Also chosen were First Nations Economics, a charity that will support up to 60 Indigenous women with mentoring, business capability development, and networks, as well as Dean Foley’s Barayamal, which will deliver a pre-accelerator supporting up to 80 Aboriginal...
That was the subject line of a recent email with a clear ask that actually caught my attention.
And as an investor who receives dozens of startup pitches and even more follow-ups each week that’s saying something. It wasn’t...
Canada and British Columbia recently announced $236 million in joint federal and provincial funding.
The $236M of capital is earmarked for eight projects designed to bring high-speed Internet access to remote and rural communities throughout the province.
The eight projects will...
RBC is growing its presence in British Columbia with an expansion of its Vancouver banking and innovation hub.
The downtown hub, which opened last November, currently has 350 employees and is expected to grow to 600 employees by the end...
BC Tech has announced the 2026 inductees into the BC Innovators Hall of Fame, recognizing two leaders who have helped shape British Columbia’s technology and knowledge economy.
Darren Entwistle, President and CEO of TELUS, and Joy Johnson, President and Vice-Chancellor...
Bureau this week opened its first showroom in Europe.
The soundproof workspace company is the fusion of two companies, one from Australia and one from Vancouver.
“What started as an idea in Vancouver is now a global business reshaping the way...
With the war in Iran and economic concerns putting pressure on consumers and how they spend their money, Whirlpool is having to adjust to Americans delaying big-ticket purchases while also raising prices to help stabilize its North American business.
The...
A group of prominent Senate Democrats sent a letter on Thursday to Brendan Carr, the Trump-aligned Federal Communications Commission chair, asking him to rescind the US media regulator’s order last week requiring ABC to apply early to renew its...
February, 1982. The startup cable news channel, CNN, is not yet two years old. It’s bleeding $2m a month. To help make payroll, owner Ted Turner, known as the “mouth of the south” for his brazen behavior, is cashing...
The utility industry is quietly dispatching a network of front groups to thwart the growing push for public power across the US – a push that comes amid mounting frustration over sky-high utility bills, electric outages, a slow transition...
