The legislation has been approved and a timeframe has been established. Now all that’s left is for a whole country’s distribution and retail network to go from zero to 60 in a few months. However it all plays out, Canopy Growth Corp’s (TSX:WEED. NYSE:CGC) Bruce Linton says he won’t be taking any vacation days this […]
We need to have a conversation about weed in the workplace, Mike Serbinis says
Along with creating a multi-billion dollar industry, Canada’s impending legalization of adult recreational use marijuana is about to push forward wider societal changes —and not just in how we spend our leisure hours and dollars but in how the use and abuse of cannabis will play out in the workplace. And while much is still […]
GoverMedia Plus Canada CEO Roland Bopp talks to Cantech Letter
Niche markets aren’t what they used to be. While Facebook measures its penetration against nothing less than Earth’s population, anything else can seem small. Your site allows gamers to stream their latest moves to their peers? Niche. Your app lets people listen to their music for a flat fee? Niche. Your service lets people order […]
Former Google CFO Patrick Pichette has high praise for Canadian tech
Former Google CFO Patrick Pichette says his new role as general partner in the Montreal-based venture capital firm iNovia Capital is all about Canada’s huge potential in the high tech space, where decades of investment in the field of artificial intelligence is now starting to bear fruit. Montreal-born Pichette made news three years ago when […]
Hootsuite announces deeper integration with Instagram
Social media platform Hootsuite has announced an upgrade of capabilities which will give Instagram users on the platform the ability to schedule posts in advance, something the Vancouver-based company says its customer based has been calling for. “Hootsuite customers will now have the ability to securely schedule and manage Instagram content alongside all their established […]
Wellness Lifestyles CEO Alex Read talks to Cantech Letter
The future is now. Or is it tomorrow? In some spaces, the light of technology has a harder time illuminating the shadows. These days, your phone can get you a ride to the airport, help you pay your bills, or even give you directions to the nearest hospital. Once you are inside that building, however, […]
Ripple CEO tears a strip off Bitcoin
The price of Ripple’s XRP cryptocurrency keeps tumbling, having lost more than half of its value in less than a week. But relax, it’s all part of the first steps in a whole new form of finance, says Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, who recently had some words for Bitcoin and the other digital currencies that […]
Xebec CEO Kurt Sorschak talks to Cantech Letter
Quebec-based Xebec (TSX:XBC) is a lesson in patience. For the better part of a decade CEO Kurt Sorschak toiled in relative obscurity, building a cleantech company he felt would have increasing relevance as the years passed. But for a time, Xebec, which develops, builds, sells and services a wide range of pressure swing adsorption gas […]
DMG Blockchain CEO Dan Reitzik talks to Cantech Letter
The game is on for blockchain in Canada’s capital markets. Investors are now flooded with a variety of issuers, some more credible than others. There is blockchain for holograms. Blockchain for the banking space. And blockchain for video games. So how does one determine which companies are worthy of attention in this nascent sector? […]
Do advanced stats really work in hockey?
It’s been a good decade since professional hockey started up its bromance with advanced statistics like Corsi and Fenwick, but aside from getting a few more math geeks into the front office, are teams benefitting from the new focus on analytics? Do advanced stats really work? While hockey was slower to catch onto the […]
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