Bright Breaks, the Halifax startup that produces online wellness videos for employees, has closed a $2.5M funding round led by new investor Build Ventures. https://t.co/z7idXQLWYY
Nàdarra Ventures, a new #VC fund that invests in industrial #agritech, has announced the $20M first close of a planned $50M to invest in seed stage and Series A companies. https://t.co/VzhQlI7dWw
Another remarkable cartoon from @CH_Cartoon that really puts things into perspective.
Fighting climate change shouldn't be a partisan issue. Fires, floods, and other climate disasters are a threat to us all. We can't afford to play politics with our own survival.
Narrator: In the privileged outdoor fire system, people are represented by two separate yet equally vocal groups: One that thinks The Man” is sticking it to them & others who know they can 100% control a force of nature that just handed us our asses.
These are their stories.
One last thing. Another huge shoutout to all the firefighters, DNR, dispatchers, logistics, mechanical, other support personnel, allied agencies, and others who responded this week. Every call got answered, many lives and much property were saved due to this work. BZ to you all.
Not sure if this has been reported elsewhere, but in a letter from the Premier to the Prime Minister, Nova Scotia has formally requested the following resources from the Federal Government.
Bell Media wouldn’t nominate @LisaLaFlamme_ for an award — so she did it herself. Now LaFlamme is a finalist for best national news anchor, following her controversial ouster from CTV News, by @joannachiu https://t.co/Ll0hOZ08n6 via @torontostar#journalism
Jennifer Wager, the former president of Dartmouth cleantech star @CarbonCure, has a new role as a fellow at @Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a VC firm led by such business titans as Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg. https://t.co/28mNJOKiuo