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Burcon NutraScience raises $5.75m in share offering

Burcon NutraScience raises $5.75m in share offering

Burcon NutraScience Corp. (TSX:BU) has raised $5.75 million through share offering and plans to use the investment to help commercialize its process for adding protein to sports drinks.
Electric vehicle rebate program undersubscribed

Electric vehicle rebate program undersubscribed

Car makers cherry-picking where to make EV options available
Payfirma, UrtheCast make national top 20 innovators list

Payfirma, UrtheCast make national top 20 innovators list

Payfirma, the Vancouver mobile payment company that turns tablets into point of sales terminals, will be among 20 Canadian companies recognized by the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) at a banquet in Toronto tonight.
E-beam targets E.coli enterprise

E-beam targets E.coli enterprise

Port Coquitlam company's irradiation technology could cut contamination in meat and other foods but is not approved for use in Canada
Innovation or bust

Innovation or bust

Constant, consistent forward movement is needed for any organization to survive
HootSuite HQ expands into City of Vancouver-owned site

HootSuite HQ expands into City of Vancouver-owned site

Social media management software company HootSuite is moving into a larger head office in Vancouver thanks to a deal that the company struck with city hall.
GrowLab announces its 2012 winter cohort companies

GrowLab announces its 2012 winter cohort companies

Vancouver's GrowLab has announced the five new startup companies that have been chosen to participate in its winter 2012 program, the startup accelerator stated yesterday.
U.S. military snaps up Surrey firm’s earthquake power-cutting device

U.S. military snaps up Surrey firm’s earthquake power-cutting device

Softac’s QuakeTrip detects quake tremors and shuts off a building’s power and gas to reduce fire risk
Absolute Software acquires IT help-desk software provider LiveTime

Absolute Software acquires IT help-desk software provider LiveTime

Absolute Software Corp. (TSX: ABT) announced this morning that it has completed the acquisition of LiveTime Software, a privately held company with offices in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia.
CUPE job action continues at VCC

CUPE job action continues at VCC

Canadian Union of Public Employees picketers shut down Vancouver Community College and the British Columbia Institute of Technology yesterday in the third one-day shutdown of the union’s drive to resume bargaining talks with the provincial government.