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

Woman Arrested, Police Seek Details Following Suspicious Death Involving Truck In Fort St. John

A woman is in custody as RCMP in Fort St. John, B.C., investigate what they are calling a suspicious death.

Woman Arrested, Police Seek Details Following Suspicious Death Involving Truck In Fort St. John

Muslim Flight Attendant Suspended For Refusing To Serve Alcohol Files Complaint

Charee Stanley, a Detroit-based flight attendant for ExpressJet, filed a discrimination complaint Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Muslim Flight Attendant Suspended For Refusing To Serve Alcohol Files Complaint

RCMP Lay Charges In Fire That Destroyed School In Nunavut

Police have laid charges in a fire that destroyed the only school for junior and senior high students in the Arctic community of Cape Dorset.

RCMP Lay Charges In Fire That Destroyed School In Nunavut

Four Out Of Five Missing Persons Reported Are Kids In Manitoba Care: Police

WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg say that four out of five missing persons reports they receive are about young girls in the care of Manitoba Child and Family Services.

Four Out Of Five Missing Persons Reported Are Kids In Manitoba Care: Police

Canadian Auto Insurance Giant Working With Uber On New Products For Ridesharing

Intact Financial Corp. (TSX:IFC) said it is also working with insurance regulators and various levels of government in provinces where Uber is available to ensure the products that it develops are in line with regulatory requirements.