industry is expending the same…

Douglas Soltys January 8, 2019

When BetaKit hosted a group of prominent thought leaders for a podcast on coding education in Canada, the conversation invariably…

Sera Wong January 8, 2019

A team at The University of Winnipeg is collaborating with Project Whitecard Studios to use virtual reality (VR) games for…