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 […]
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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. […]
EarthDaily Clears Path to Supply Satellite Imagery to Ottawa
Vancouver-based EarthDaily Analytics has secured a standing offer that could make its commercial satellite imagery more accessible across the federal government. The company has been awarded a Government of Canada National Master Standing Offer for Commercial Satellite Imagery, establishing a pre-approved procurement framework through which eligible departments and agencies can purchase EarthDaily imagery and related […]
Five B.C. Startups Selected for 2026 Ocean Startup Challenge
Five British Columbia startups developing technologies for seafood safety, coastal resilience, maritime operations and ocean monitoring have been selected for the 2026 Ocean Startup Challenge. The B.C.-based members of the 15-company national cohort are A-Scent Innovations, FluxAtlas, InBridge AI, Retide Labs and Sailbotix. Organized by the Ocean Startup Project, the Challenge helps early-stage ocean technology […]
AI’s Speed Debate Takes Centre Stage at Dreamforce
The CEOs of Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic converged at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, bringing one of the tech industry’s most consequential debates directly onto its biggest enterprise stage. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff during the opening keynote. Hours later, OpenAI CEO Sam […]