Bears are hungry and active this fall. Here's what Ontario residents should know
A surge in black bear sightings in Thunder Bay this fall is being driven by food shortages in their natural habitat, leading bears to raid residential apple trees and garbage. Authorities are urging residents to secure attractants and report encounters.
Nurse’s insight sparks Canadian patient safety innovation with HALO
TORONTO – What began from a single moment of inspiration in the pre-lung transplant ward at University Health Network (UHN) has blossomed into a nation-wide healthcare innovation. H.A.L.O Tele-Monitoring Inc. […]
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Virtual medical services are keeping many rural and remote EDs open
A growing number of rural and remote hospitals across Canada are using virtual ER physician services to cope with physician shortages and avoid ER closures, but not everyone is sold […]
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Scarborough partnership delivers solution to fragmented palliative care
TORONTO – Scarborough Health Network (SHN) and Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC), along with their partners in Scarborough Palliative Care (SPC), have developed a unique solution to delivering more […]
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Baxter’s Volara OLE system improves CF and bronchiectasis patient care
Clearing the airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) and bronchiectasis patients struggling to breathe can be a real challenge for clinicians using conventional therapies. However, the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary […]
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Addiction centres successfully implement HiBoop’s assessment platform
Canadian Addiction Treatment Centres (CATC) has successfully implemented HiBoop’s digital assessment platform at three inpatient facilities. Full staff adoption was achieved within weeks rather than the months typically expected for […]
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AI agents can lighten the burden on swamped healthcare professionals
The spotlight in healthcare AI is shifting dramatically. While AI scribes have dominated the narrative for the past few years, touted as the “silver bullet” for the clinical documentation burden […]
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Response group confirms 3rd sperm whale has died off P.E.I.'s North Shore
The third of three sperm whales stranded off P.E.I.'s North Shore has died, a day after the first two massive creatures were confirmed to have perished, according to the executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society.
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“It’s never been easier to build, but it’s never been harder to win.” FutureSight turns company-building into a science
FutureSight is betting its model can de-risk company building by pairing experienced founders with validated ideas.
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Ocean floor off N.S. warming twice as much as surface, report finds
A new report by the European Union's marine monitoring service has found that the waters off Nova Scotia have been gradually warming due to longer, more intense marine heat waves and fewer cold spells — especially affecting the waters near the ocean floor and the species living there.
Shopify merchants to sell directly through OpenAI’s ChatGPT with new partnership
Shopify stock jumps six percent after widely rumoured partnership is made official.
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Elevate Festival’s 2025 Startup Open House hits Toronto Oct. 9
The reborn event connects entrepreneurs with potential hires and investors.
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Burlington teen wins EU contest for robotic turtle using AI to monitor aquatic ecosystems, coral health
Burlington, Ont., student Evan Budz hopes his award-winning bionic turtle invention will help make underwater ecosystems safer and cleaner. He finished first among young scientists from 40 countries at a European Union contest, with a Calgary teen earning second.
Mila partners with Hypertec and 5C to launch Sovereign AI Research Hub in Montréal
The Hub aims to develop “frugal AI” with strong value.
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The Constellation Software selloff is overdone, TD says
The feds are ALL IN on AI
It was a good week to be Canada’s AI darling. One day after the company announced another $100 million USD in funding to bring its valuation to $7 billion (story below), Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez got to sit on the ALL IN stage surrounded by Canada’s federal AI minister, the country’s largest company by market cap, and its second-largest telecom (all three parties are customers, by the way) for a conversation that focused in part on ‘how to build 10 more Coheres.’ This type of hometown boosterism is nothing new for Canada’s tallest poppies (hat tip to past ‘10...
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