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2021

KW companies take top two spots on Deloitte Technology Fast 50

Meet the latest winners of the Technology Fast 50 program, falling within the categories of Fast 50, Clean technology, Enterprise Fast 15, and Companies-to-Watch. Recognizing the world-class achievements of Canadian technology companies, the Technology Fast 50 program highlights their commitment to innovation, leadership, and rapid revenue growth between 2017 and 2020. This year, the average […]

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Communitech exploring $200 million venture fund

Longtime Kitchener-Waterloo tech champion Communitech is exploring new ways to support startups across the country by launching a $200 million venture fund, BetaKit has learned. The idea for the venture fund comes amid a year of transition for Communitech, which overhauled its strategy along with a leadership change, with C100 co-founder Chris Albinson taking over

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Construction underway on Waterloo International Airport’s $44M expansion

Waterloo – Construction is underway on the Region of Waterloo International Airport’s $44 million expansion project. The project should see the airport double in size in the next six months in a bid to increase the number of passengers from 70,000 in 2019 to more than one million in 2023. Region of Waterloo Chair Karen

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As renters left downtown Toronto, prices in one Ontario city [Kitchener] surged

Toronto renters leaving the downtown core during the pandemic likely intensified rising rent prices in one Ontario city. A new report from Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting found that rent prices in Kitchener jumped 14% year-over-year in 2020 to $1,632 and then went up another 15% in 2021 to $1,881 — a total increase

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Waterloo Region firms looking to fill hundreds of roles in ‘highly competitive’ tech sector

WATERLOO REGION — Take a look at the websites for local tech firms, large and small, and you’ll find a common sign these days: We’re hiring. Faced with a shortage of skilled labour pre-pandemic, the tech sector found its services in even greater demand as COVID-19 lit a fire under an already-accelerating digital adoption and

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Canada’s Biggest Cities Saw Fastest-Ever Exodus Of Residents, And It Began Before COVID-19

Canada’s two largest metro areas have recorded their largest-ever outflow of residents according to new data from Statistics Canada, as a growing number of residents headed for the suburbs or nearby smaller cities. The Toronto metropolitan area saw a net loss of 50,375 residents to other parts of Ontario between July 2019 and July 2020,

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