Tenants in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are working to make their buildings safer during heat waves
A group of tenants in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is demonstrating how communities can come together to keep each other safe during extreme heat events.
Have you seen this squirrel? These Alberta researchers want to know
The elusive Franklin's ground squirrel is the subject of a research project to prove their population has in fact declined. The species is currently listed as "undetermined" by the Alberta government.
NASA is launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Here are just a few of the wonders it will reveal
If all goes to plan, at 7:26 a.m. Sunday morning, a new space telescope will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on top of a Falcon Heavy rocket, ready to reveal new wonders about our universe. Here are some things scientists hope to unravel with this new telescope.
How Toronto is using Clariti’s AI to speed up building permit approvals
Vancouver-based Clariti’s software, CivCheck, flags mistakes in initial applications.
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Animal Justice urges investigation into Marineland beluga death in Chicago, wants relocation efforts halted
Animal Justice is calling for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to investigate the death in a Chicago aquarium of Peekachu, a 23-year-old beluga from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., that was part of ongoing relocation efforts involving other whales and dolphins.
“From soup to qubits”: Xanadu to open advanced photonics hub in old Campbell’s factory
Toronto firm lands $195-million loan in Canada’s largest quantum manufacturing investment.
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Feds commit $31 million to help Kardium manufacture its heart device in BC
German chemical giant Evonik is also getting $68 million to expand its BC presence.
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IN PHOTOS | Partial lunar eclipse here and abroad
Skygazers got to see a partial lunar eclipse across the Americas, Europe and Africa on Thursday evening into Friday.
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Despite Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario, Great Lakes endure as symbol of U.S.-Canada collaboration
It's unclear whether Trump can unilaterally rename the lake, whose name predates European colonization of the Americas and has been widely recognized internationally for centuries. But the renaming belies a concerted push by the Trump administration to hold back important U.S.-Canada collaboration on scientific research and restoration work in the Great Lakes.
VITAL connects data for research and development across Canada
TORONTO – The VITAL project, devised and led by two physicians at St. Michael’s Hospital, is now backed by $210 million in government and institutional funding. Moreover, VITAL is already […]
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The right AI tools: One home care organization is paving the way
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a foundational capability across healthcare. As workforce shortages, increasing service demands, and financial pressures continue to challenge providers, organizations must move beyond experimentation and […]
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Community hospitals building a regional AI governance collaborative
Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from the periphery of healthcare innovation to the centre of clinical, operational and administrative transformation. Ambient clinical documentation, predictive analytics, imaging support, scheduling optimization and […]
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The doctor as innovator: what’s in store for the physician/inventor?
What does it take for a physician to develop and launch a medical device company? Dr. Brian Courtney – a clinician scientist and interventional cardiologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences – […]
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Community care-providers require smoother communication
Emergency departments are overflowing. Hospital beds are full. Wait lists continue to grow. Across Canada, health systems are responding by investing in hospital@Home programs, community paramedicine, integrated palliative care, and […]
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Project AMPLIFI model connects acute care centres and LTC facilities
Project AMPLIFI, led by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (St. Joe’s), has helped overcome vendor fragmentation barriers to Ontario’s vision of a single, cross-sector digital patient chart by connecting 106 hospital […]
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Doing it for themselves: GenAI is the front door to a personalized health system
Patients are doing it for themselves, and generative AI is becoming their front door to the health system. The question is how the formal system can help them get good […]
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Hypercare plays increasing role in connecting community providers
It wasn’t too long ago that healthcare service providers on community teams in Ontario’s Wellington County performed their duties without a secure means of communication to share patient information. Team […]
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One 'absolutely prolific' male bird is keeping his species alive in the U.K.
Conservationists have long been working to keep a rare species of bird from disappearing entirely from the United Kingdom. But any recent success they've had in protecting the Montagu's harrier's British population can largely be attributed to the mating prowess of one male "at the top of his game."
