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May 16, 2013 - Telus (TSX:T) has entered into an agreement to purchase Ontario-based wireless carrier Mobilicity for $380 million, both companies announced this morning. Full Article
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Telus to acquire troubled Mobilicity for $380 million
May 16, 2013 - Telus (TSX:T) has entered into an agreement to purchase Ontario-based wireless carrier Mobilicity for $380... Full Article
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Rise in TV streaming on devices puts strain on Wi-Fi
May 14, 2013 - Telecoms not conflicted over providing cable vs. internet – they are much more concerned about Wi-Fi... Full Article
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Ballard Power expects European sales bump
May 15, 2013 - Ballard Power Systems expects that its fuel cell technology will power 80% of the zero-emission buses used in ... Full Article
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Ballard Power expects European sales bump
May 15, 2013 -
Ballard Power Systems expects that its fuel cell technology will power 80% of the zero-emission buses used in public transit systems on European...
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Local game-makers winning in new space
May 14, 2013 -
As big players such as EA suffer, free-to-play game sector creates new crop of small, independent Vancouver studios
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Rise in TV streaming on devices puts strain on Wi-Fi
May 14, 2013 -
Telecoms not conflicted over providing cable vs. internet – they are much more concerned about Wi-Fi capacity
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Canadian cellphone bills have risen 13% since start of year: report
May 13, 2013 -
The average Canadian cellphone bill has increased $9 since last year to an average of $77 per month, according to a J.D. Power & Associates...
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Avcorp sees decline in revenue after loss of Cessna contract
May 10, 2013 -
Delta-based Avcorp Industries is reporting a decline in revenue following the loss of major client Cessna Aircraft....
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App developer QuickMobile closes $3.2 million investment
May 07, 2013 -
Vancouver app developer QuickMobile has secured $3.2 million in investment.
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Technology report: Top tech firms tapped
May 07, 2013 -
BCTIA finalists develop a range of technologies for markets around the world
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Technology report: New app promises to simplify everything from paying for a latté to meeting new people
May 07, 2013 -
Victoria company develops optical recognition software that provides secure identification and could tap into a $650 billion business
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Technology report: City's new mobile environment
May 07, 2013 -
Vancouver enhancing digital strategy to improve productivity and efficiency
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LX Ventures continues corporate acquisition spree
May 06, 2013 -
Vancouver's LX Ventures (TSX-V:LXV), the high-tech incubator headed by venture capitalist Mike Edwards, announced May 3 that it is acquiring...
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Vancouver company unveils world's smallest HD dome camera
May 03, 2013 -
Vancouver's Avigilon Corp. (TSX:AVO), a video surveillance equipment and software company, announced this week that it has created what it says is ...
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Canadian tech startups no longer looking to leave: PwC
May 02, 2013 -
Significantly fewer Canadian technology startup companies are looking to exit the market by finding buyers than last year, according to a PwC...
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Progrid's app makes sure they get the message
Apr 30, 2013 -
Vancouver company develops technology that can deliver company or personal messages simultaneously via app, email, text or phone
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Gene patenting could be a 'Pandora's box' for researchers
Apr 30, 2013 -
Court decision could have implications for personalized medicine research: Genome BC
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BCTIA names finalists for 2013 technology impact awards
Apr 29, 2013 -
Layer 7, the highly successful Vancouver software company that is being acquired by IT giant CA Technologies, is one of four finalists this year...
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Functional Technologies seeks creditor protection
Apr 29, 2013 -
Functional Technologies Corp. (TSX-V:FEB), a Vancouver-based biotech that has been commercializing a yeast-based product that prevents the...
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Canada should rework R&D tax credits: C.D. Howe
Apr 25, 2013 -
Canada should invest more money in research and development, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report released this morning....
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LX Ventures to acquire another Vancouver startup
Apr 24, 2013 -
Vancouver's LX Ventures (TSX-V:LXV), the high-tech incubator headed by venture capitalist Mike Edwards, announced Tuesday it is acquiring...
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Digital age to take $1 billion gouge from Canada Post business
Apr 24, 2013 -
Canada Post may not go the way of the Pony Express any time soon, but the national mail carrier is facing a financial crisis due to falling......
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Roam Mobility inks partnership with London Drugs
Apr 24, 2013 -
Roam Mobility, the Vancouver technology startup born out of consumer frustration with high roaming charges, has struck a partnership deal with...
