BDC launches $150M life sciences venture fund
April 15, 2026
MONTREAL - The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has announced the launch of its $150-million Life Sciences Venture Fund, created to support the next generation of Canadian companies in the sector.
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KITCHENER, Ont. - Amplify Care’s Shield Cybersecurity and Privacy Training program has launched a new course titled “AI and Cybersecurity,” which focuses on the growing role of artificial intelligence within the Canadian healthcare landscape. AI tools are becoming increasingly integrated into clinical systems, data management, and healthcare operations.
TORONTO – Humber River Health has announced that its Wilson site will be renamed Hennick Humber Hospital in recognition of a transformational $50 million donation from Jay and Barbara Hennick, through the Hennick Family Foundation. The donation represents one of the largest philanthropic investments ever made to a community hospital in Canada and will support the advancement of patient care, innovation, research, and education at the hospital.
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OSHAWA, Ont. - The Sienna for Seniors Foundation has made a transformational $1 million gift to Ontario Tech University to establish the Sienna Senior Living Research Centre for Healthy Aging and Happiness, advancing research focused on improving the lives of older adults in Canada.
TORONTO - As part of Ontario’s Patients Before Paperwork initiative, Novari Health, a VitalHub company, has executed a multi-year agreement with Ontario to implement its referral central intake technology across multiple regions of the province.
OTTAWA - On behalf of Evan Solomon, minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation and minister responsible for the federal economic development agency for southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), Mona Fortier, parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs and member of parliament for Ottawa–Vanier–Gloucester, announced an investment of just over $815,000 for Institut du Savoir Montfort (ISM) to expand the capacity of the Montfort Innovation Lab.
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced $48 million in funding for Providence Healthcare’s Clinical Support & Research Centre (CSRC), a cornerstone of the Jim Pattison Medical Campus in Vancouver.
TORONTO – The emergency department chief at Michael Garron Hospital, in the city’s east end, said the department is seeing twice the number of patients each day the facility was originally designed for. It’s scrambling to find ways of meeting the demand for emergency medical services.