For this week's innovation, we return to the world of gastronomy.  The Ambrosia Apple is a variety of apple originating in British Columbia, in the early 1990s. The original tree was first cultivated by the Mennell family of Similkameen Valley, British...(read more)

The ZENN (Zero Emission, No Noise) electric vehicle was a compact 2-seater produced by the ZENN Motor Company of Canada from 2006 to 2010. Designed as a neighborhood electric vehicle, It had a range of up to 64 km and was limited to a speed of 40 km/h.

In September...(read more)

As we play catch-up after the holidays, we bring you film colorization! We've all seen old films, originally only available in B&W, re-released in their colorized version. Whether a fan of this or not, it's another example of the inventiveness of Canadians....(read more)

The BIXI bike sharing program has become one of the most used bicycle sharing systems in the US & Canada. The Public Bike System Company (PBSC) launched BIXI in Montreal in May 2009, making it North America's first large-scale bike sharing system. In early...(read more)

This amazing innovation is a great example of the adage, "necessity is the mother of invention".

The Weevac 6, invented by Wendy Murphy in 1985, is a stretcher specifically designed for transporting babies. The name is derived from it's function,...(read more)

When introduced and through it's early years, this weeks innovation was a game changer for mobile communications.

The BlackBerry was invented by Canadian university students Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, who founded Research in Motion (RIM) in Waterloo,...(read more)