Open Ocean Robotics, a Victoria-based technology company, has finished a $2.8M investment round. The company plans to use the funds to support technological advancements, expand into Southeast Asia, and scale up manufacturing. The company uses drone-like boats to provide real-time oceanographic information to researchers and other users.
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Added on 2024-10-22
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Vancouver Island and Coast Region, BC
- vicnews.com
The Governments of Canada and British Columbia have promised more than $39M through the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund to protect salmon in the province. Nearly $6M will go towards projects located on Vancouver Island.
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Professional, scientific and technical services
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Added on 2024-06-22
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Vancouver Island and Coast Region, BC
- cheknews.ca
The Cowichan area will receive more than $3 million from B.C.'s Community Emergency Preparedness Fund. The Town of Ladysmith will receive $2.75 million to decommission and repair the Hollan Creek weirs, the Cowichan Valley Regional District will receive $267,080 for risk-reduction policies and processes, and Cowichan Tribes will get $150,000 for mobile flood-control equipment. The funding will provide better protection during flooding and other extreme weather emergencies.