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Grand plans for incubation centre in former Cambridge factory

Grand Innovations is blending the old with the new, as the 19th century industrial building is repurposed, becoming something of a factory producing new high-tech companies and services.

How Google won over Kitchener-Waterloo

Steve Woods had been in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. less than two days when he found himself seated at a table apprehensively sipping wine with half a dozen of the town’s business leaders.

This Entrepreneur Went From Selling Firecrackers To Landing $70 Million For His Canadian Startup

Even before starting his mini-paper route empire, Michael Litt was importing firecrackers from south of the border to distribute to his third grade classmates

Google is preparing for a major expansion of its Canadian engineering headquarters on Breithaupt Street in Kitchener

Google, Kitchener, Communitech, tech sector

The Toronto-Waterloo Corridor

Sudbury natives cross creative borders

“Storytek is designed to focus on the storytelling industries, content industries, and they bring creative industry together with the start-up tech world”

Thalmic Labs launches smart eyeglasses called Focals

One of this region's high-profile startups announced it will make and sell the next generation of smart glasses it has secretly developed during the past four years.

Cambridge firm at centre of worldwide fight against cybercrime

With the flip of a wall-mounted switch, the white glass turns almost clear, offering a window onto the front lines of the never-ending digital war against hackers.

UW looks to the future of engineering

The University of Waterloo is hoping to become a pioneer of the next industrial revolution.