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May 13, 2026
VANCOUVER – The government of Canada announced an investment of over $17.3 million in eight businesses across British Columbia’s tech sector. These investments will accelerate the adoption and commercialization of AI and quantum technologies and help B.C. businesses grow.
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May 13, 2026
BROSSARD, QC - The City of Brossard and the Cité Universitaire de la Santé Des Femmes (CUSDF) have announced the launch, at Quartier Dix30, of a transformative and innovative project that will bring lasting change to women’s health in Quebec and beyond.
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May 13, 2026
TORONTO - The Ontario government is investing $5 million through the fourth round of the province’s Life Sciences Innovation Fund (LSIF) to help 10 companies develop and launch made-in-Ontario medical technologies, create good-paying jobs and strengthen Ontario’s position as a global leader in the industry.
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May 6, 2026
TORONTO - MaRS Discovery District and the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) have announced the grand prize winner of the Rural and Remote Community Cancer Screening Challenge, an innovation competition designed to improve access to cancer screening for people living in rural, remote and underserved communities across Canada.
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May 1, 2026
How should innovation be done in healthcare? Speakers at the recent HIMSS conference in Las Vegas addressed this topic, repeatedly pointing out that other industries have surged ahead on productivity by applying technology, while healthcare efficiency hasn’t improved. In fact, in healthcare, technology often makes things worse. Read More
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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April 8, 2026
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.
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April 8, 2026
MONTREAL - McGill University has launched the Initiative for Transforming Healthcare (ITH) to apply a systems-based approach and advance technology-enabled solutions to drive change in Canadian healthcare.
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March 31, 2026
Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital (JGH) – part of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, the region’s Integrated Health and Social Services network – continues to advance its Hospital@Home program. As a key element of the CIUSSS’s Care Everywhere vision, the JGH now operates a 20-bed “virtual hospital,” delivering inpatient-level treatment to users in their own homes with the same high standard of care as on site. Read More
March 25, 2026
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia (UBC) and InBC Investment Corp. (InBC), a strategic investment fund established by the provincial government, are partnering to create the UBC Catalyst Ventures Fund.
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