Provincial Investment Advances Aquaculture Innovation in Harbour Breton

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Source: Newfoundland & Labrador - Government Releases
Date: 2026-10-30 13:00:21.0
Tags: [Newfoundland and Labrador, Economy, Industry, Technology, Fisheries]

The Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is providing $882,581 to 360 Marine Ltd. to support a 21-month research and development project based in Harbour Breton. The company is developing and validating a compact, vessel-based sea lice treatment system combining fish-pumping and treatment technologies for smaller, multi-use vessels. The project receives additional public and private investment totaling $3.55 million, including $750,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and up to $144,876 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). The initiative is expected to create four new full-time positions focused on research and testing activities.

Innovation Saskatchewan Launches ACRE Program to Accelerate Agtech Commercialization

Source: Saskatchewan - Government News
Date: 2026-10-29 21:30:00.0
Tags: [Saskatchewan, Economy, Technology, Agriculture, Industry]

Innovation Saskatchewan has launched the Agtech Commercialization Readiness (ACRE) program, providing up to $30,000 in funding for on-farm pilot projects that connect local agtech companies with agricultural producers and industry partners. Administered by Innovation Saskatchewan and supported by organizations such as the Saskatchewan Cattle Association, the program builds on the previous Made In Saskatchewan Technology (MIST) model to accelerate the commercialization and adoption of emerging agricultural technologies.

Canada to invest up to $1.6B in Toronto-based AI company Cohere

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-29 17:12:24.0
Tags: [National, Economy, Technology, Industry, Infrastructure]

The federal government of Canada announced an equity investment of up to $1.6 billion in Toronto-based artificial intelligence company Cohere as part of a broader $7 billion funding round led by Germany's Schwarz Group. The funding will support model development, products for regulated industries, and computing infrastructure, with Cohere committing to invest at least $1.7 billion in new computing infrastructure in Canada by 2030. Additional participants in the funding round include Nvidia and BCE subsidiary Bell Canada, ensuring Cohere's incorporation and headquarters remain in Canada.

Carney’s Turkish defence tango: A dance of dollars, drones and overcoming distrust

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-25 20:01:24.0
Tags: [National, Trade, Defence, Industry, Technology]

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a new strategic trade and defence partnership between Canada and Turkey during a visit to Istanbul and Ankara, aiming to reduce Canadian procurement reliance on the United States. The agreement follows the 2024 lifting of a de facto Canadian arms embargo—which had been imposed after Wescam camera equipment meant for NATO operations in Syria was illicitly diverted to Azerbaijan—and establishes that future military exports will undergo strict case-by-case permit reviews. Turkish officials and private companies, including drone manufacturer Baykar, have also expressed interest in making direct investments in Canada's aerospace and defence manufacturing sectors.

Boon or boondoggle? N.S. weighs $10B data centre’s promised economic benefits

Source: Nova Scotia - Halifax & Regional News
Date: 2026-10-23 12:02:20.0
Tags: [Nova Scotia, Technology, Energy, Infrastructure, Industry, Economy]

EverWind has announced a $10 billion private investment to build an 18,600-square-metre artificial intelligence data centre campus and associated wind projects in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. The facility will be leased for 20 years to the American AI company Anthropic, starting with a 95-megawatt capacity in the first phase by late 2027 and a planned 325-megawatt expansion by mid-2028. The project is projected by EverWind to create 2,000 construction jobs and 215 permanent positions offering salaries ranging from $135,000 to $185,000 per year across the data centre and four power-generating wind farms.

NATO's race against time: Senior commander warns alliance must adapt faster to deter Russia

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-19 08:00:00.0
Tags: [National, Defence, Industry, Technology]

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation French Admiral Pierre Vandier warned during a visit to Ottawa that the Western military alliance's greatest vulnerability in deterring Russia is the slow speed of its defence procurement and a lack of manufacturing depth, rather than a shortage of raw weapons. Commenting alongside Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan, Vandier noted that Russia has adapted its military tactics and drone technology under fire during the conflict in Ukraine, while Western procurement institutions still take years to acquire software and hardware. The warning arrives as Canada's federal government pursues an unprecedented expansion of defence spending and industrial base modernization to meet broader NATO responsibilities.

In Canada's drone-killing 'Sandbox,' companies compete for a $1M prize

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-17 08:00:00.0
Tags: [National, Alberta, Defence, Technology, Industry]

The Department of National Defence hosted its fourth Counter-Uncrewed Aircraft Sandbox competition at the Suffield Research Centre in Alberta, offering a $1 million prize to spur domestic defence technology innovation. Two dozen companies from Canada, Australia, Finland, and the United States showcased detection and interception technologies, including laser-guided missiles developed by Calgary-based North Vector Dynamics and portable kinetic missiles by St. John's-based StrobelTEK. The initiative forms part of the federal government's Defence Drone Initiative to jump-start sovereign manufacturing capabilities in marine, underwater, ground, and aerial drone systems.

