Waabi claims largest-ever Canadian tech fundraise as it hauls in $750-million USD Series C
Years after leaving Uber, Raquel Urtasun is developing robotaxis with the ride-hailing giant again.
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Magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattles southern and central Ontario
Thousands of southern and central Ontario residents are reporting that they were shaken by an earthquake late Tuesday night, according to Natural Resources Canada.
Buying a radon monitor? How to make sure you purchase one that actually works
Millions of Canadian homes have high levels of cancer-causing radon. Is yours one of them?
A long-awaited update to Canada's national building code requires newly built homes to include a type of radon mitigation system. But what about the millions of existing homes that are at risk of having high radon levels? And how do you know if your own house is a danger zone?
Why solving cold case killings just got much harder for police
Police cold-case units face a new challenge in solving decades-old killings. With the world's largest storehouse of genealogy information, Ancestry.com, now banning law enforcement from using its data without obtaining a court order, it is much harder for police to build family trees based on crime-scene DNA and zone in on suspects via their distant relatives.
Why do 3 major diseases disproportionately impact Black Canadians? New genome project aims to find out
Researchers in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia are launching a project to map more than 10,000 genomes from Black Canadians with Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and an aggressive form of breast cancer. Project leaders hope their findings eventually help target treatment and preventive care and contribute to better health outcomes for racialized patients.
U of A partners with City of Edmonton to study hydrogen-powered vehicles
The partnership is the latest turn in a long saga of Edmonton attempting to green its fleets.
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Texas launches lawsuit against Epic
AUSTIN, Tx. – In December, EHR giant Epic was hit with a lawsuit as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (pictured) filed an action alleging the health tech company monopolizes the […]
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NS needs to improve health data reporting, AG says
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the government must be more transparent about the performance of the health system. Kim Adair (pictured) says in a new report that taxpayers […]
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INOVAIT will fund new image-guided therapies
TORONTO – INOVAIT announced a call for applications for the Winter 2026 Pilot Fund. The Pilot Fund is a non-dilutive funding program that supports cutting-edge research and development projects in […]
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SHA plans to create anonymous reporting
REGINA – The Saskatchewan Health Authority listed a project on SaskTenders, the provincial procurement website, earlier this month, inviting bids to create a service to anonymously report when “employees and […]
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Canadian-led alliance harnesses AI for drug discovery
TORONTO – University Health Network (UHN), the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are joining forces to lead a major international initiative to change how […]
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Principles for responsible use of AI released in Ontario
TORONTO -The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) have released joint Principles to guide the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. […]
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Shortage of U/S techs in Alberta’s ERs
CALGARY – This week, a Postmedia columnist seeking a diagnosis for an issue that turned out to be a leg blood clot said he was told there was no ultrasound […]
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Federal strategy on AI expected within weeks
OTTAWA – Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon (pictured) is preparing to publish a government AI strategy as early as next month, according to a report in the Globe and Mail […]
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Announcing NIHI – McMaster winter courses
WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning winter 2026. They are: “Leadership in […]
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Palantir is going to drop like a rock, RBC says
Calian outlines new $100 million platform to bolster Canadian defence businesses
Calian Ventures helps SMBs navigate procurement and foster collaboration in Canada’s defence ecosystem.
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Float, Wise, Koho, Paramount, and Brim join Payments Canada
New members are now eligible to apply for access to the upcoming real-time rail system.
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