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Vancouver’s Layer 7 acquired by U.S. company
Apr 23, 2013 -
A Vancouver company that specializes in technology that allows software programs to communicate with each has been acquired by CA......
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Port Coquitlam classroom goes digital
Apr 23, 2013 -
Grade 11 physics students at Riverside secondary school are the first in Canada to participate in a digital education pilot project with Samsung
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Facebook by far B.C.'s most liked social media network: poll
Apr 19, 2013 -
Two-thirds of British Columbians use Facebook at least once per week and half use it daily, according to an online survey conducted by pollster...
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Vancouver biotech receives U.S. patent for hair regeneration technology
Apr 18, 2013 -
Vancouver biotech RepliCel Life Sciences Inc. (OTCBB:REPCF)(CNSX:RP) has received a United States patent for its technology related to hair...
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Intrinsyc shuffles directors, staves off boardroom coup
Apr 18, 2013 -
Stonehouse Capital Management's attempted boardroom coup at Intrinsyc Software International Inc. (TSX:ICS) has resulted in the software company...
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Lululemon launches yoga app Om Finder
Apr 17, 2013 -
In the wake of a recent debacle in which Vancouver's Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Nasdaq: LULU; TSX:LLL) had to recall a......
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Vancouver software startup lands WestJet founder as chairman
Apr 16, 2013 -
Vancouver software startup Jostle has followed up successful financing rounds by landing WestJet co-founder Don Bell as its chairman....
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Troubled Vancouver biotech QLT announces US$200m dividend
Apr 16, 2013 -
The rapidly shrinking QLT Inc. (TSX:QLT) announced on April 15 that it plans to distribute US$200 million cash to shareholders, or about $3.95 per ...
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Here’s how to make your house smarter
Apr 16, 2013 -
NYCE Control makes wireless sensors for the growing home-monitoring market
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Vancouver firm develops restaurant reservation app for executive assistants
Apr 15, 2013 -
A Vancouver developer is launching a restaurant reservation app that specifically targets executive assistants, event planners and hotel concierge ...
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Feds announce $225m defence contract to Cascade Aerospace
Apr 12, 2013 -
The federal government has announced a $225 million defence contract for Abbotsford's Cascade Aerospace Inc. – the amount for which took the ...
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PC market plummets to historic lows in 2013’s first quarter
Apr 11, 2013 -
Global PC shipments are showing the steepest decline ever, a market intelligence firm reported today.
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Electronic Arts has new Vue on music
Apr 11, 2013 -
Gaming giant Electronic Arts has launched a new iPhone app that will help users match music to photos.
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New Okanagan startup fights online bullying, stalking
Apr 10, 2013 -
The brother of one of the founders of Club Penguin – the children’s virtual reality game that......
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Vancouver firm rolls out off-the-rack video
Apr 09, 2013 -
Cloud-based online video production company SoMedia rides video boom, prepares to file initial public offering
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MDA to provide satellite tracking to detect oil discharges
Apr 09, 2013 -
Richmond-based MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (TSX:MDA) has inked a US$1.7 million deal with the U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to ...
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Xenon named top life sciences company of B.C.
Apr 08, 2013 -
Xenon Pharmaceuticals has been awarded the LifeSciences British Columbia Life Sciences Company of the Year Award.
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City of Vancouver plans New York-style digital strategy
Apr 08, 2013 -
The City of Vancouver hopes to resolve the conflict between the fast pace of digital and the slow pace of government with its first digital...
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Vancouver company launches credit card rent payment system
Apr 05, 2013 -
Vancouver's RentMoola, an online and mobile payment network, has launched what it says is a secure platform for tenants to pay their rent via...
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HootSuite sees “dramatic” growth in 2013's first quarter
Apr 04, 2013 -
Vancouver social media management firm HootSuite achieved accelerated growth in the first quarter of 2013, the company announced this morning....
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Canada gets poor marks on innovation report card: Conference Board
Apr 04, 2013 -
Canada has received an overall "D" grade in terms of innovation, according to a Conference Board of Canada report released this morning....
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Vancouver software company partners with Samsung
Apr 03, 2013 -
Vancouver’s Absolute Software Corporation (TSX:ABT) has entered into a global partnership with Samsung Electronics, Absolute announced this...
