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BlackBerry shares jump amid takeover talk

BlackBerry Ltd. shares surged nearly 11 per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange after a research report...

Canadian economy grows at 3.7% in Q1, fuelled by household spending, business investment

Canada's economy picked up steam in the first three months of this year, driven by consumer spending,...

As mobile data use surges, Canadian telecom firms spend billions upgrading networks

Internet and mobile providers must invest in infrastructure to keep up with a booming consumer appetite for...

Scotiabank wraps solid big bank earnings season, but loan growth concerns persist

Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) reported a 30 per cent surge in profits Tuesday, closing out a quarter that saw...

NAFTA talks will start in August: Here’s how the calendar looks

The Canadian government says it expects negotiations to start this summer for a new North American Free...

Update: Ontario to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019

One year before a general election, Ontario's Liberal government is promising sweeping changes to labour laws that...

Nortel Canada to start paying billions to creditors

Nortel Canada's long-suffering creditors will finally begin to receive their share of more than US$4 billion to...

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

Canada's Ocean Playground votes: It could be a close call Tuesday night in Nova Scotia's provincial election....

Famed Ottawa hair stylist and entrepreneur Rinaldo remembered as ‘great man’

An Ottawa hair stylist whose scissors tended to the tresses of some of the country's biggest political...

Free trade, climate among issues on Trudeau agenda at G7 summit in Italy

Canada is planning to champion the benefits of free trade and action on climate change at the...
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
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