4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (465+ words) Waterloo Tech Week is returning to Kitchener and Waterloo for its second year, from Sept. 12 to 17. The decentralized tech conference’s calendar lists nearly 60 events organized by students, venture capital companies, tech startups, and local tech organizations. The conference is run…...

5+ day, 48+ min ago   (125+ words) The University of British Columbia (UBC) and a Prince George-based solar company are receiving support from the federal government to expand their tech amid ongoing trade pressures. ​From the source: “This funding positions us to expand our reach into European…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (779+ words) Data centre development is ramping up in Canada, with the giant facilities meant to power AI cropping up across the country. While the US has already spent several years building out the infrastructure behind the AI revolution, Canada is just…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (389+ words) BetaKit Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA), the provincial public agency responsible for investing in clean technology, has pumped nearly $51 million into more than a dozen projects it says could lower greenhouse gas emissions by more than 100,000 tonnes by 2030. The news: On…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (367+ words) BetaKit This year’s Elevate Festival will feature a star-studded lineup of guest speakers, including Kyle Lowry, who is not only widely considered to be the greatest Toronto Raptor of all time, but is the CEO of his own tech-focused venture…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (401+ words) A Canadian wildfire-detection startup is buying a US competitor’s business amid disastrous wildfires on both sides of the border. Vancouver-based SenseNet is acquiring the wildfire technology business of US company N5 Sensors, as the Canadian startup aims to grow its US…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (280+ words) A group of students at the University of Waterloo broke a world record for their amateur liquid rocket launch. The news: At the 2026 Launch Canada Challenge in Timmins, Ont. last week, the University of Waterloo Rocketry Team—which has roughly…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (546+ words) There were zero Canadian-led foodtech financings at the Series A stage or beyond during the first half of 2026, per a new report from the Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN). Guelph-based CFIN is a federal government-funded, industry-led not-for-profit tasked with connecting…...