January 28, 2026
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 others are suspected of violating SHA policies, codes of conduct or conflict of interest rules.”
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January 28, 2026
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 medicines are discovered using artificial intelligence (AI). Canadian partners have secured a $26-million grant through Horizon Europe’s Innovative Health Initiative, supporting the LIGAND-AI project - one of the largest global efforts in open-science drug discovery.
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January 28, 2026
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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January 28, 2026
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 service available at Calgary’s Sheldon Chumir Centre and turned to a private provider in the city’s downtown instead.
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January 28, 2026
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 newspaper. Last year he appointed an expert task force to advise him, including on the safety aspects of the technology.
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January 28, 2026
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 Healthcare: Resilient Leadership,” “Data Governance in Healthcare,” and more!
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January 21, 2026
OTTAWA - The Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH) is leading a plea for funding from the provincial government to help implement AI healthcare tools. A new submission to the province during 2026 pre-budget consultations calls for an initial injection of $15 million over three years to establish a “Health Technologies Innovation Transition Fund.”
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January 21, 2026
EDMONTON - Alberta has launched a dashboard that will share surgery volumes and wait times, cervical cancer screening rates, and other acute care metrics. The province says this will give Albertans direct, clear, accessible insight into how care is deliver in their communities and how the system is performing on outcomes that directly impact patients.
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January 21, 2026
TORONTO - With support from OBIO, Hamilton Health Sciences’ McMaster Children’s Hospital has a new tool, the Trexo Plus, designed by Mississauga-based Trexo Robotics, to support patients needing pediatric rehabilitation.
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January 21, 2026
WINNIPEG - Manitobans can now carry their health coverage in their smartphones, as the provincial government officially launched its new digital health card option last week.
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