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Lighthouse Labs Announces $500K in Scholarships for Canadians Affected by COVID-19

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Lighthouse Labs announced today the launch of a new scholarship fund benefitting Canadians who are facing economic uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The scholarships will give recipients access to a selection of Lighthouse Labs’ full-time or part-time coding and data courses. “As a company, we thought long and hard about how we can […]

FORM Smart Swim Goggles Win 2020 Red Dot Award for Product Design

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Vancouver’s FORM is a winner of a Red Dot Award for Product Design for their FORM Smart Swim Goggles. The prestigious Red Dot award recognizes the FORM goggles for outstanding innovation, industry-leading design quality, and the unique experience they deliver to users. Launched in August of 2019, the FORM goggles are the first premium swimming […]

Staying Fit During a Global Pandemic, Vancouver Style

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Vancouver is known to have an active population. From yoga on the beach in summer to shredding the slopes all winter, Vancouver is no doubt a city of fit and fun folks. Staying fit requires training, of course, which explains why Vancouver boasts around 200 gyms. Always busy, these shops never close—until a global pandemic […]

Hiring And Onboarding During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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The world is in the middle of the biggest global pandemic we’ve seen in our lifetime. Our response to COVID-19 has meant the closure of non-essential businesses, the economics of which are leading us to what could be the next big global recession. It’s important to recognize and thank the front line workers who are […]

WELL Launches Automated Phone, SMS and Web-based COVID-19 Triage Tool

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WELL Health Technologies has launched a new tool that enables government and healthcare organizations on the front lines to effectively communicate and triage COVID-19 symptoms with Canadian citizens. The Automated COVID-19 Triage Tool (ACTT) is designed to quickly help anxious patients understand what they should do next. ACTT includes an automated phone triage tool that […]

Vancouver Innovators Invited to Showcase Themselves in Coffee-Table Book

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Vancouver innovators and innovation enablers will want to check out INNOVATE Vancouver. A 300+ page premium coffee-table book with A/R embedded pages, INNOVATE Vancouver will feature thought leader pieces by community leaders and industry-based chapters that highlight the organizations, companies, and people who create the network of innovators. “Vancouver is a young, picturesque city with […]

GoFetch Launches Free Pet Telehealth Amid COVID-19 Restrictions 

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Vancouver pet tech company GoFetch Health is offering free access to its veterinary telemedicine platform to help connect pet owners with veterinary clinics during the COVID-19 outbreak. “The veterinary profession is essential to ensuring pet health,” says Dr. Adam Little, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of GoFetch Health. “Like many small businesses, local practices are […]

Ready Launches Virtual Kiosks for Safe On-Premise Pick-up Food Ordering

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Vancouver’s Ready offers seamless self-pay and food ordering solutions to hospitality venues across North America. To assist businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ready has launched “virtual ordering kiosks” and is waiving its standard fees until June 1st so that venues will pay no extra than the cost of the transaction to […]

AbCellera Gets Financial Boost From PM Trudeau In Fight Against COVID-19

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AbCellera has received a big financial boost from the Canadian government in its fight against COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Vancouver-based biotech firm will share $192 million under the federal government’s new Strategic Innovation Fund’s COVID-19 stream. “Canada is home to some of the most skilled and brightest researchers in the world, […]