NACO receives $710,000 from feds to increase presence in Western, Atlantic Canada
The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) has received $710,000 from the federal government as it is working to increase…
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BC tech orgs lobby federal, provincial governments for scale-up funding
A collection of innovation-focused organizations in British Columbia (BC) are pushing the federal and provincial governments…
Alberta Enterprise Corporation invests additional $5 million in Accelerate Fund III
The Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC) has made an additional investment of $5 million into its third early-stage angel co-investment…
New proposed parameters for emergency wage subsidy that would be in place until December
The federal government has revealed what the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) could look like until the end of its tenth…
Canadian organizations receive $15 million through federal government’s anti-racism program
Eighty-five Canadian businesses and organizations are receiving a cumulative $15 million from the federal government through…
Government invests $20 million in Terrestrial Energy as step towards net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050
Oakville-based nuclear tech company Terrestrial Energy has received a $20 million commitment from the federal government to…
Invest Ottawa receives $17 million to expand autonomous vehicle test facility
Economic development agency Invest Ottawa is expanding its autonomous vehicle test facility, Ottawa L5, and rebranding the…
Federal government doles out cumulative $13.4 million to four healthtech organizations
Four Toronto-based healthtech businesses and organizations have received a cumulative $13.4 million in loans and grants from…
New federal COVID-19 rent relief subsidy allows businesses to directly apply
The Government of Canada is launching a new federal rent relief program for businesses amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.…
Canadian procurement policies missing the mark for cleantech startups, says innovation council
Canada’s procurement incentives and policies are missing the mark for Canada’s high-growth cleantech startups, according…
Supercluster funding $74 million behind schedule, according to new PBO report
The federal government’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative is far behind its spending goals, according to a new report…
ShopHERE launches in Halifax with $100,000 in federal funding to help small businesses
ShopHERE powered by Google, the Digital Main Street program aimed to help independent small businesses and artists move their…
Trudeau government commits additional $600 million in COVID-19 relief for small, medium-sized businesses
The Canadian government is committing an additional $600 million to support small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) amid the…
Edtech startup OneClass to pay $100,000 for allegedly violating anti-spam legislation
Toronto-based EdTech startup OneClass has agreed to pay $100,000 to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission…
Federal government’s CERB replacement measures pass in the House
As the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) comes to an end this week, the federal government has passed a new bill that…