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How Can BC Tech Turn Our COVID Crisis Into Opportunity And Global Leadership?

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It’s tough to get through a news story today without reading the word “crisis.” COVID has been brutal on our public health and our economy. An alarming 230,000 British Columbians are currently out of work, with the impact hitting women and young people hardest. On top of this, the ongoing climate emergency threatens B.C.’s food […]

Addy Lets You Invest In A Starbucks Drive-thru Location

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Vancouver proptech startup addy has launched its second real estate investment opportunity and this time around it is a commercial property in Chilliwack. Located at the southwest corner of Airport Road and Yale Road, the property is equipped with a drive-thru and is currently tenanted to Starbucks. The site is comprised of 2,100 square feet […]

Nano One Partners With Global Cathode Material Producer

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Nano One has entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with a multi-billion-dollar Asian cathode material producer. According to Dan Blondal, CEO of Nano One, this producer, based outside of China, wishes to remain unnamed at present due to the highly competitive state of the lithium ion battery supply chain. Nano One has developed, patented […]

Ag-tech Investor Ospraie Increases Ownership Stake In CubicFarms

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Ospraie Ag Science has increased its ownership stake in CubicFarms. Ospraie paid $5.25 million to purchase 7.5 million additional common shares in the publicly traded company. Before the Transaction, Ospraie owned approximately 18.9% of the company on a non-diluted basis. Ospraie now owns almost 30 million common shares of CubicFarms, representing just over 25% of […]

Digital Technology Supercluster Completes $60 Million Investment in COVID-19 Program

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The Digital Technology Supercluster has announced the completion of its $60 million investment in the COVID-19 Program, launched in April to contribute to Canada’s Plan to Mobilize Industry to fight COVID-19. The fifteen projects announced round out the Program which addresses the biggest challenges presented by COVID-19. Members are addressing the diagnosis and treatment of […]

Plurilock Receives Funding For Passwordless Authentication Technology

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Victoria’s Plurilock is receiving advisory services and $120,000 in funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) for a research and development project. The funding will support Plurilock’s passwordless authentication initiative, which is designed to enable users to log in to computing environments and systems without having to perform […]

Alaska Airlines Welcomes PressReader To Lounges With Partnership

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Alaska Airlines, the fifth-largest US airline based on passenger traffic, has partnered with Vancouver’s PressReader to bring global content to all Alaska Lounges across the U.S. PressReader provides the largest all-you-can-read platform of newspapers and magazines where people can discover relevant and trusted content from anywhere in the world. Eligible guests at Alaska Lounges will benefit […]

Supercluster Delivers For Food-X’s eGrocery Management Solution

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The Digital Technology Supercluster is providing Food-X Technologies with an additional $2.6 million to enhance its eGrocery Management Solution (eGMS) for retailers to scale safe food delivery. This new funding is ten times the initial amount raised for a feasibility study announced in April, allowing Food-X to continue leading the collaboration of prominent companies, including […]