Nova Scotia to host massive data centre to power artificial intelligence

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-16 14:00:00.0
Tags: [Nova Scotia, Infrastructure, Energy, Technology, Industry, Indigenous]

EverWind Fuels is constructing a massive 420-megawatt artificial intelligence data centre campus in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, backed by $8 billion in private capital. The facility will be built in two phases—95 megawatts coming online by the end of 2027 and 325 megawatts in 2028—under a 20-year lease agreement with an unnamed AI tenant. To power the facility, EverWind is raising an additional $2 billion for four planned onshore wind farms, while utilizing existing provincial grid capacity for initial supply and employing a closed-loop water-glycol system drawing from Landrie Lake. Furthermore, a consortium of Mi'kmaw communities fronted by Membertou First Nation is negotiating a nine per cent equity stake in the project.

AI-driven project to modernize New Brunswick forestry getting $50M boost from Ottawa

Source: New Brunswick - Regional News
Date: 2026-10-14 20:19:53.0
Tags: [New Brunswick, National, Economy, Resources, Technology, Industry]

The federal government is committing up to $50 million to help build the New Brunswick Strategic Innovation Centre in Digital Forestry. The total $86 million project, led by the Northern Hardwoods Research Institute in collaboration with ResearchNB and the provincial Department of Natural Resources, will use artificial intelligence and digital tools to better track wood supply, optimize logistics, and reduce empty truck miles. Forestry currently supports approximately 24,000 jobs in New Brunswick and contributes roughly $1.5 billion annually to the provincial economy.

Atlantic Canadian businesses can now apply for nearly $40M in AI funding

Source: Prince Edward Island - Regional News
Date: 2026-10-14 18:00:00.0
Tags: [Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, National, Technology, Economy, Industry, Finance]

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has launched a federal funding program offering nearly $40 million for small and medium-sized businesses pursuing large-scale artificial intelligence projects costing at least $1 million. The funding supports two primary tracks: adopting AI into internal business operations, such as proposal development tools utilized by Cabco Technologies, or developing new AI solutions to bring to market. Applications for the program remain open until November 20. The initiative aims to address a regional adoption gap highlighted by the Atlantic Economic Panel, which reported that approximately 15 per cent of Atlantic Canadian businesses with 10 or more employees use AI, compared to 20 per cent nationally.

Newfoundland and Labrador Showcases Defence-Ready Capabilities at DEFSEC Atlantic

Source: Newfoundland & Labrador - Government Releases
Date: 2026-10-09 15:20:19.0
Tags: [Newfoundland and Labrador, Defence, Economy, Industry, Technology, Energy]

Premier Tony Wakeham and Minister Lin Paddock represented the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2026 DEFSEC Atlantic exhibition in Halifax to promote the province's defence, aerospace, and security capabilities. The province emphasized strategic assets including 5 Wing Goose Bay, deepwater ports, critical minerals, and clean energy access via the new Churchill Falls agreement. Additionally, local firms Avalon Holographics and SmartICE were recognized at the 2026 Atlantic Canada Aerospace and Defence Association Industry Excellence Awards for innovation and workforce culture.

N.W.T. is 1st to contribute drill cores for national library of mineral data

Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
Date: 2026-10-08 11:00:00.0
Tags: [National, Resources, Mining, Technology, Industry]

The Northwest Territories has become the first Canadian jurisdiction to contribute drill core samples to the new Canadian Digital Core Library, a federally backed initiative supported by $40 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada. Developed by the Creative Destruction Lab in partnership with provinces, territories, and industry, the platform aims to make geological data freely available online for high-resolution scanning and artificial intelligence analysis. Donations from mining companies Valor Gold and Rackla Metals, alongside coordination by Industry Minister Caitlin Cleveland and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey, enabled the territory to pioneer the project, with at least 250,000 metres of scanned drill core slated for upload by March 2028.

C-268 (45-1) - Spectrum Policy Framework for Canada Act

Source: Parliament of Canada (LEGISinfo)
Date: 2026-10-07 09:49:49.0
Tags: [National, Technology, Industry, Governance]

Private Member's Bill C-268, titled the Spectrum Policy Framework for Canada Act, was introduced in the 45th Parliament, 1st session, by Liberal Member of Parliament Marianne Dandurand representing Compton—Stanstead. The bill successfully completed second reading on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU). On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, the committee presented its report back to the House of Commons without amendments, advancing the bill to report stage.

