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  • Halifax Biomedical Creates High-tech Jobs in Mabou
    Innovation, competitiveness, and niche products in the marketplace are helping Halifax Biomedical grow its business, create jobs and succeed on a global level.
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  • Techlink's gaming program about to be introduced to Greece
    As the business was being named Atlantic Canada's fastest growing company by Progress Magazine, Techlink was busy continuing to expand its reach into international markets.
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  • Cape Breton Immigration Society (CBIS)
    CBIS employs International students at CBU to assist in developing and implementing various business projects and ideas
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  • Support for Undergraduate Student Research
    At a recent TecSocial, CBU's Dr. Allen Britten highlighted support that was available for Undergraduate Student Research. Following are the details for both industry and students to apply...
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  • CBU Project among nominees for world technology award
    CBU's PAWS Project was honoured to be nominated for a 2009 Technology Award for Communications Technology. Awards were presented earlier this month at a ceremony in New York City.
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  • AG Research wins software contract
    AG Research wins software contract Sydney-based AG Research has won a six-figure contract with York Regional Municipality to develop software for their computerized electronic mapping system.
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  • Sydney-based Electronics Firm Strikes Partnership
    Techlink Entertainment has partnered with global manufacturer Arrow Electronics, headquartered in Melville, NY and with a major manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona.
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  • Halifax Biomedical to Expand Sales and Create Jobs
    Mabou based biomedical company plans to expand operations and increase export sales with development of medical imaging technique that produces extremely precise 3-D X-ray measurements.
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  • Residents learn about benefits of wind power
    A renewable energy workshop at Cape Breton University provided insight on how local people can gain access to, and profit from, the wind energy market on the island.
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  • Trade mission could boost CB firms
    Dominion-based ADM Solutions and Sydport's Laurentian Steel Fabricators are currently in Boston looking to drum up business as part of a Team Canada Atlantic trade mission.
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  • Government Supports Homegrown Success Story
    Cape Breton based, Advanced Glazings will expand its manufacturing facility and create 50 jobs this year, and up to 320 over the next five years. The innovative, award winning company distributes energy efficient products across North America. The facility expansion is possible through a repayable loan of two-million dollars from the province's Industrial Expansion Fund.
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  • InNOVAcorp Announces Round Two Participants in I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition
    InNOVAcorp has released the competitors that have made it to round two of the I-3 competition. In total, the competition attracted 121 formal submissions from across Nova Scotia, far exceeding InNOVAcorp’s initial expectation of 75 submissions. In addition to the 17 submissions from zone 5 (Victoria, Cape Breton, Inverness and Richmond counties), there were 14 submissions from zone 1 (Cumberland, Colchester, Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough counties), 17 submissions from zone 2 (Lunenburg, Queens, Shelburne and Yarmouth counties), 18 submissions from zone 3 (Digby, Annapolis, Kings and Hants counties) and 55 submissions from zone 4 (Halifax Regional Municipality).
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  • Cape Breton pilot project rolled out provincewide
    Innovacorp’s I-3 technology start-up competition in Cape Breton was such a success last year, it is being rolled out provincewide. The I-3 competition invites entrepreneurs with start-up business ideas to submit a proposal to compete for cash and professional services that will help them move their concept from design to launch.
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  • InNOVAcorp Launches Province-wide I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition
    InNOVAcorp today officially launched its province-wide I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition with the goal of creating a number of new Nova Scotia-based companies. I-3 is an exciting opportunity for Nova Scotia entrepreneurs with high potential business start-ups.
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  • Biomedical engineering firm wants Mabou residents to learn what it does
    An innovative company is inviting the community to an open house Friday to learn more about what it does.
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  • Sydney Firm has Designs on Sustainable Growth
    Sydney, Nova Scotia, July 9, 2007 - Protocase Incorporated to expand its technology-based operations and create up to 139 new jobs over the next five years
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  • AG Research Wins Major Contract in the Caribbean
    AG Research landed an exciting new contract in the Caribbean. This contract will take place in St. Lucia, but all software development will take place in Sydney, NS. AG Research envisions it will be hiring in the near future due to this contract!
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  • Sydney Mines to receive IEEE Milestone Award for first transatlantic telephone cable
    Sydney Mines has received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Milestone Award in recognition of the technical breakthrough it achieved in participating in the first transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1). The dedication ceremony will take place in Sydney Mines on Wednesday May 30th.
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  • Milburn speaks at Architects' National Convention
    Doug Milburn presents to an audience of 1,000 architects at the American Institute of Architect's 2007 National Convention.
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  • AG Research Inc. Honoured for Export Success
    CB Firm receives prestigious award from the Province of Nova Scotia for its exporting achievements.
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  • AG Research Inc. Wins the GOLD
    AG Research Inc., an international Software Engineering Company based in Sydney, with offices in Port Hawkesbury and Halifax, has received notice from the Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington, that the Company has been awarded Microsoft Gold Certification.
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  • TechPortJobs.com Launched in Sydney
    Nova Scotia is taking a bold new step in building a more sustainable workforce in information and communications technology.
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  • What's Hot in Cool Canada
    MediaSpark CEO was invited to speak at a special day-long event exploring the synergy between the US and Canada.
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  • Scientists and Engineers needed to judge Canada-Wide Science Fair in Truro
    NSAC in Truro is hosting CWSF on May 15 & 16 and will need about 450 judges in divisions including: automotive, biotechnology, earth and environmental sciences, engineering and computing sciences, health sciences, life sciences and physical and mathematical sciences.
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  • Techlink Entertainment Forecasting Significant Growth
    Techlink Entertainment, a Nova Scotia based developer and manufacturer of proprietary responsible gaming technologies announces plans for rapid commercialization of its unique card based informed player choice system.
