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Major recruit: Calian hires ex-army officer to grow defence business

Calian Group has hired a former high-ranking military officer to spearhead efforts to grow its defence business. The...

Top of Mind in Tech: Richard L’Abbé on staying tenacious in tough times

The tech sector today is much different than it was in 1982, when Ottawa entrepreneur Richard L'Abbé co-founded Med-Eng Systems Inc. at the age of 24.

Former Shopify, AWS exec Gandhi tapped to lead Pythian’s Canadian growth push

Big-data analytics and cloud services provider Pythian has hired former Shopify executive Shawn Gandhi to help boost...

Telesat adds former Rogers executive to C-suite in bid to beef up network engineering expertise

Ottawa-based Telesat has added a former high-ranking executive at Rogers Communications to its C-suite as it gears...

How a cancer diagnosis further fuelled tech CEO Julia Slanina’s passion for women’s health care

Ottawa tech founder Julia Slanina has dedicated her career to women’s health care, but she never expected to be the one wearing the hospital gown. 

Techopia Live: Plantaform bursting to life in 2025

Plantaform is beginning the new year with a bang. The Gatineau-based company, which aims to “revolutionize smart indoor gardening,” just kickstarted its U.S. expansion by exhibiting at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. At CES, Plantaform won three major awards, including Best of Innovation in the food and agritech category.

U.S. tariffs could become catalyst to bolster Canadian food supply chains, agritech firms say

Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump has threatened high tariffs on imports from countries including Canada, raising concerns about inflation within the U.S. but also the potentially devastating impact on Canadian agriculture and food companies as well as consumers.

Tech firms look to Europe for direction after prorogation wipes parliamentary bills

Canadian tech companies say they are patching together their own standards, mostly borrowed from European laws, to...

Techopia Live: Grassroots group tinkers with AI

There is a global race to embrace AI. Countries and regions are making investments and mapping out strategies to accelerate AI adoption.

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