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Government of Canada to launch $250 million initiative to train skilled workers

In record-tight labour market, feds aim to upskill workers for high-growth industries.

Plus: Canadian VCs had second highest year on record.

The move marks Dapper Labs’ second round of layoffs since November as it contends with declining NFT sales.

Plus: How Canada opened the door to for-profit virtual care.

Unified global investment team the latest change in OV’s evolution.

Plus: Wix, DocuSign make cuts.

Plum aims to provide “missing dataset” companies need to tackle talent crisis.

Plus: a $700 million new commitment to innovation clusters.

Frontend, backend, full-stack developers needed.

“We have also allocated additional cushion to help withstand future macroeconomic uncertainty.”

Plus: Jobber secures $100 million.

Plus: Three Atlantic Canadian healthtech startups gear up for growth.

But overall investment was still bigger than 2020.

Plus: eBay to lay off 4 percent of work force.

Plus: Fight brews over Magnet Forensics’ proposed $1.8 billion acquisition.