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Canada

As Trump spars with Canada, Seattle-area startup embraces talent and customers across the border

As President Trump wields tariffs and strains relations with Canada, Seattle area’s Docugami is strengthening its cross-border ties. The document… Read More

Vancouver game studio Phoenix Labs lays off ‘majority’ of employees

Canadian video game developer Phoenix Labs, creator of Dauntless and Fae Farm, announced Monday that it’s laying off a majority… Read More

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Helijet plans to buy flying taxis from Beta Technologies for all-electric flights in B.C.

Vancouver, B.C.-based Helijet International has placed firm orders with Vermont-based Beta Technologies for a fleet of electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, or… Read More

Microsoft’s Vancouver B.C. employment tops 1,900 — more than doubling during pandemic

Microsoft now employs more than 1,900 people in Vancouver, B.C., up from less than 800 when the pandemic started in… Read More

WTIA launches market accelerator program for Canadian AR and VR startups breaking into U.S.

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced Wednesday that it is launching a Canadian XR Startup Market Accelerator program to help… Read More

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SpaceX launches Radarsat constellation, with booster returning for foggy landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose out of California’s coastal fog today to send three radar-sensing satellites into orbit for… Read More

How a bridge collapse inspired this founder to launch a civil infrastructure monitoring startup

Startup inspiration can come at unexpected times. That’s what happened to Harsh Rathod, who was doing his Ph.D research work… Read More

Toronto

US immigration policy has employers eyeing Canada for job growth

As the United States cracks down on employment-based immigration programs, Canada has been aggressively marketing itself as a friendly alternative… Read More

Redfin embarks on 1st international expansion, coming to Canada later this year

Redfin is coming to Canada in the next few months, marking the first international expansion for the tech-powered real estate… Read More

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Canadian radio telescope takes the search for puzzling fast radio bursts into a new era

A new radio telescope in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley has detected 13 new sources of mysterious extragalactic phenomena known as… Read More

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Canadian government invests $38M in General Fusion to boost energy research

The Canadian government says it’s investing $37.5 million (49.3 million Canadian dollars) in General Fusion, a British Columbia company that… Read More

Toronto

Make room Google: Microsoft announces new Canadian HQ in Toronto

Microsoft is the latest American tech titan to see something special in Toronto. The Redmond, Wash., software giant announced plans… Read More

TLDR: Amazon wants to expand presence in movie biz, Boring Co. plans high-speed transit under Dodger Stadium, Toronto’s innovation district

Today’s featured stories Amazon movie theaters? Tech giant vying to acquire Landmark chain, report says Elon Musk’s Boring Company takes… Read More

Seaplanes

The ‘nerd bird’ has landed: Tech execs, politicians help kick off Seattle-to-Vancouver seaplane flights

With cranes in the background further building out Seattle’s booming tech sector, two seaplanes landed on Lake Union Wednesday, including… Read More

Trudeau and Nye

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Bill Nye talk science (and pipelines) with students

Canada’s highest-ranking science geek, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shared a stage with Bill Nye the Science Guy at the University… Read More

Alexa, eh? Amazon’s digital brain, Echo devices and Prime Music come to Canada

Amazon is taking Alexa north of the border. The retail giant said today that Amazon’s digital brain, as well as… Read More

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Calgary lands Amazon fulfillment center as Canadian city aggressively pursues HQ2

Calgary has been one of the boldest suitors for Amazon’s second North American headquarters, but even if it doesn’t land… Read More

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Make some noise for Amazon! Hockey fans in Canada urged to scream for HQ2

Forget the Kiss Cam. In Canada, they’re going for the Kiss-Up, eh? Fans at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa,… Read More

Sidewalk Toronto

Google reveals plan for ‘smart city’ makeover of Toronto waterfront — is there room left for Amazon’s second HQ?

Sidewalk Labs, a division of Google parent Alphabet Inc., announced plans Tuesday to study a bold redevelopment of the Toronto… Read More

Amazon’s second HQ: Why U.S. immigration policy makes Canada a frontrunner

Amazon’s wishlist for its second headquarters in North America includes “a stable and business-friendly environment,” “locations with the potential to… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith on why life sciences should buy into the ‘Cascadia Innovation Corridor’

A life sciences conference isn’t the first place you’d expect to find Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith.… Read More

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to attend Microsoft’s annual CEO Summit next week

The celebrity appeal at the 2017 Microsoft CEO Summit has been decidedly ramped up with the news that Canadian Prime Minister… Read More

How President Trump could make Vancouver, B.C., a tech boomtown

As an immigration attorney who often represents big Seattle-area corporations, Lola Zakharova is used to getting inquiries from people who… Read More

Trump’s immigration crackdown may force Amazon and Microsoft to shift some workers to Canada

Prior to President Trump’s controversial immigration orders, Amazon offered positions in the U.S. to seven Iranian-born candidates. Now, the company… Read More

Canada

Worried Americans thinking about fleeing to Canada send Zillow traffic way up with real estate searches

Seattle-based Zillow Group doesn’t have a Canadian product for people’s real estate needs north of the border. But that didn’t… Read More

Boeing Vancouver

Boeing will move 50 data analysts into a hip new lab in downtown Vancouver, B.C.

A Canadian subsidiary of the Boeing Co. has announced plans to open a data analytics laboratory in downtown Vancouver, B.C., to help… Read More

High-tech aerial photos reveal neighborhoods decimated by Alberta wildfires

Wildfire is spreading aggressively through Alberta, Canada, damaging hundreds of thousands of hectares along its path. Emergency management officials in Alberta… Read More

Tableau

Tableau opens office in Vancouver, B.C., its 14th location worldwide

Tableau is opening another office abroad. The Seattle-based maker of visualization software is setting up shop in Vancouver, B.C., marking… Read More

NASA image shows massive plume of wildfire smoke headed toward Seattle

Vancouver, B.C. drew the eyes of a record 20 million viewers yesterday, as the U.S. Women’s Soccer team won the FIFA Women’s… Read More

Apple Pay reportedly coming to Canada in November

Apple may be taking its mobile payments technology north for the winter. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company… Read More

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