MaRS DD Fiasco: More Costly Surprises Surface, Bill Now Stands At Over $550 Million
In just weeks a taxpayer bill that was thought to be $371 million has inflated to $563 million, as the MaRS Discovery District’s…
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Waterloo 3D Printing Company Breaks Crowdfunding Target in Mere Hours
3D printing has boldly made its way into the consumer market. But most desktop printers are limited to printing plastics which…
Twitter’s ‘BC Bud’: Anonymous Twitter User in Vancouver Drops ‘Hidden Weed’ Around Town
An anonymous Twitter user in Vancouver is hiding free marijuana around town, similar to how Twitter accounts in San Francisco…
Toronto Hackathon Seeks to Create Positive Change in the Middle East
The #HackingME hackathon in Toronto later this month will seek to create positive change in the Middle East while providing…
Waterloo’s Tech Ecosystem Can Thank Ted Livingston
On March 7, 2011, Ted Livingston’s nascent mobile messaging company, Kik, announced an $8M Series A financing led by RRE,…
Vancouver’s GrowLab Partners Up with Emily Carr, Lighthouse Labs and UBC
The final call for startups applying to be part of GrowLab‘s new cohort is June 6, and the Vancouver-based accelerator…
Hootsuite Rebrands Logo with Darker, More Sophisticated Look
Vancouver-based social media dashboard startup Hootsuite has changed its long-known “Owly” logo in a rebranding…
Privacy and Open-Source Projects Among 28 Initiatives that CIRA Will Invest In
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), the organization that funds the .CA domain, has selected 28 different…
Toronto’s JamCam Lets You Create Your Own Music Videos
Based out of Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ), JamCam lets users create videos set to their favourite…
What’s on Your Mind? Toronto’s Cogniciti Takes On Brain Health
A new tool launched this week to help people who are worried about memory loss. It detects the signs of brain health problems…
Ottawa Network for Education Places Big Emphasis on Girls at Today’s AppJam
Ottawa Network for Education, a network of education and community partners committed to enriching public education in Ottawa,…
Six Ways To Make Your Workplace More Environmentally Friendly
Environmental consciousness is good for business. Not only are consumers becoming more likely to buy products from companies…
Angel Groups in Canada Invested Over $89 Million in 2013
Angel investors in Canada collectively invested over $89 million in Canada in 2013, with groups in Central Canada investing…
Montreal’s Seevibes Raises $1 Million from Polytech Ventures, Real Ventures
Montreal-based startup Seevibes, a platform that measures social media reaction to television shows and events, has raised…
Montreal Entrepreneur Lands in CBC’s The National for “SuperHydrophobic” Solution
Ever since it was reported last month that Nissan developed what’s being labelled as the “self-cleaning car”,…