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General Fusion raises $33.5 million CAD as it renews focus on Canadian project

General Fusion delays demonstration plant construction in UK for machine development in Canada. Vancouver fusion energy company General Fusion has raised $33.5 million…

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CleanBC Industry Fund opens applications for round three of funding
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Meet BC Tech’s first Innovators Hall of Fame inductees

Honourees include leaders from BC Tech Association, CIBC, D-Wave. In partnership with the Government of British Columbia, tech industry association BC Tech has…

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Latest Alberta, BC budgets target talent shortage with otherwise minimal new tech investment
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Latest Alberta, BC budgets target talent shortage with otherwise minimal new tech investment

Industry stakeholders had hoped to see more for tech and SMBs. Though British Columbia (BC) and Alberta’s latest budgets allocate some funding towards each…

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BC holds consultations on employment standards for gig workers as Uber, Lyft offer own visions

The next steps for regulating gig work are uncertain, says BC’s parliamentary secretary for the sustainable economy. A gig driver in Victoria claims that…

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New BC innovation minister Brenda Bailey lays out how she plans to support province’s tech, innovation

Minister: “the most important thing in our tech sector … is people, and this government is very serious about continuing our competitive advantage of people.”…

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