If accepted, the regional office in Halifax would be part of a NATO network known as the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, or DIANA.

Work shops and other get togethers with Edmonton's tech sector are being set up by EEDC to clear the air after the industry criticized the economic development agency at a City Council meeting earlier this month.

A $17 million investment will help re-purpose the Saint-Sulpice Library on Saint-Denis Street into an innovation hub.