Showing all articles in the COVID19 category
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Innovating together
04 November 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Remy Warren and Amina Gilani, two local entrepreneurs, will be representing Canada as part of 45 Canadian delegates at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance summit. Read more
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Everything not saved will be lost
17 September 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
With the pandemic keeping everyone at home, the Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area (CAFKA) is bringing art into our lives, despite having to postpone this year's exhibition. Read more
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Bike to the future
27 August 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Earlier this summer Waterloo Region installed 30 kilometers of temporary bike lanes across Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge which has forced people to ask the question, what kind of cities do we want… Read more
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Be a tourist in your own backyard
06 August 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
The Pandemic has been devastating for the tourism industry which is why Minto Schneider, CEO at Waterloo Region Tourism have been working hard to keep tourism businesses alive in Waterloo Region. The creation… Read more
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Rapid Novor completes US$5-million Series A raise
28 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Rapid Novor, a Waterloo based company helps drug makers and pharmaceutical companies make vaccines. The company has recently announced a US $5 Million series A raise led by Co-Win Ventures which will help… Read more
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Premier, two ministers visit Waterloo Region for multiple tech announcements
17 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News, Uncategorized
Significant announcements were made in Waterloo Region surrounding the regions tech sector with new funding for research and development, an Intellectual Property Plan and the creation of a spinoff company… Read more
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Shad in space!
16 July 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
In a normal year Waterloo based SHAD Canada would bring together some of Canada's brightest grade 10 and 11 students onto a university campus to solve a real world issue and this year they're taking their… Read more
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Cloud DX lands $1.75M to build remote monitoring device for COVID patients
23 June 2020 | By Tony Reinhart in: COVID19, Featured, News
A Waterloo Region tech company has been awarded $1.75 million from Canada’s advanced manufacturing supercluster to develop a system to remotely monitor patients, including those with COVID-19, after they… Read more
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Grand (Re)Opening
12 June 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
As bars, restaurants, barbershops and other small businesses reopen across Waterloo Region, local businesses want to ensure that they're still taking the proper precautions to keep customers and staff… Read more
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Helping Main Street go digital in the age of pandemic
11 June 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Communitech will work with 5,200 businesses across Southwestern Ontario to help them transition digitally through the use of e-commerce as part of the Digital Main Street program. Read more