In Canada’s realm of seasonal extremes, wildfire season becomes to ski season faster than you can say “Pumpkin Spice Latte.” The country’s winter-obsessed have a new toy to test out this year: the Air Dock. No, it’s not from Apple. The Air Dock, a slickly engineered piece of hardware for skiers, hails from Après Equipment. […]
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CENGN Expands Living Lab Services with IP Support from Key B.C. Orgs
Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks has added two organizations based in British Columbia as its latest members. New Ventures BC and Innovate BC have joined CENGN, immediately adding benefits to the Centre’s Living Lab Initiative. Designed to help Canadian startups and scaleups bring their solutions to market, CENGN’s Living Lab Initiative provides […]
$1M Tech Project Targets Power for Emergency Response Aircraft in BC
Two companies based in British Columbia are receiving provincial support to deploy technology aimed at strengthening backup power reliability for general aviation aircraft in the region. Up to $1 million through B.C.’s Integrated Marketplace is earmarked for Abbotsford-based Fast Air to deploy a mobile battery and solar power system developed by Richmond-based Holinova at the […]
Demanding Accountability, Province Sues OpenAI Over Tumbler Ridge Tragedy
On February 10, a mass shooting rocked the remote northern region of Tumbler Ridge. It has since been suggested that the events of that horrific day—which left several dead and dozens injured in a rural B.C. community of just over 2,000—may have been inspired by the utilization of a rapidly emerging technology: artificial intelligence. In […]
Vancouver Startup Advances a Cleaner Way to Access Critical Minerals
Vancouver’s Green Manganese announced recently that it has successfully completed initial metallurgical test work. The startup’s closed-loop, water-based process recovers manganese and other minerals from low-grade ores and legacy and industrial tailings that conventional smelting cannot treat economically. The test demonstrated that the Canadian cleantech startup’s proprietary hydro-metallurgical process can recover multiple critical metals from poly-metallic […]
Three B.C. Cleantech Startups to Pitch Live at 2026 TIAs Gala
Three British Columbia startups will compete live for the Company of the Year – Startup Award at the 2026 Technology Impact Awards Gala. BC Tech selected Lite-1 Bio, Tersa Critical Minerals and Viridis following its annual Dragons’ Den Pitch Night, where seven startups presented to a panel of industry experts at Global Relay’s Gastown office. […]
InBC and eFund Launch $4 Million Pool to Back Early-Stage B.C. Tech
British Columbia startups will gain access to a new source of early-stage capital through a co-investment partnership between InBC Investment Corp. and the eFund angel network. The two organizations are each committing $2 million to the initiative, creating an initial $4 million pool to invest in scalable technology companies based in B.C. InBC and eFund […]
This App Lets You Explore Vancouver Island with Devices ‘Out of the Way’
An entrepreneur based on Vancouver Island has launched an app to help folks explore the region better. Diogo Travassos, who came to Canada by way of Brazil, is the founder of Finback Digital. Launched this year, Finback Digital’s flagship offering is Camena Tours—a mobile app that doesn’t actually want you on your phone. The audio […]
New Ventures BC Set to Crown Province’s Next Startup Champion
After seven months of mentorship, workshops, pitches, and evaluations, the 2026 New Ventures BC Competition is ready for its final act. The province’s longest-running startup competition will crown this year’s winners on September 21 at the VIFF Centre in Vancouver, with more than $250,000 in cash and prizes on the line. A record 283 companies […]
TryCanadian Launches Digital Directory for North-of-the-Border Alternatives
Amidst ongoing trade tensions with the US, a startup out of Vancouver is helping consumers shop from Canadian sources. “At a time of economic uncertainty and growing trade tensions, choosing Canadian when it makes sense can help keep more of that economic activity at home,” states the TryCanadian platform, a digital database for north-of-the-border alternatives. […]