More than a year into the pandemic, COVID-19 has forced many independent businesses online for the first time to try to make up for dropping in-person revenue. And though the road to get there has been rocky,... read more
In March, Nicole Smith did something she hadn’t done in just more than a year: make a profit. Her Victoria-based company Flytographer had been devastated by the pandemic. The platform connects tourists abroad with local... read more
Technology companies in Canada are running into an age-old frustration as they vie for talent in a highly competitive hiring landscape: It’s tough to find qualified workers. With the wider labour market still in recovery... read more
Toronto storage-and-logistics startup Second Closet is pausing its consumer self-storage services to focus on providing warehousing, delivery and supply-chain services to retailers selling products directly to consumers, as the pandemic accelerates retail’s shift to e-commerce.... read more
Canada is seeing a wave of new businesses take flight as entrepreneurs look past the pandemic or take advantage of new consumer trends, a sign that confidence is returning to an economy that was badly... read more
Loblaw Cos. Ltd.-backed telemedicine provider Maple Corp. is gearing up to join other Canadian virtual health care startups on the public markets. Maple, co-founded in 2015 by CEO Brett Belchetz, a former emergency-room doctor, has... read more
This article examines both sides of the argument — should Facebook and Google pay news organizations for content or should the news organizations pay Facebook and Google for bringing them subscribers and advertisers?... read more
A group of female leaders from Shopify Inc. has launched an investor collective called Backbone Angels to back early-stage female and non-binary founders, with a focus on Black, Indigenous and women-of-colour-led companies. Shopify, which became Canada’s... read more
You own a restaurant. Should taxi drivers have to pay you a fee for every passenger they drop off at your door? You are an actor looking for work. Should your agent have to pay... read more
One of Canada’s most celebrated scientists, Molly Shoichet, is stepping up plans to take a key discovery out of her lab and into the marketplace. On Monday, AmacaThera Inc., the third startup spun out of... read more