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  • New Opportunity for Academic Research Commercialization
    University and community college researchers who want to turn their ideas into successful products and services could get a boost from a provincial early stage funding program.
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  • Advanced Glazings Wins 2006 Crystal Achievement Award
    AGL was recognized for "Most Innovative Glass Application that earns credit under the US Green Building Council's LEED program".
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  • Premier Assistive Releases Network Edition of Accessibility Suite
    Premier Assistive's new Network Edition Software allows simple network deployment and greater access to updated software tools.
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  • Cheryl Bartlett honoured among Women of Excellence
    Cheryl Bartlett, Canada research chair in integrative science and biologist at CBU was among 18 women honoured at gala dinner last evening in Halifax.
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  • The case of the easily crunched database
    ADM Solutions, CBU and IBM developing groundbreaking tool to turn criminal evidence into digital files that simply investigations.
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  • MediaSpark CEO featured in IBM Alumni block party
    IBM alumnus and MediaSpark CEO, Mathew Geroghio, will be a featured speaker when IBM holds a first-of-its-kind Alumni block party in the virtual world of Second Life, an online world that brings people together in a 3D universe, allowing for more natural and "real" interactions for people who cannot meet in person.
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  • Premier Assistive Canada expands operations
    Premier Assistave Canada expands with the addition of a Director of Canadian Operations
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  • Cape Breton's Technology Sector Seeks New Recruits
    InNOVAcorp is teaming up with local technology companies to hold a career and opportunity fair in downtown Sydney on Thursday, August 3.
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  • Science on the solstice
    Sydney and Cape Breton University were among the items highlighted in a special feature of Nature, the world's foremost weekly scientific journal.
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  • Software Competency Testing Centre Opens in Cape Breton
    AG Research recently announced that they have been selected as a Person VUE Test Centre.
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  • AG Research wins major contract
    Cape Breton based software engineering firm wins a major contract with the Province of Nova Scotia to design and build a software solution for the Department of Agriculture.
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  • BlackBerrys front and centre in fight against crime
    Police in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality have become the first in Canada to use BlackBerrys in the fight against crime.
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  • Wanted: Overnight Delivery
    Cape Breton businesses are banding together to fight for the return of overnight delivery to the island.
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  • I-3 Competition Winner Announced
    A biomedical engineering company that is designing and commercializing medical devices for worldwide markets is the winner of InNOVAcorp’s I-3 technology start-up competition in Cape Breton. Chad Munro of Mabou-based Halifax Biomedical Devices Inc. earned $100,000 in cash and in-kind contributions toward further development of the start-up venture.
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  • Cape Breton Island company secures venture capital
    A Cape Breton company's plan to expand its sales force and develop new products became a lot easier thanks to $6 million in venture capital funding.
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  • I-3 Competition Finalists Announced
    The competition intensifies for three Cape Breton entrepreneurs with last night’s announcement of the finalists in InNOVAcorp’s I-3 technology start-up challenge.
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  • CrossOff.com looks like a good fit to Mammoth Communications
    CrossOff Incorporated is about to sell its DNA Technologies division to the company's founder, former president and CEO Donnie Snow.
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  • Innovative Glass Company Wins Prestigious Award for One-of-a-Kind Product
    Advanced Glazings Ltd., a manufacturer of insulated glass units that improve the quality, aesthetics and energy efficiency of indoor spaces by increasing the amount of daylight, has been awarded the 2006 Industry Award for Export Performance by the GLOBE Foundation of Canada.
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  • Government of Canada Makes Key Investment in World-Class Cape Breton R&D Project
    The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), today announced a commitment from the Government of Canada for up to $2.6 million, through ACOA’s Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF), for key research and development being conducted by Polysteel Atlantic Limited.
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  • I-3 competition draws 19 submissions
    InNOVAcorp's offer of help to start a Cape Breton technology company drew 19 responses. "We had a huge response, 75 different inquiries about the competition," said Dan MacDonald, InNOVAcorp president and CEO.
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  • Advanced Glazings finalist for major export achievements
    Advanced Glazings Ltd. has been chosen as a finalist for the 2006 Globe Awards for Environmental Excellence in the category of Industry Award for Export Performance. The awards will be presented in Vancouver on March 31st, 2006.
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  • ProtoCase: Customer Service and Innovation Keys to Success
    Sales of more than $1.5 million. Clients like Boeing, IBM, NASA, and MIT. All that and rush-hour traffic takes five minutes. This Nova Scotia business is combining quality of life with a great business plan.
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  • I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Launched at TecSocial
    Cape Breton entrepreneurs will have the chance to put their business ideas into action with InNOVAcorp's I-3 technology start-up competition. The winning entrepreneur will receive $100,000 in cash and in-kind contributions to implement the business plan.
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  • Nova Scotia Gaming Products Company Announces Major Developments
    Techlink Entertainment (Techlink) has reached formal understanding with Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) regarding future deployment of its electronic gaming machines ...
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  • One of world's top sports venues in Cape Breton
    The Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre is listed along with Olympic venues in Turin and Beijing as among 10 of the world’s most impressive sports venues in a feature on Business Week magazine’s website...
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  • MediaSpark launches unique entrepreneur board game
    MediaSpark announces the launch of a one-of-a-kind board game designed specifically for gaining entrepreneurship skills in a fun, educational context...
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  • DynaGen Recognized with 2005 Frost and Sullivan Entrepreneurial Company Award
    DynaGen Technologies Inc. of Sydney, Nova Scotia recently selected as the recipient of the coveted 2005 Entrepreneurial Company Award...
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