Alberta is open-sourcing its AI playbook for government
Province releases series of white papers explaining how it used Claude, Gemini to upgrade government systems.
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Canada’s real-time rail system will launch this year after achieving “critical milestone”
After years of consultations and delays, finance minister approves the RTR system’s bylaw and rules.
Q&A: How InBC hopes to redefine its role in BC tech as a more strategic investor
CIO Thomas Park unpacks InBC’s shifting strategy and its push to fill the university-commercialization gap.
Mortgage B-lender Haventree launches online bank
Schedule 1 Canadian bank now offers chequing-and-savings accounts and GICs.
Descartes cruises into Latin America with acquisition of last-mile management platform Drivin
Waterloo-based logistics tech firm makes its 37th acquisition since 2016.
Paraito raises $2.65 million to automate grunt work for Québec notaries
Inovia-backed startup out of Montréal is using AI to speed up real estate title searches.
Feds revamp procurement rules to make it easier to buy from Canadian small businesses
New Small Business Procurement Program will standardize contracts and integrate AI.
Katalyze AI thinks the future of pharma operations is teams of AI agents
WFHomie co-founder and former Sanofi leader close $10.5 million USD to speed drug development.
For Canadian femtech, women’s autonomy is part of the business model
Virtual healthcare that puts women’s control at the forefront is attracting VC dollars.
Scandium Canada acquires, rebrands ski-maker Ferreol Technologies
Ferreol’s alloys built high-performing skis. Scandium wants to use them to make spacecraft one day.
Hopper to pay $35 million USD to settle US FTC suit over “hidden fees”
US federal regulator says Montréal travel app’s previous tech unfairly charged customers.
Paystone enters creditor protection, pursues debt restructuring, sale
London FinTech firm says debt-fuelled acquisition spree, billing error leave its options limited.
Quantum tech firm BTQ to acquire France’s QPerfect
Vancouver-based BTQ will pay just over $30 million CAD for the French quantum firm.
Canadians can once again access Anthropic’s Fable after US lifts ban
Anthropic says the jailbreak that prompted the contentious foreign-access ban worked on other AI models, as well.
Telesat donates satellite capacity for Venezuela’s recovery efforts
Local telecom to use connectivity for communications and emergency response.