CIFAR announces advisory committee overseeing national AI strategy
CIFAR has announced its International Scientific Advisory Committee that will oversee the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence…
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Airbnb reaches agreement to collect provincial, municipal taxes in BC
Airbnb will start collecting both provincial and municipal sales taxes in British Columbia, the provincial government announced…
Ontario investing $13 million to help colleges tackle R&D challenges
The Ontario government has announced that it is investing in 61 projects across the province’s colleges to launch new…
BC testing app to help victims of cardiac arrest
British Columbia Emergency Health Services is launching a new cardiac arrest support smartphone app which looks to turn every…
Miovision receives $1.5 million from Ontario gov’t to expand team
The Ontario government is investing $1.5 million in Kitchener-based Miovision to help grow the company’s team. The investment…
QRA Corp receives $645,000 contract with Royal Canadian Air Force
Halifax-based QRA Corp, which develops enterprise software tools for early-stage validation and verification of engineered…
Canadian media coalition wants government to reconsider ‘Netflix Tax’ stance
A coalition comprised of 45 Canadian media organizations has requested a meeting with federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau…
Canadian gov’t and World Economic Forum want to use biometrics to expedite air travel
The Canadian announced that it is collaborating with the World Economic Forum, Accenture, and other partners to test emerging…
Coding non-profit Actua receives $10 million from government’s CanCode program
The Canadian government is providing $10 million to Actua, which provides STEM education programs to Canadian youth. The funding…
BC government investing $4.4 million in creating more STEM grads
The BC government is investing $4.4 million into its postsecondary institutions to increase the number of STEM students in…
Federal gov’t giving BDC $700 million to invest in cleantech companies
The federal government will give $700 million over the next five years to BDC for cleantech investments, according to a report…
Sidewalk Labs’ Dan Doctoroff says data won’t be used for commercial purposes in Quayside project
As part of RBC’s Disruptors speaker series in Toronto, RBC SVP John Stackhouse sat down with Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff…
Digital Technology supercluster wants to invest $1.4 billion in its projects
One of the supercluster consortia shortlisted in the Canadian government’s supercluster initiative has released the full…
Uber makes the case for ridesharing to BC government
Yesterday, Uber worked to persuade the British Columbia government to legalize ride-hailing services in the province. Michael…
Canadian government to use AI to search social media and predict suicides
According to the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, approximately 11 people commit suicide in Canada every day. Further,…