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LifeLabs closes purchase of BC Biomedical Laboratories
Apr 03, 2013 -
LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services CEO Sue Paish confirmed to Business in Vancouver April 2 that she has closed the deal to buy BC Biomedical...
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HootSuite chosen to take on WrestleMania
Apr 02, 2013 -
Vancouver’s HootSuite will give wrestling fans the chance to sit ringside – virtually – at WWE’s WrestleMania event April...
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Crowdsourcing comes to emergency services’ aid
Apr 02, 2013 -
RDANA Technology uses GIS, mobile devices and social media to help first responders react more quickly when disaster strikes
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MacDonald Dettwiler sells $288m in shares to fund growth
Mar 28, 2013 -
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA), has closed the sale of 4,145,750 shares worth $288 million.
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Burgeoning biotechs bid adieu to constraints of B.C. business
Mar 26, 2013 -
Lack of access to venture capital and top executive talent forcing more budding stars to seek success in the U.S.
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Angiotech to sell subsidiary for $362m to pay off debt
Mar 26, 2013 -
In the latest chapter in the tale of the declining B.C. biotech industry, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced yesterday that it is to sell......
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Surrey report: Managing financial risk
Mar 26, 2013 -
Global uncertainty brings opportunities for Surrey financial software developer
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BlackBerry Jam pushes recipe for app success
Mar 26, 2013 -
BlackBerry, Wavefront encourage local developers to seize opportunity created by app vacuum
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Okanagan accelerator receives $1m boost from province
Mar 21, 2013 -
The Accelerate Okanagan Technology Association announced yesterday that it has received a $1 million investment from the provincial government,...
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Ballard stock gets much-needed lift from automaker
Mar 19, 2013 -
Volkswagen engineering contract throws Burnaby fuel-cell tech company a lifeline
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Facebook office to open in Vancouver – just in time for B.C. election
Mar 18, 2013 -
The Vancouver tech scene is abuzz after Facebook confirmed it is planning to open a temporary recruitment and training office in the city this...
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Local medical device registration startup accepted into Boston accelerator
Mar 18, 2013 -
A Vancouver startup that provides a cloud-based product registration service for medical device makers has been accepted into an accelerator...
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CounterPath announces distribution agreement
Mar 18, 2013 -
Vancouver’s CounterPath Corporation (TSX:CCV)(NASDAQ:CPAH) has announced a global distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc....
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Under-licensing of software costs Burnaby firm $78,000
Mar 12, 2013 -
A Burnaby security firm has agreed to pay $78,000 for software it didn't have a licence to use.
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Vancouver firm lands $1.5m investment in clean-energy project
Mar 12, 2013 -
The BC Bioenergy Network is investing $1.5 million in a $7.5 million Delta project demonstrating technology that cleans up landfill gas to create...
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Digital strategies: Special teams
Mar 12, 2013 -
Digital project managers partner with technologists to create a high-quality user experience
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Digital strategies: Channel surfing
Mar 12, 2013 -
Marketing strategy essential to choosing the right means of digital communication
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Digital strategies: Let's get digital
Mar 12, 2013 -
Marketing your business in the digital space can be extremely effective – but it has to be done right
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Ottawa cash key to clean-tech venture capitalist funding
Mar 12, 2013 -
More private investment dollars being directed into technology companies, but Canada’s clean-tech sector lagging behind information...
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Immersive Media pushing 360 degrees of innovation
Mar 12, 2013 -
Kelowna-based company that developed Google’s Street View puts the world in a bubble
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How to find calm inside a surge of innovation
Mar 11, 2013 -
A recurring theme in conversations with colleagues is the sense of feeling overwhelmed by digital – by wave after wave of emerging technologies...
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Ballard teams with Volkswagen in $60m-plus research agreement
Mar 07, 2013 -
Burnaby’s Ballard Power Systems has inked a long-term engineering service contract with the Volkswagen Group in Germany....
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How to take a technology innovation to market
Mar 05, 2013 -
Guest columnist Alexander Fernandes, CEO of the highly successful Vancouver surveillance technology company Avigilon, shares his secrets
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How to develop your company's online community
Mar 05, 2013 -
If you build it, they won't necessarily come, unless you're prepared to do the hard work of nurturing your community
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Engineering report: The soft side of engineers
Mar 05, 2013 -
Younger workers are embracing people skills, letting computers do the math
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Avigilon hits $100m mark, doubles revenue, triples stock value
Mar 04, 2013 -
Avigilon Corporation (TSX:AVO), the Vancouver maker of high-definition surveillance cameras, posted year-end financials that show why it is the...
