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NorthX Climate Tech has appointed Ka-Hay Law as its new chief investment officer, bringing on someone with over a decade of experience backing climate technologies as they scale from demonstration to commercialization. Law will lead investment strategy, portfolio development, and capital mobilization for the Vancouver-based organization, which focuses on funding hard tech solutions that can transform industries and cut emissions.

Law comes from Telus Global Ventures, where she led climate tech and sustainable agriculture investments and served as a partner at the $100 million Telus Pollinator Fund. In that role, she sourced and executed both early and late-stage investments while establishing what the company describes as rigorous, evidence-based impact management practices. Her work involved identifying companies that could deliver both climate impact and strong business fundamentals—a balance that's increasingly important as climate tech moves from pilot projects to commercial deployment.

Before Telus, Law was vice president of impact and investments at the Lundin Foundation, where she helped transform the organization into a globally recognized impact investor and sustainability partner. Her work has taken her to Africa, Southeast Asia, and Scandinavia, and she brings an engineering background to the investment side. She's built investment strategies, mobilized blended capital, and worked with industry, government, and community partners to deliver economic and climate results.

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🚜 Working nine to five: Innovate BC awarded $4.53 million through its B.C. On-Farm Technology Adoption Program to 80 farm projects across the province, helping producers acquire automation, robotics, sensors, and software to address labour shortages and boost efficiency.

⚓ Safe and sound: Barnacle Systems sat down with Pacific Economic Development Canada to discuss how the Victoria-based company's BRNKL monitoring solutions are supporting recreational, industrial, and military vessels in over 40 countries through partnerships with the Department of National Defence and major defence manufacturers.

💰 Taxman: The City of Victoria proposed a 10.44 per cent property tax increase to generate an additional $20.4 million for police funding and municipal operations, with Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce CEO John Wilson expressing concern about the burden on taxpayers while feedback remains open until January 23.

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