Ottawa launches new national AI council to advise on safety, deployment

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-02 20:58:51.0
Tags: [National, Technology, Industry, Governance]

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has launched the National Council on Artificial Intelligence to advise on Canada's national AI strategy, industrial adoption, infrastructure building, and technological safety. Over a dozen members were appointed to the council, including Yoshua Bengio (founder of LawZero), Valérie Pisano (CEO of Mila), Senator Tom Pitfield, and Patrick Pichette (CEO of Digital Transformation Canada). The initiative complements recent federal investments, such as $150 million directed toward safety-focused AI research models like Bengio's Scientist AI, amid heightened international concern regarding frontier AI risks and cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Ontario Protecting Workers by Investing in the Jobs of the Future

Source: Ontario - Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Date: 2026-09-25 15:00:00.0
Tags: [Ontario, Economy, Technology, Industry, Labour, Finance]

The Government of Ontario is investing $30 million in the Vector Institute through the revamped Critical Technologies Initiative (CTI) program to advance artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across provincial industries and support the STEM workforce. The CTI program, which received an additional $107 million in Budget 2026, has committed a total of $214 million since 2023 to help retain and create over 65,000 jobs and train more than 14,000 highly skilled workers. The Vector Institute, based in Toronto, currently supports over 1,400 researchers, 41 CIFAR AI Chairs, and 119 post-doctoral fellows, aiming to bridge the gap between academic discovery and enterprise deployment.

Read a transcript of Carney’s speech to the European Parliament

Source: Global News Politics
Date: 2026-09-17 18:21:30.0
Tags: [National, Trade, Economy, Industry, Technology, Defence]

Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed the European Parliament to pitch a deeper strategic and economic partnership between Canada and the European Union, focusing on cooperation in artificial intelligence, critical minerals, and defence. Highlighting existing agreements like CETA and the Strategic Partnership Agreement, Carney responded favorably to an invitation from EU leadership for Canada to become the EU's first associate member. He proposed bolstering collective resilience through seamless digital trade, joint access to frontier research programs such as Horizon and Erasmus Plus, and secure supply chains spanning over 34 critical minerals and clean energy technologies.

Carbon capture CEO says critics ‘told me I was crazy,’ hopes Alberta project proves them wrong

Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
Date: 2026-09-17 11:00:33.0
Tags: [Alberta, Energy, Environment, Climate, Technology, Industry]

Montreal-based Deep Sky Corp. operates its Deep Sky Alpha direct air capture facility near Innisfail, Alberta, where it pulls carbon dioxide from the air, stores it underground, and sells offset credits to buyers including TD Bank Group, Microsoft Corp., and Royal Bank of Canada. The company utilizes a refundable federal tax credit covering up to 60 percent of eligible spending on direct air capture equipment through the end of 2035. GE Vernova Inc., a U.S.-based partner, is bringing a machine to the Alpha site designed to capture up to 1,500 tonnes of carbon annually by late 2026.

Canada is investing $150M to make AI safer. Will it work?

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-09-16 23:58:11.0
Tags: [National, Quebec, Technology, Industry, Economy]

The federal government is investing $150 million in LawZero, a Montreal-based non-profit AI lab founded by Yoshua Bengio, alongside a 100 million euro investment from the German government. The funding is directed toward developing "Scientist AI," a new safety-focused AI model designed to operate on objective truths without autonomous goals. This initiative coincides with a merger agreement between Canadian AI firm Cohere and German AI firm Aleph Alpha to bolster sovereign technological capacity.

Ontario Celebrates Grand Opening of Sanofi’s Newest Biomanufacturing Facility

Source: Ontario - Premier's Office
Date: 2026-09-16 15:47:00.0
Tags: [Ontario, Economy, Healthcare, Industry, Technology]

The Ontario government and Sanofi celebrated the grand opening of Sanofi's new $925 million vaccine manufacturing facility, named the Charles Best building, at the historic Connaught Campus in North York. The 263,000-square-foot facility received $55 million in provincial support and will serve as the central hub for manufacturing, formulation, filling, and packaging of the Fluzone High-Dose Influenza Vaccine for adults aged 65 and older, creating 300 new high-skilled jobs. This project brings Sanofi's total investment in Ontario to over $2 billion across multiple initiatives, reinforcing the province's domestic biomanufacturing capacity and life sciences strategy.

Single Largest Private Sector Capital Investment in History of Canada Through Bell AI's Saskatchewan Expansion

Source: Saskatchewan - Government News
Date: 2026-09-15 02:10:00.0
Tags: [Saskatchewan, Technology, Energy, Infrastructure, Economy, Industry]

Premier Scott Moe and Bell Canada CEO Mirko Bibic announced a major expansion of Bell's AI Data Centre project in Saskatchewan, bringing the total estimated capital investment to more than $50 billion and establishing the Bell AI Fabric headquarters in the Regina area. The project includes a phased development of up to 900 megawatts (MW) of additional power capacity provided by Bell through Saskatchewan’s Bring Your Own Power principle, alongside an initial 300 MW from the provincial grid, creating a pathway to a 1.2 gigawatt (GW) Canadian AI infrastructure hub. The expansion is approved under the Saskatchewan Data Centre Framework released in August 2026 and is expected to create up to 500 permanent operations and power generation jobs, approximately 100 management positions at the new headquarters, and an estimated 3,000 additional jobs in security, logistics, and maintenance.