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Burnaby’s S2G BioChem leads drive to create biofuels from beets
Feb 28, 2013 -
Burnaby biotech S2G BioChem has been tapped by the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers to study beets as a feedstock for making plant-based alternatives to ...
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EnWave launches new product line in U.S.
Feb 28, 2013 -
EnWave Corp. (TSX-V:ENW), the Vancouver-based company that uses microwaves in the processing of foods and pharmaceuticals, has entered a...
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Canada’s businesses missing Internet opportunities: RBC
Feb 27, 2013 -
Only 46% of Canadian businesses have websites and fewer than half of those (48%) are selling products and services through those sites, according...
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Wine review site WineAlign launches today in B.C.
Feb 27, 2013 -
Canada’s largest wine review site, WineAlign, launches in B.C. today amidst the just-rebranded Vancouver International Wine......
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Telus adds Ontario EMR provider to digital health portfolio
Feb 27, 2013 -
Telus (TSX:T) plans to add to its growing digital health business with the purchase of Ontario’s largest electronic medical records (EMR)...
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MDA military satellite launched from India
Feb 26, 2013 -
A new satellite built by Richmond company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. for the Canadian military was launched from India yesterday....
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Technology could be stifling your company’s growth
Feb 26, 2013 -
Uninformed software choices can worsen rather than fix problems, consultants say
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B.C. mobile phone service providers get BlackBerry boost
Feb 26, 2013 -
But intense Canadian loyalty to the BlackBerry brand might not be enough to reverse smartphone maker's steep global market decline
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Local tech venture capitalist buys Vancouver crowdfunding startup Weeve
Feb 15, 2013 -
A Vancouver startup that developed a platform that allows charities to harness the power of crowdfunding is being acquired by a new tech venture...
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UrtheCast lands deal with Discovery Science Channel
Feb 14, 2013 -
The Vancouver company that is putting high-definition cameras in space has signed its first deal with a TV broadcaster....
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Wavefront on track to create 150 new companies: study
Feb 13, 2013 -
Vancouver wireless accelerator Wavefront generated $37 million in GDP across Canada between 2009 and 2012, according to a new economic impact...
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Anti-spam legislation threatens to freeze out cold calls
Feb 12, 2013 -
New law to fine companies millions for emailing potential customers without prior consent
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Vancouver's Strangeloop sells to Israeli technology company
Feb 08, 2013 -
Two companies involved in making it easier and safer to access software on mobile devices are becoming one.
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Web traffic from devices increasing dramatically
Feb 07, 2013 -
Businesses that have optimized their websites for tablets and smartphones may be developing a distinct advantage over those that haven’t,...
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BlackBerry to showcase new product in Vancouver
Feb 06, 2013 -
Vancouverites curious about the much-hyped new BlackBerry 10 will have the opportunity to test the new product at a forum February 13, according...
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Polycom to close Burnaby engineering office, 50-plus job losses
Feb 05, 2013 -
Global communications technology company Polycom is to close its Burnaby engineering office at the end of March, affecting the 75 employees...
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Vancouver startups tap new tech to target job hunters
Feb 05, 2013 -
Websites cater to the shifting online expectations of young career seekers
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New app helps NHL players, fans kiss and make up
Feb 04, 2013 -
A Vancouver startup has developed a new app that may help NHL players win back the affections of fans following a prolonged lockout....
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Three Vancouver tech startups admitted to Waterloo incubator
Feb 04, 2013 -
Three alumni of Vancouver's Centre4Growth accelerator – BeanEvo, ESL Explorer and ViewsIQ – are among the 11 Canadian startups that...
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Richmond battery maker creates joint venture in Africa
Jan 31, 2013 -
Richmond's Corvus Energy has entered a joint venture with an African manufacturer to create a new company that will produce Corvus batteries for...
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Canadian rivals beat Vancouver in “Intelligent Communities” ranking
Jan 31, 2013 -
Two Canadian cities have been named to the 2013 top seven "Intelligent Communities" list by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum (ICF)...
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