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Program removing revenue speedbumps

B.C.’s high-tech sector has next to no middle class; Centre4Growth’s accelerator initiative is trying to change that

Smile: You’re on 16-megapixel camera

Higher capacity broadband increasing the accuracy of security video by allowing it to harness high-definition technology

Court battle beleaguers Burnaby biotech

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals' stock takes a beating while it wages trade secrets war with competitor in American court

Mexican tech accelerator gains momentum

A Mexican digital media company is preparing to hang out its shingle in Vancouver a year after the Latin country?s Ministry of Economy set up a business accelerator program designed to encourage high-tech sector cooperation.
Water, water everywhere

Water, water everywhere

B.C. might be blessed with an abundance of fresh water, but that hasn’t stopped three B.C. companies from developing technology that addresses a growing global shortage of clean water
A TRIUMF for science and medicine

A TRIUMF for science and medicine

Construction of the $63 million ARIEL particle accelerator at UBC will create radioactive isotopes for medical uses, and hundreds of jobs
Doctors slowly embracing electronic medical records initiative

Doctors slowly embracing electronic medical records initiative

BC physicians continue to buy in to a program designed to reduce paperwork for doctors and improve their access to patient and clinical information.
Fusion foray meets investor reaction

Fusion foray meets investor reaction

Scientists at General Fusion in Burnaby are building a $70 million fusion reactor that one physicist says is doomed to fail
Tech company spins promising flax yarn

Tech company spins promising flax yarn

Levi Strauss and Hansebrands have signed deals with B.C. company whose enzyme process turns flax or hemp into a fibre similar to cotton
Rhetorical devices 2.0

Rhetorical devices 2.0

Bookriff is writing the next chapter in book publishing with a platform that allows anyone to create compilations and anthologies from published works