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business region

Hydrogen convention to bring world to region

Delegates to the third annual Canadian Hydrogen Convention, which runs from April 23 to 25 at the Edmonton Convention Centre, include officials from Romania, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and even Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland.

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business technology

Edmonton Unlimited hires new CEO from within city ecosystem

Edmonton Unlimited has hired Tom Viinikka, the current CEO of the Edmonton Screen Industries Office, as the permanent replacement for its former CEO Catherine Warren, whom its board parted ways with in January.

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A person holding a golf cub poses in a restaurant in golf attire.
business food

Edmonton food legend hits another kind of green

Siu To, the man credited with bringing the iconic green onion cake to Edmonton in 1980, and known to many as the Green Onion Cake Man, has invented his own golf club out of sheer love for the sport.

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health business

OligomicsTx wins at Startup TNT summit finale

OligomicsTx won a minimum of $155,000 from Startup TNT at the organization's Life Sciences Summit finale on March 14 in Edmonton.

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A photo of black and green compost bins.
region technology

How Leduc uses AI to keep plastic out of organics carts

A Leduc pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to help residents keep plastic out of organics bins has been extended to the end of 2024 after the city saw a significant reduction in contamination.

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Lime e-scooters in downtown Edmonton in 2020.
region business

E-scooter operators remain bullish on Edmonton region

Despite bankruptcies in other countries and bans in other cities, micromobility operators say shared e-scooters and e-bikes aren't rolling out of the Edmonton region any time soon.

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A person wearing a suit and glasses stands inside a campus building.
business technology

NAIT set to grow from four schools to seven

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology is shaking up its academic structure to respond to industry needs as it looks towards 2050, a senior leader said.

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An aerial view of a multifamily housing development next to a single-family home.
business technology

Neighbours who developed multifamily 'gem' look to replicate success

A group of North Glenora neighbours who collaborated to build multifamily housing in their own backyards have already netted an Urban Design Award and are now looking to repeat their climate-focused success in another mature neighbourhood, just with a smaller footprint.

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A woman in a white bathrobe wears a bright pink, adjustable shower cap and looks in the mirror
business technology

How one inventor's shower cap landed an exclusive U.S. patent

Local inventor Gillian Thomson has earned a United States utility patent for her Skipper shower cap and with it the exclusive selling rights in that country.

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