The electric car has many barriers to adoption, the cost of the battery being a major one. California-based firm Better Place is proposing a solution: customers don't pay for the battery at all. Instead, they pay for electricity as they would minutes on a cell phone, or go to battery ...

Much hoopla has been made about the promise of “green” jobs, particularly in relation to how such jobs could help alleviate the pain of a struggling manufacturing industry. But actual growth has been difficult to quantify in the North American context thus far, despite numerous projections from various industry groups ...

The Ontario government today is introducing legislation aimed at preventing related primary and secondary ticket sellers from selling tickets to the same event. The obvious target? Ticketmaster, whose secondary market subsidiary (i.e., scalping service), TicketsNow, makes huge fees from allowing people to resell tickets at higher than face-value prices.

Electric cars have a problem: current battery technology is too expensive to allow for widespread adoption. Better Place has a solution. The California-based company, founded in 2007, is proposing a radically different transportation model. Better Place essentially leases batteries. Customers pay for the cost of the electric vehicle minus the ...

Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation unveiled a new $250-million plan today to stimulate the province's moribund venture capital industry. You can read my story on the initiative here. Please comment below—whether you're an early-stage investor, entrepreneur, or just concerned about the innovation economy, I would like to hear your ...