Vancouver’s AbCellera announced today that it has broken ground on an expanded global headquarters in Vancouver in anticipation of adding hundreds of employees to its current 250-person workforce over the next few years. “We’re building state-of-the-art facilities in Vancouver to accelerate the development of new antibody therapies with biotech and pharma partners from around the world,” […]
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YouTuber Jamie Pine Launches Startup Notify From Vancouver
Vancouver startup Notify allows you to subscribe directly to your favorite content creators, no matter what platform they’re publishing on. Co-founded by YouTube and Twitch creator Jaime Pine and engineer Matteo Martellini, the Notify app recently launched on iOS and Android. Notify allows creators to send push notifications for content hosted anywhere including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitch, Twitter, and […]
Curatio Partners To Launch Canada-Wide COVID-19 Home Monitoring Program
Vancouver startup Curatio is joining forces with fellow virtual care providers Maple and Cloud DX to create a new Canada-wide COVID-19 home monitoring program. The program will allow Canadian healthcare organizations to ‘decant’ COVID-19 patients to their homes equipped with remote automated monitoring technology, efficient clinical oversight and daily disease management support via virtual care. […]
An Founder’s Advice: Attracting Top Talent In BC’s Tech Industry, Now
Access to top talent has long been one of the biggest constraints for founders looking to grow and scale a tech company in B.C. With the current shift towards a digital economy, skilled tech workers are in higher demand than ever. Tech job postings in Canada were up 30% from pre pandemic levels in early […]
TraceSafe Joins TELUS Procurement Ecosystem
Vancouver’s Tracesafe is now part of TELUS’ Procurement Ecosystem. As part of the Enterprise Safe Return to Work Solution on the TELUS IoT ecosystem, TraceSafe products offer contactless entry, location intelligence, and proximity alerts. With high-capacity BLE beacons and year-long battery lives, TraceSafe devices are cost-effective and can significantly reduce enterprise costs. “TELUS has access […]
Vancouver City Council Approves Formula E Race Starting In 2022
Last week we asked if Formula E racing could be coming to Vancouver in 2022. In a 9-1 vote tonight, Vancouver City Council approved a partnership with Canadian promoter of the Formula E World Championship to bring the all-electric, open wheel vehicle race event to the city at no cost to the municipal government. The […]
Dapper Labs Reveals Plans For Their Next NFT Marketplace – Celebrities
Vancouver’s Dapper Labs is partnering with the celebrity-driven avatar tech company Genies to build a new marketplace on Dapper Labs’ Flow blockchain. Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences in the real world. Getting their start with collecting and breeding digital at CryptoKitties—the world’s most successful blockchain game—the Vancouver studio also lets basketball […]
How to Switch from Sitting to Standing at Work—And Why It Matters
We know that sitting for extended periods of time yields negative outcomes. You know that, right? A sedentary lifestyle, whether led by 9-to-5 desk jobs or laziness, can have major implications on weight management, cardiovascular health, and metabolic effectiveness, among other important areas of our wellbeing. We sit in our car, and on the train, […]
Canada, it’s Time We Address Our Soft Skills Deficit – Before It’s Too Late
The value of soft skills is undeniable. It’s time Canada realizes that. Overlooked and overshadowed, Canada’s fixation on hard skills training has turned soft skills into an afterthought. This is a problem and is leading to what many are calling a Soft Skills Deficit. I couldn’t agree more. Although our initial emphasis on hard skills […]
East Side Games Announces Partnership With Vancouver’s TinyRex Games
Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG) has announced their 5th partnership, adding three new titles to their 2022 roster. The LEAF Mobile subsidiary has inked a partnership with Vancouver’s TinyRex Games for the global release of three mobile games on iOS and Android. TinyRex Games is a mobile games studio founded by Kenny Huang, Haig Sakouyan, Tim […]