by Jessica Galang

The Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards in Ottawa announced an $8 million injection from FedDev Ontario for new programming and technology at the first entrepreneurship hub of its kind in Ottawa.

by Jennifer McIntosh

Everything is on track for the opening of the city’s Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards, said Saad Bashir, the city’s director of economic development and Innovation.

The city is expected to match the $15 million in provincial funds dedicated to the project, and is hoping to receive news of federal funding for the incubation hub soon. Start-up businesses that can't afford to lease space are expected to take advantage of the space.

By Susan Hickman

Whether it was an application to match high school students with tutor volunteers, or a service to help university students find free rides to the grocery store, innovative ideas were buzzing in the hallways of St. Patrick’s Building on April 30.

About 100 girls practised their pitches in huddled groups, awaiting their chance to have their original app prototypes judged on the final competition day of the Technovation Challenge and they were rewarded with a visit from federal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna.