Google Canada To Unveil New Headquarters For Development Team In Kitchener, Ont.

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 Jan, 2016 12:05 PM

KITCHENER, Ont. — Google Canada will unveil a new headquarters for its national development team in Kitchener, Ont., on Thursday.

The tech giant says more than 350 engineers will work on Google products in the new 185,000-square-foot office.

The new workspace is located in the Breithuapt Block, a former rubber manufacturing facility that takes up a full city block.

The company says the unveiling Thursday will showcase its virtual reality technology, which was built in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, and other locally made products.

Google's thumbprint in the Kitchener-Waterloo region, which has become an IT hub, has grown since opening its first office there in 2005.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Alberta Announces Changes To Farm Safety Bill; Opponents Say Confusion Reigns

EDMONTON — Alberta has introduced amendments to clarify that its contentious farm safety bill won't kill the family farm — but opponents say the process is now so muddled the bill should be scrapped.

Alberta Announces Changes To Farm Safety Bill; Opponents Say Confusion Reigns

School Briefly On Lockdown After 'Brazen' Gunfire In Surrey Neighbourhood

The Mounties responded to calls of shots fired at a home (near the intersection of 128 St. and 67 Ave) yesterday afternoon

School Briefly On Lockdown After 'Brazen' Gunfire In Surrey Neighbourhood

RCMP To Lead New Plan To Intervene In High-Risk Cases In Surrey, B.C.

The meeting would allow members to review cases where a referring agency believes there is a high probability of immediate harm for an individual or family.

RCMP To Lead New Plan To Intervene In High-Risk Cases In Surrey, B.C.

Mountie Who Punched Inmate Eight Times In B.C. Jail Gets Conditional Discharge

NANAIMO, B.C. — A Vancouver Island Mountie who pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm has received a conditional discharge and one year probation.

Mountie Who Punched Inmate Eight Times In B.C. Jail Gets Conditional Discharge

B.C.'s Southern Coast Braces For More Wet Weather As Second Storm Makes Landfall

VANCOUVER — Residents on British Columbia's South Coast will have little opportunity to dry off after a recent spate of wet weather.

B.C.'s Southern Coast Braces For More Wet Weather As Second Storm Makes Landfall

Crown's Non-Disclosure Of Vital Documents In Ivan Henry Trial 'Breathtaking': Lawyer

VANCOUVER — The lawyer of a man wrongfully imprisoned for 27 years says her client's 1983 sexual-assault trial is Canada's most egregious example of the Crown withholding evidence.