Canada’s Gateway to the West has been methodically rebuilding itself as a knowledge economy centre, attracting jobs in the medical, educational and government sectors. As such, the city’s job market is sheltered somewhat from price drops that have plagued manufacturing and resource sectors across Canada.

Thunder Bay the top city for real estate in Canada

India’s Smart Cities vision ties into the ambitious plans of the Government to digitise and transform the country into a knowledge economy. The initiatives are bright sparks for vendors smarting under a slumping economy. The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the factors enabling the quest for a smarter world, with the others being Big Data/…