The Canadian video game studio behind the Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series is laying off 121 employees. Relic Entertainment, headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., announced the… Read More
Vancouver, B.C.-based biotech company Aspect Biosystems inked a partnership worth potentially more than $2.6 billion with Danish biopharma giant Novo Nordisk to develop “bioprinted” tissue therapeutics. The deal comes with… Read More
Hootsuite told employees on Tuesday that it would lay off 30% of its staff, becoming the latest tech company to reduce costs and extend runway amid the broader market downturn.… Read More
An Emmy-winning visual effects artist has joined an industry colleague and a veteran video game producer to found a new video game development studio in Vancouver, B.C. Blinkmoon, founded in… Read More
The Eugene, Ore.-based video game developer Pipeworks announced on Tuesday that it’s expanded into Canada by opening a new studio in Vancouver. The new studio, Timbre Games, is headed by… Read More
Here’s a garbage idea that’s worth almost $3 million. Pela, a British Columbia-based company that makes sustainable products such as compostable phone cases, has turned to Indiegogo for its latest… Read More
The Canadian developer behind 2019’s hit Switch game Luigi’s Mansion 3 has been acquired by Nintendo. Next Level Games, based in Vancouver, B.C., launched in 2002. The company had already… Read More
Traffic as congested as Los Angeles? Housing as unaffordable as the Bay Area or New York? Climate emissions falling well short of Paris Agreement targets? Those are the dire predictions… Read More
Chinook Therapeutics, a Vancouver, B.C.-based biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised $65 million in a Series A financing round led by Versant Ventures with Apple Tree Partners… Read More
The popular belief may be that gaming and e-sports can serve to distract kids from focusing on what’s “really important,” but at Startup League in Vancouver, B.C., co-founder and CEO… Read More
If there is, at some point in human history, an awards category called “most colorful apocalypse,” Greg Lobanov‘s Wandersong ought to be an early favorite. It’s a crowdfunding success story,… Read More
They come from “all corners of the Earth,” and this week, instead of settling in Seattle, competitors and rabid fans have assembled three hours north, in Vancouver, B.C., for The… Read More
High-speed train or ultra-high-speed hyperloop ground transportation may be years away along the corridor between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., but starting April 26, traveling between the two high-tech cities will… Read More
Direct seaplane flights between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., have moved another step closer toward becoming reality and providing an efficient travel option for business and tech workers in the two… Read More
News Brief: British Columbia will contribute $300,000 toward a study that will look into the business case for an ultra-high-speed transit system connecting Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. B.C. Premier John… Read More
Amazon today announced plans to open a new office in Vancouver B.C., doubling its workforce there from 1,000 to 2,000 people. Amazon first established a presence in Vancouver in 2013,… Read More
Pacific Northwest business and political leaders on both sides of the Canadian border announced today a series of agreements to strengthen relationships between Seattle, Portland, Vancouver B.C. and the surrounding… Read More
The congested and time-consuming Interstate-5 route between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., provided the inspiration for an ambitious new report from Madrona Venture Group that aims to take on the region’s transportation headache… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and its CEO Satya Nadella will headline a conference in Vancouver, B.C. next week with an emphasis on Seattle and Vancouver working together to become an “innovation hub.”… Read More