By Christine Wong The tour is over but the journey is just getting started for Startup Canada. At least, that’s what I’m hoping. Startup Canada has accomplished a mindboggling milestone by visiting 36
The federal government is putting more money into cybersecurity. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Wednesday Ottawa will spend $155million over the next five years through the Canadian Cyber IncidentResponse Centre, up from
By Alexandra Reid Ottawa’s startup ecosystem received some much-needed support this month as TheCodeFactory launched Government to Startup (G2S), an incubator program developed by the learning centre’s founder and president Ian Graham to address the challenges faced by
By Leo Valiquette Government, particularly Canada’s federal government, isn’t known for being a bold early adopter of new technology and certainly not an entity eager to play the role of guinea pig. But
Just days after Ottawa asked for input on how to spend $400 million in new venture capital funding, a new study suggests government programs have almost no influence on entrepreneurs launching startups in
Here's the startup news making headlines today on other Web sites and blogs.New Brunswick events Deloitte is hosting three events in New Brunswick during June 6 and 7 that will be of interest
Although Canada's consumers are among the most connected in the world, our businesses lag behind their U.S. counterparts in fully harnessing the power of e-commerce, a federal government report suggests.Smartphone use penetration shouldreach
By Brian Jackson The federal government continued limping along in its support of the Do Not Call List with the budget. The stop-gap funding was tagged on as an afterthought to support what
The federal government is injecting $19 million into six research projects exploring new technologies in Canada's hard hit auto sector, Industry Canada announced today.Past Automotive Partnership Canadaprojects have included research into this electric
John Berry, who as head of U.S. Office of Personnel Management is responsible for the needs of 1.9 million federal workers, wants to improve the working conditions of government employees by increasing telecommuting
The U.S. federal government is worried about the Swine Flu (official name: 2009 H1N1 influenza virus). There have been predictions by experts of two or three times the normal number of flu related
As the spate of layoffs continue unabated, the country's much vaunted employment insurance (EI) system offers little solace to laid off IT workers.Years of cutbacks have severely curtailed what they can hope to
The Federal government's decision to create a comprehensive system for future online collaboration and social networking projects is growing proof that Canada acknowledges the explosive potential of Web 2.0, industry experts say."This definitely
Billionaire entrepreneur and Mitel chairman Terry Matthews –Sir Terry if you happen to visit him in Britain – has spread his investments into golf resorts and film, but he still works mainly from
