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Green dreams: Ex-Canopy Growth exec tackles climate change with new funding platform

Mark Zekulin says he was seeking a venture that would do good and was in a field that was “as exciting and as dynamic” as the topsy-turvy world of cannabis.

Power people of Eastern Ontario’s civic and non-profit sector

From small community services to large non-profits, Eastern Ontario's non-profit organizations play their own role in driving economic and social change and development.

‘Y Combinator on steroids’: Former elite soldier, Shopify co-founder launch security-focused VC fund

While the white-collar world of venture capital financing might seem as far removed from the combat theatre of special military operations as Afghanistan is from Bay Street, Glenn Cowan knows better.

Proptech’s prospects may rise in the wake of COVID-19

Long before COVID-19 became an omnipresent part of Canadian life, Meredith Thatcher could sense an emerging seismic shift in the way tenants used technology to reimagine traditional office space.

Telesat warns supply chain woes could delay Lightspeed launch

Ottawa firm said Friday its low-Earth-orbit satellite network aimed at delivering high-speed internet to remote areas might not be in orbit until 2025, a year later than planned.

Techopia Live: BluMetric riding high on ‘green wave’

OBJ publisher Michael Curran talks with BluMetric CEO Scott McFabe about how his team plans to leverage the company's improved financial performance into new opportunities and growth potential.

What changing COVID-19 restrictions mean for employers

As the recent Omicron wave slows down, public health officials are easing pandemic restrictions – in some...

Great Resignation or Great Realignment?

In the United States, a record 4.3 million workers voluntarily quit their jobs last August. Similar trends have been seen elsewhere in the world, including in the U.K. and Germany.

Are we about to relive the dot-com era?

It’s said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I’m old enough to have lived through...

Ronald McDonald House Skifest returns to live event with record-breaking results

The après-ski scene was alive and well at Mont Ste. Marie on Thursday as hundreds of participants of Ronald McDonald House Skifest 2022 basked in their love of winter and the great outdoors.