On February 11th 2016, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) team announced that on September 14, 2015 at 5:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (09:51 UTC) they detected gravitational waves from two black holes merging approximately 1.3 billion light years… Read more »
FABTECH Canada 2016: Canada’s Leading Exclusive Fabricating, Welding, Metal Forming and Finishing Event
As FABTECH Canada returns in 2016, on March 22-24th, don’t miss an opportunity to discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing needs, as well as to learn about the latest industry developments and network… Read more »
Growing Forward 2- New Application Intake for Ontario Agri-Processors
Growing Forward 2 (GF2) is a federal-provincial initiative that encourages strategic initiative investments by Canadian Agriculture and Agri-food industry by supporting innovation, competitiveness and market development. It provides cost-share funding for education, training, audits, assessments, planning, and capital purchases by… Read more »
Upcoming PDAC Convention March 6-9 in Toronto
Established in 1932, and best known for its annual convention, the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) represents the interests of the Canadian mineral exploration and development industry, with over 8,000 individual and corporate members. The PDAC International Convention,… Read more »
Update to SR&ED Program Service Standards
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has recently released an update of service standards for processing SR&ED claims. Based on average processing times and success rates in 2015, the following are CRA’s service standards for processing SR&ED claims as of December… Read more »
Funding Webinar- Optimizing Returns from Multiple Government Funding Sources
Domestic and international competition is forcing Canadian businesses to develop new or improved products, increase productivity and expand sales in global markets. Financing for innovation or growth has always been a challenge for many companies in Canada. Both the federal… Read more »
Top 5 Innovations in January
January 12, 2016 – Planetary Resources and 3D Systems print first ever 3D object from asteroid materials. The U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, passed in November 2015, give companies the right to mine asteroids and to run a private… Read more »
Upcoming Seminar in Delta, BC – Innovation Funding Programs for Growth-Oriented Companies
Please join us on January 27, 2016 at the Delta Town & Country Inn for a breakfast seminar on Government Funding for innovation presented by Northbridge Consultants and NRC-IRAP. This seminar will provide a unique opportunity for growth-oriented companies to network and… Read more »
New CanExport Program to Support Export Market Development
CanExport is a new government funding program announced on January 5, 2016 that will provide $50 million over the next five years in direct funding to Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to support new export market development. Through the… Read more »