Edmonton Companies News & Discussion

[MacLac]

Well there we have it! An organized consortium to market and capitalize ourselves to future Carney bucks! ERDA - Edmonton Region Defence Alliance…..we are a “defence HUB” now, ALONG with "Hydrogen Hub, Health and Innovation Hub, AI Hub, Pharma Hub's" for the province.

ERDA | Edmonton Global

edmontonglobal.ca

 

[Gronk!]

Alliance of Edmonton-area pillars looks to attract investment from $6.6B federal defence industrial strategy

A local partnership between a handful of major entities aims to establish the Edmonton region as a defence-related hub.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[yeggator]

Military-industrial complex go brrrrr

 

[Kosy123]

That promotional video they had was super neat, I'd love to see more of that kinda stuff promoting our downtown for corporate office attraction or for tourism tbh.

 

[Gronk!]

The Pulse: Feb. 20, 2026

In this edition: Your turn: Snowberry, playgrounds, and Gibbons; Happy Beer Street has been officially designated as Edmonton's third entertainment district; and more headlines and happenings

edmonton.taproot.news

• PrairiesCan is investing $6.5 million through its Regional Defence Investment Initiative in two Edmonton companies to expand Canadian defence manufacturing capacity. Zero Point Cryogenics is receiving $5 million to advance commercialization of dilution refrigerators and cryogenics for defence prototyping and mission-critical systems, while Logican Technologies is receiving $1.5 million to expand advanced manufacturing capabilities for defence-related technologies including sonar and naval communications.

 

[Gronk!]

New vrCAVE game to let players swashbuckle from home

Virtual-reality company vrCAVE is ramping up to launch Heroes Together VR, the company's first direct-to-consumer game.

edmonton.taproot.news

 

[MacLac]

Oh!!!!?

Associate Dean of IT at NAIT…..what’s coming?

 

[air_ic]

Based on the image that those vehicles are identified with the box around it, I’m going to guess this is some sort of AI stuff

 

[JuliallThat]

Oh!!!!?

Associate Dean of IT at NAIT…..what’s coming?
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They're gonna get us some mountains???

 

[Offworld]

They're gonna get us some mountains???

That's actually a winter snow pile, Padawan.

 

[ADob]

Good lord, those cars keep getting bigger and bigger! Where will it stop?!

 

[TAS]

Good lord, those cars keep getting bigger and bigger! Where will it stop?!

No kidding. To make room for those bigger vehicles, they even removed the pedestrian/bike paths on the east side of the bridge.

 

[northlands]

I don't see any lifted F350s in the image either so it's clear AI still has a long ways to go.

 

[MacLac]

NordSpace launches venture arm with strategic investment in Wyvern | BetaKit

Edmonton satellite company says the investment will advance its next-generation Rosette satellites.

betakit.com

 

[YEG imagineer]

Why couldnt Edmonton be in this conversation? https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/van...-resilience-bank-dsrb-headquarters-bid-canada