Technology

Vancouver startups moving to Surrey for a better shot at getting products to market

When Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) brought Hassan Hamza to Canada from Egypt in the 1970s, it was to use his expertise in the chemistry of coal to fix Canada’s “dirty” coal problem.

Think-tank’s visit signals city’s transition from bedroom community to tech hub

A New Westminster, B.C., company is looking to bring to the western market an environmentally friendly paper designed to minimize wood fibre use and already commonplace in Asian countries with limited wood supplies.

Technologies that allow consumers to interact with print seen as the sector’s future

Bell Mobility (TSX:BCE) and subsidiary Virgin Mobile Canada have been hit with a $750-million class-action lawsuit following allegations they tracked and sold sensitive customer data as part of a now-cancelled relevant ads program (RAP) .

Business-messaging app Slack continues to bulk up its funding at nearly the same rate it’s adding users.

Telus (TSX:T) is promising to enhance its wireless networks and boost broadband coverage in B.C. as it invests $4 billion in additional infrastructure for the company through 2018.

It’s been just over 10 years since French conglomerate Schneider Electric bought Victoria-based Power Measurement.

A glance out of the second-storey window of the Health Tech Innovation Hub reveals a dozen or so doctors and nurses dressed in scrubs, heading across the street from Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH).