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Oneiric is making hockey gear to keep kids safe

Alex Kinsella January 11, 2016

I only learned how to play hockey as an adult, and it was a painful initiation into the game. Constant falls, brutal crashes…

BetaKit January 6, 2016

If 2014 was a big year for Canadian startups, then 2015 was uncharted territory. Not only did the startup community reach a…

Tom Emrich December 31, 2015

2016 is just around the corner, and with a new year comes new opportunities. 2015 was definitely a big year for wearable tech…

Douglas Soltys December 30, 2015

2015 was an incredible year for Canadians startups, and BetaKit was there to document the highs and lows every step of the…

Tom Emrich December 29, 2015

It’s definitely been a big year for wearable tech. We’ve seen IPOs (Fitbit), major acquisitions, (Misfit and Fossil, Recon…

Tom Emrich December 24, 2015

2015 was definitely a big year for wearables. IDC forecasts that this year, 80 million wearable units will have shipped globally,…

Douglas Soltys December 23, 2015

Earlier this week, BetaKit broke the news that Ariel Garten, founder of InteraXon, had stepped down as CEO, replaced by the…

Jessica Galang December 18, 2015

As the first of 25,000 refugees in Canada have started arriving, a few Canadian startups are doing their part to make newcomers…

Nik Badminton December 17, 2015

In 2015, we have seen so many technologies come to the forefront. Just before the end of each year I look to the developments…

Douglas Soltys December 16, 2015

Toronto-based CellWand released an app this week that might calm the nerves of a nation collectively freaking out over Uber.…

Douglas Soltys December 15, 2015

BetaKit Senior Editor Tom Emrich is the voice of wearable technology in Canada. But from where doth his love of wearables spring?…

Daniel Bader December 11, 2015

“Pebble has money,” says Eric Migicovsky. The CEO of Pebble, the company that all but popularized the smartwatch…

Jonathon Narvey December 10, 2015

Vancouver’s Launch Academy co-founder and CEO, Ray Walia, smiles when he thinks about the 120,000 cups of free coffee served…

Jessica Galang December 9, 2015

Heather Payne believes she’s always been a “community person.” The founder of HackerYou was in Girl Guides as a child,…

Jessica Galang December 7, 2015

Before he was prime minister of Canada, Paul Martin spent his teen years working in northern Canada alongside indigenous people—…