OBIO to invest nearly $10 million in advanced tech
August 2, 2023
TORONTO – The Ontario government is investing up to $9.7 million to support a project by the Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO) that will help Ontario companies in the life sciences sector adopt and develop critical technologies, such as 5G, ethical artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, cybersecurity, quantum and robotics. These critical technologies will improve the sector’s competitiveness worldwide and ensure that Ontario remains a leader in life sciences innovation.
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VICTORIA – British Columbia patients will no longer have to wait to see their doctors for diagnostic imaging results, and instead will soon be able to access their diagnostic imaging reports through the Ministry of Health’s Health Gateway 
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – The mental health crisis response unit at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre has experienced a 50 percent increase in caseloads while the hospital’s psychiatric intensive care unit has been overcapacity for 400 straight days. That’s what Peterborough-Kawartha MP Michelle Ferreri (pictured) learned after touring the Peterborough hospital this month with hospital president and chief executive officer Dr. Lynn Mikula.
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Premier, Danielle Smith, is continuing to explore the possibility of private, health spending accounts for citizens. This month, she issued a mandate letter to minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish (pictured), outlining what she’d like to see his ministry produce for Albertans. Glubish has been instructed to “explore the feasibility of creating Alberta health spending accounts.”
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The federal government has announced an investment of $45.3 million in grant funding to the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine. These funds will spearhead “Team Primary Care: Training for Transformation”, an initiative designed to build the capacity of interprofessional, comprehensive primary care practitioners working in teams through improved training, retention and planning tools.
MONCTON – According to the latest data from the Canadian Health Information Institute, New Brunswick spent less than all other provinces on public sector health spending per capita in 2020. However, it spent the third-highest amount on private-sector health spending in the country.
VICTORIA, BC – British Columbians will get four new cancer care centres that can offer radiation treatment as the province gets ready for an increase in cases of age-related cancers. Health Minister Adrian Dix (pictured) said that new cancer care centres will be opening in Kamloops, Nanaimo, Surrey and Burnaby.
COOKSHIRE, Que. – The federal government is making a repayable contribution of $250,000 for Omni–Med.com Inc. (Omnimed). This CED funding will allow Omnimed – a pioneer in the field of electronic medical records (EMRs) in Quebec – to expand and ensure the growth of the business both within Canada and internationally.
HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government is releasing more health data to the public and changing how it shares data about how many people need a family doctor or nurse practitioner. The waitlist, which is officially called the “Need a Family Practice Registry,” will be part of an online dashboard instead of a monthly report.
ST. JOHN’S – Newfoundland and Labrador’s four regional health authorities have now been amalgamated into a single authority, which Health Minister Tom Osborne (pictured) says will save money and improve healthcare services. “There are inefficiencies in healthcare. We have the largest spend per capita on healthcare and some of the worse outcomes so we do need to modernize healthcare.”