Alberta pumps $50 million into Amii, its AI centre
July 15, 2026
CALGARY - Alberta's government is investing $50 million in the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) to put AI to work across public services and grow the economy.
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CABHI awards $3.2M to 25 brain health innovators
July 15, 2026
TORONTO - The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, is awarding $3.2 million in funding to 25 Canadian companies and researchers using AI and other critical technologies to solve urgent aging and brain health challenges - including dementia prevention.
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CHEO, CAMH win AI funding from Anthropic
July 15, 2026
OTTAWA - CHEO and the CHEO Research Institute are partnering with Anthropic through its AI for science initiative to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can help improve child health research, hospital operations and, ultimately, the experience of children, youth and families.
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VitalHub announces acquisition of Buddy Healthcare
July 15, 2026
TORONTO - Vitalhub Corp. announced that it has acquired Buddy Healthcare Ltd Oy, a care coordination platform based in Finland. The acquisition of Buddy Healthcare consists of up-front payments of €8.6 million, plus potential performance-based consideration.
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MCC backs R&D on virtual patient encounters
July 15, 2026
OTTAWA - The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) has awarded a research grant to a team from the Wilson Centre to study the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled virtual patients in clinical assessment.
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Southlake performs advanced PPG coronary analysis
July 15, 2026
NEWMARKET, Ont. – Southlake Health has achieved another Canadian first in cardiac innovation, becoming the first hospital in the country to perform a Pullback Pressure Gradient (PPG) analysis of a coronary vessel. This advanced predictive procedure helps physicians deliver more precise, personalized care for patients with complex heart disease, and is another way Southlake is delivering leading edge cardiac care, closer to home.
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AI4Eyes accepted into MEDTEQ+ Avisé program
July 15, 2026
MONTREAL - AI4Eyes is proud to announce that it has been officially accepted into the MEDTEQ+ Avisé Program, with its application approved by the Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie (MEIE). As part of this major Go to Market milestone, AI4Eyes has been awarded $700,000 by MEDTEQ+ to support the validation of its AI-powered dry eye platform in real-world clinical settings.
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Meta to build $13B AI data centre in Alberta
July 15, 2026
CALGARY – Meta plans to spend more than $13 billion to build a massive artificial intelligence data centre in Sturgeon County, north of Edmonton, marking the technology company’s first such facility in Canada.
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Québec uses AI to improve Info-Santé 811 helpline
July 15, 2026
MONTREAL - Quebec’s Info-Santé 811 phone consultation line has become the first of its kind in Canada to use AI to help improve its service. The helpline provides Quebecers with free, confidential healthcare advice by phone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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No open competition for Accelerate Nova Scotia?
July 15, 2026
HALIFAX - Premier Tim Houston (pictured) says in many situations it would make sense to have an open competition for a newly created government job, but not in the case of the one announced last month for the former interim CEO of Nova Scotia Health.
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