Ex-BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsillie donates $10 million CAD to ‘economic nationalism’ think tank.

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Thirty storeys tall with a reusable first stage filled with liquid oxygen and methane, New Glenn launched around 2 a.m. ET from Blue Origin's launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

It’s a question parents across the globe are grappling with: should my child have a smartphone? Some advocates and experts say the answer is clear — they shouldn’t.

Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week show a vivid pink substance coating streets, cars and plants. This is fire retardant, dropped by aerial firefighting tankers in massive plumes of red or pink to slow down fires. But how does it work, and is it safe?

TORONTO – Digital Health Canada’s Board of Directors have announced the appointment of Shelagh Maloney (pictured) as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 27, 2025. Shelagh’s career has been defined by […]

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EDMONTON – Another leader has left as head of Alberta Health Services – Athana Mentzelopoulos (pictured), hired just over a year ago, is out as president and CEO. An interim […]

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EDMONTON – Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has appointed Dr. Chris Eagle (pictured) as chairman, and interim president and CEO of Acute Care Alberta, pending contract finalization, to take the fledgling […]

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OXFORD, UK and TORONTO — Oxford Cancer Analytics (OXcan), a medtech company developing blood tests for early cancer detection using advanced proteomics and AI, announced it has raised US$11 million […]

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ROCHESTER, NY – Carestream Health, a leading provider of medical imaging solutions, announced the addition of new features to its popular DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System. These new features continue Carestream’s […]

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TORONTO – Dr. Andrea Furlan’s (pictured) videos on chronic pain have positively impacted the lives of patients and clinicians across the globe. The specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation began […]

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TORONTO – Seneca Polytechnic is thrilled to announce a generous new grant of $660,000 from RBC Future Launch, a part of RBC and RBC Foundation’s 10-year, $500 million commitment to […]

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SUDBURY, Ont. – Makers of a medical device that enables users to conduct in-home blood tests are receiving $250,000 in funds to advance its development. Sudbury’s Verv Technologies is the […]

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HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Health and Novari Health Inc. have executed an agreement to deploy the Novari Access to Care suite of technologies across Nova Scotia. Under the terms of […]

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TORONTO – A new report says Canada’s healthcare system has fallen behind international peers in access to care, equity and wait times, outperforming only the United States. The not-for-profit think […]

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Repeat founder and former Lightspeed exec wants to make commercialization less risky.

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This week marks one year since the deep freeze that sent temperatures plummeting to about -30 C in some fruit-growing regions.

Four years of timelapse footage from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean have given Canadian scientists a rare glimpse into the busy life of a sea sponge named Belinda.

The sector faces pressures, but there is money to be made in airline industry if you know where to look. That’s the opinion of RBC Dominion Securities analyst James McGarragle, who sees a tougher environment for the space as we enter 2025. The analyst says investors should not expect a repeat of 2024. “Share prices […]

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Phantom tax is a term that describes a tax liability imposed on income that is reported for tax purposes but has not been received as actual cash or liquid assets by the taxpayer. This concept arises in specific financial or legal scenarios where income is recognized on paper due to accounting rules, tax regulations, or […]

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FPI, or Foreign Portfolio Investment, in the context of income tax, refers to the tax treatment and implications of income generated from investments made by individuals, institutions, or entities in financial assets of a foreign country. These investments typically include stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other securities traded in foreign markets. Unlike foreign direct investments, […]

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