Climate change past the point of no return, UN says, as worst impacts are now unavoidable
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the world must now figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety.
Canada’s music rights defender sues AI song generator Suno
SOCAN is accusing the platform of infringing on Canadian artists like Tom Cochrane, Avril Lavigne.
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Why the infrastructure behind AI-enabled SaaS matters to Canadian startups
What startups should know about how AI providers handle their data, performance, and costs.
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Canada’s economy is improving, RBC says
Covalon Technologies is a buy, this analyst says
Canadian Solar: Buy, Sell or Hold?
Carney's 'hydronym' moment is behind a cheeky campaign to raise awareness about Lake Ontario
Riding on Prime Minister Mark Carney's use of the proper word for a body of water, a London, Ont., company has created T-shirts emblazoned with "My hydronyms are Lake and Ontario." A portion of the apparel sales proceeds go to Swim Drink Fish Canada, a charity that connects people with the lake, and works to keep it safe and clean.
Lakeridge Health earns EMRAM 7 from HIMSS
OSHAWA, Ont. – Lakeridge Health has achieved Stage 7 of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), joining a select group of Canadian […]
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Family doctor asks for $500 to transfer records
LONDON, Ont. – A woman who asked her London-area GP to transfer her family’s records to a new doctor, closer to her home in Denfield, Ont., was shocked when she […]
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KHSC opens radiation-free cardiac lab
KINGSTON, Ont. – New technology at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) means that patients with irregular heartbeats and other conditions will receive treatment faster than ever. The treatment will also […]
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Montreal AI surgical tech company raises $2.65M
MONTREAL – Scopia Surgical, a Montreal-based company developing real-time, AI-powered surgical navigation for minimally invasive and robotic surgery, announced the closing of its oversubscribed $2.65 million pre-seed financing round. The […]
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Waterloo accelerator aims to help start-ups
WATERLOO, Ont. – The Accelerator Centre (AC) and the City of Waterloo have announced the inaugural cohort of AC:Health, a specialized healthcare innovation accelerator supported by the province of Ontario […]
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Kardium attracts $31M investment from government
VANCOUVER – The Government of Canada announced funding of up to $31.25 million through the Strategic Response Fund (SRF) toward Kardium’s investment in a $125 million project to expand its […]
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KHSC and paramedics reducing offload time
KINGSTON, Ont. – A partnership between Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) and Frontenac Paramedics is helping ambulances return to the community more quickly after bringing patients to the Emergency Department, […]
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Computer outage at SW Ontario hospitals
WINDSOR, Ont. – A critical technology malfunction hit the five hospitals in the Erie St. Clair Region last Saturday, affecting multiple systems. TransForm Shared Service Organization said it has been […]
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Announcing NIHI fall courses
WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics is offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning fall 2026. They include: “AI Privacy and Data Protection,” “Introduction to […]
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This new type of dice guarantees no tie when deciding who goes first
A group of mathematicians and computer scientists has cracked the code to create dice that can determine a winner in single roll with no chance of a tie.
OpenText, MDA Space among execs who joined Prime Minister’s trade meeting
Mark Carney gave an update on Canadian trade to 23 organizations, but they aren’t saying what they discussed.
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Emissions Reduction Alberta doles out nearly $51 million in slew of innovation investments
Tech and innovation projects across the province are aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
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How scientists confirmed the 'paint by numbers' Norval Morrisseau fraud ring
Scientists at a little-known federal agency in Ottawa reveal the forensic tools that helped crack the largest art fraud case in history. For decades, the forgery ring produced thousands of fake paintings attributed to famed Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau.