The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Extra Life Edmonton held its 24-hour gaming marathon fundraiser online with around 700 people raising money in support of the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation; the provincial government and Mitacs have invested $15-million to create 1,275 internships for post-secondary students; three Edmontonians participated as part of the 2020 Canadian G20 YEA delegation; Innotech Alberta is providing a new coating for oil sands equipment; and a recent ruling from the Court of Appeal of Alberta is likely to limit phone and laptop searches at Canadian border crossings.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Tech CEOs from across the country including AltaML CEO Cory Janssen have written a letter outlining concerns that Canada does not have a comprehensive plan for its innovation economy; Alberta Innovates is offering two new programs with $1.3M in funding; three local innovators have been named Top 40 Under 40 for 2020; Deeleeo is a new Edmonton-based delivery app; Discover Coding is teaching Edmonton students how to code; and Accelerate Fund wrote about running an early-stage venture capital fund in Alberta.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: the top five companies for Startup TNT's investment summit in November have been announced; the next episode of Taproot Edmonton Presents: Igniting Innovation will be released on Oct. 28; AltaML's new data science internship program has received more than 500 applications; the province has pledged $4.5 million from the Major Innovation Fund to the University of Alberta's Autonomous Systems Initiative; and Growing Greener Innovations won this year’s National Product Innovation Award at the CANIE Awards.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: the first entirely virtual Edmonton Startup Week has begun; a new podcast from Taproot Edmonton explores how startups and investors are coming together in Edmonton's tech innovation sector; Alberta Enterprise Corporation has invested an additional $5 million in Accelerate Fund III; Vertical City has expanded to Ottawa with its elevator communication technology; and with approval from city council, the Edmonton Research Park will transition back to the City of Edmonton.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Western Canada has a new angel group focused on early-stage tech entrepreneurs, through Calgary's Allied Venture Partners; Cheryll Watson, former VP of Innovate Edmonton, has announced her intention to run for mayor of Edmonton; G2V Optics has partnered with The Harvest Hub; CBRE Edmonton said there is an opportunity for the tech sector to take advantage of sublets in downtown; and Dr. Ela Dudek has joined Future Fields.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: a big week for AltaML, announcing its Applied AI Lab, a new office in 103 Street Center, and an updated logo, plus branding alongside it; NAIT featured Agriolabs for raising $42,517 via Kickstarter; Serious Labs has announced a new Operator Certification Training Pilot Program in Alberta; Amii has partnered with the U.K.'s Alchemab; Webcor Construction has chosen PCL Construction's Job Sight Insights; and the Dev Edmonton Society is organizing a virtual sticker swap.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Startup Edmonton announces companies selected for Launch Party 11; Scope AR is being used by Lockheed Martin to help build the Orion spacecraft; Startup TNT has announced the top 20 companies for Edmonton and Calgary ahead of its November Investment Summit; Jobber has been recognized by The Globe and Mail as the fastest growing software company in Canada; and Sean Feehan has joined We Know Training as vice-president of technology.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Pegasus Imagery and Nanoprecise Sci Corp have been named semifinalists in NASA iTech's 2020 Cycle II competition; the Government of Alberta has affirmed funding for Amii; the City of Edmonton has been recognized by the World Council on City Data; PCL Construction has partnered with Giatec Scientific; Showbie has partnered with Explain Everything; and nominations are open for the 2020 Start Alberta Tech Awards.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: The Edmonton Public Library revealed a new Makerspace and Gamerspace during a virtual open house for the revitalized Stanley A. Milner Library; Sprout Fund has invested in EZOps; the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute has launched a new website with a focus on applied AI; Visionstate has seen increased interest in its Wanda solution during COVID-19; Spontivly will participate in North Forge Founders Program.

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Startup Edmonton has announced the nine companies that will participate in the second cohort of Propel; more than 45 companies have applied to pitch at the Startup TNT Investment Summit; WD is contributing $3 million to Alberta's green construction industry; Alberta Innovates looks at the upside of failure; Agriolabs has raised more than $36,000 through its Kickstarter campaign; Edmonton's transit smart fare system delayed again.