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Loblaw Companies Ltd. plans to install rooftop solar panels on its Innes Road store in Orleans as part of a pilot project that could see the grocery chain outfitting up to 136 of its Ontario locations with the renewable energy technology.

Bering Media is offering digital direct mail marketing with a unique privacy-protection service.The company has attracted both investors and clients in its first 18 months of operation. Bering Media has received business development assistance from MaRS Discovery District.

As part of the lead-up to the Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC) conference, held in partnership with the social innovation practice at MaRS, speakers were invited to write about mentorship for the Globe and Mail. The result? Mentorship: the good, the bad, the "just-different".

Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at MaRS, and author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World says "it will take a massive investment to kick our fossil fuel addiction. Clean energy can be the basis of sustained economic prosperity over the next few decades. But only if we decide to do it."

On August 25, Toronto Hyrdo launched its' easy to Conserve campaign. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor states "energy conservation is as much about de-carboning the economy as it is about saving money."

MaRS Discovery District  announced that its Phase II construction and it is expected to be completed by 2013.

An in-depth review of the private equity market in Canada. This fifth installment in the series, produced in conjunction with McKinsey & Company, provides a fact-based perspective of the key trends shaping the Canadian private equity market Volume 1: produced by Goodman and Carr LLP, provides an in-depth review of key market facts. It describes the main characteristics of Canada's private equity market, the preferences of its participants, and the market activity over the past year.

Omar El Akkad, Globe and Mail Technology Report states "the aftershocks of the global recession have greatly reduced the amount of money big funds are willing to give venture capital firms, and how much money those firms are willing, in turn, to give startups. But with the rise of mobile platforms and Web 2.0, the cost of starting up a tech company today are often much lower than just a few years ago, and venture capital firms are increasingly handing out cash with the expectation that it doesn't take as much money as it used to, to launch the next technology powerhouse." Oct 26, 2009

Skymeter Corp., an upstart technology firm that has developed smart meter devices that use global positioning system technology to pinpoint the exact location of vehicles.the Skymeter technology is available only in Winnipeg, where the municipality's parking authority is testing it. The new system is expected to be implemented citywide by the fall of 2010, making it the first jurisdiction in the world to use the park-and-walk-away Skymeter. Nov 18, 2009

"The Winnipeg Parking Authority is testing a prototype version of a GPS gadget called a Skymeter, which pings orbiting satellites to determine where it is and how long it's been there." Nov 25, 2009

Baycrest, one of the world's leading cognitive science institutes announced today it has created a new company with MaRS, Canada's premiere innovation centre, to develop and market brain fitness products to help adults extend their memory and cognitive abilities longer in the lifespan. Baycrest will put its substantial cognitive science reputation behind a new for-profit company - Cogniciti - that will produce a suite of products, games and training protocols grounded in 20 years of aging brain research at Baycrest. Dec 2, 2009

CHALLENGE: It's got potential and is ready to be built, but is the science sound? And can a fringe medical treatment have mass appeal?

Lew Lim founder of Mediclights is a MaRS client and is bringing intranasal light therapy to Canada. Peter Adams, a MaRS Life Science and Healthcare IT advisor is working with Lim to commercializing this innovation. They would like to see Toronto as the new hub for interanasal laser research.

A Swedish delegation comes to the MaRS Centre to share it's country challenges when it comes to fostering economic development and innovation.

"How can new technologies make Canada's healthcare system more efficient? BNN asks Joseph Cafazzo, Lead, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation and Peter Adams, Senior Health IT Advisor, MaRS Discovery District."

Segasist Technologies, a MaRS Discovery District Client, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Prostate Auto-Contouring software 'Segasist P-AC'.

Barrie-based IT company gShift Labs qualifies for Investment Accelerator Funding.

Addictive Mobility and its Brisk iPhone campaign was the winner of the 2009 MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Award. The award event was held on Sept 8, 2009 at the MaRS Centre. Sept 10, 2009

According the Toronto Star, Dale Richmond states that he "believes it is a perfect time to lobby Ottawa and Queen's Park for Toronto's needs. Successes of the past include the MaRS project that focuses on commercializing biomedical research."

According the Toronto Star, Dale Richmond states that he believe it is a perfect time to lobby Ottawa and Queen's Park for Toronto's needs. Successes of the past include the MaRS project that focuses on commercializing biomedical research. Jan 23, 2003

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc is establishing its first Canadian sales office in Mississauga ON, but they have also confirmed that they are considering to become a MaRS tenant. Merck Frosst Canada announced that they will become a tenant in the MaRS Centre.

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc is establishing its first Canadian sales office in Mississauga ON, but they have also confirmed that they are considering to become a MaRS tenant. Merck Frosst Canada announced that they will become a tenant in the MaRS Centre. July 10, 2005