Fall economic update includes more VC for cleantech, $800 million injection to Strategic Innovation Fund
On Wednesday, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau presented the government’s fall economic update for 2018. The update…
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Federal government invests $2.28 million in Bioenterprise Corporation
FedDev Ontario has announced an investment of $2.28 million in the Bioenterprise Corporation agri-tech accelerator. The announcement…
Alberta tech companies receive $21 million from federal government
As part of the Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative, the Canadian government has announced close to $21 million to help 16…
Canadian government releases funding for three superclusters
The Canadian government has confirmed funding to three of its five planned superclusters. The Globe and Mail had previously…
Canadian government investing $13 million in satellite company NorthStar Earth and Space
The Canadian government has announced a $13 million investment in NorthStar Earth and Space, a Montreal-based startup that…
RBC partners with Copenhagen FinTech to help connect Danish and Ontario ecosystems
In December 2017, the Government of Ontario and Copenhagen FinTech signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a partnership…
Toronto Mayor John Tory “taking nothing for granted” when it comes to Collision in 2019
The Mayor of Toronto may be wearing a walking boot, but it’s not slowing him down during Web Summit in Lisbon. Mayor John…
Applications open for $20 million Women Entrepreneurship Fund
The Canadian government has opened applications for its $20 million Women Entrepreneurship Fund. The fund will provide up to…
Ahead of Collision 2019, federal, provincial, and municipal governments team up to sell Canada at Web Summit
A day before Web Summit began in Lisbon, Canadian startups, government officials, and foreign investors convened for the Canada…
Government reveals seven recipients of $50 million in VCCI funding
The Canadian government has revealed the seven recipients of $50 million total from the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative,…
General Fusion raises $49.3 million to develop clean alternative for power generation
The Government of Canada has announced a $49.3 million investment in clean technology company General Fusion. Launched in 2002,…
OCS has processed over 150,000 legal cannabis orders to date
Canadians celebrated October 17 by blazing up all over the country. On this day, purchasing cannabis became north of the border.…
Fifty-one Ontario municipalities had problems voting online
On October 22, Ontarians took to the polls to vote in their local municipal elections. In 51 of the 191 districts that utilize…
Canadian government launches Digital Academy for public service workers
The Canadian government has created a Digital Academy specifically for public service workers. Hosted at the Canada School…
Is Canada fine with being the world’s tech branch plant? (CanCon ep. 132)
So North America has a ‘new NAFTA’, named USMCA (pronounced ‘you-smacka’, courtesy Paul Wells). While…