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Health Canada finds Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines from Baltimore plant safe, of high quality
TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Under $10 That Are Poised to Take Off COVID is receding, and markets are rising; those are the two trends that investors have most on their minds right now. It’s entirely sensible that they’ll go together. As the economy reopens, money will begin to circulate faster – and find its …
Potentially record-breaking snowfall in store for Montreal as temperatures fall below average
MONTREAL — History is in the making in Montreal as Wednesday’s forecast brought potentially record-breaking snowfall to the city. According to Environment Canada, the record for snowfall on this day was back in 1963, when Montrealers endured just 0.8 centimetres of snow. According to the Wednesday (2021) forecast, Montrealers can expect 2 centimetres of powder. …
Tech-Access Canada Welcomes Strong Support for Technology Access Centres and College Applied Research in Budget 2021
TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Yielding Around 7% These past 12 months have seen the S&P 500 return its best performance ever – an 80% gain as of the end of March. But are the good times wrapping up? Some historical data would suggest that the bulls will keep running. Since 1950, the market …
Trudeau warns Canada faces a serious third wave of Covid-19 cases as officials toughen lockdown measures
“Canada continues to face an incredibly serious situation with this third wave, cases are rising rapidly in many cases, in many places, numbers are higher than they have ever been before and many hospitals are stretched way too thin,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during a press conference Friday in Ottawa. He said the …
Regina engineering technologists recognized for new health care technology – Regina
Two engineering technologists working primarily at the Regina General Hospital are being recognized for their work on an innovative health care project in Alberta. The Bag Me Up Scotty 5000 (BMUS 5000) is a joint effort between Daniel Tkaczyk, Edgard Jose and their former classmate at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Zyryl Mariano. …
Netafim USA Named Exclusive Reseller of LAKOS’ Sand Separator Technology for USA & Canada Agriculture Market
Expanding its Line of Industry Leading Filtration Solutions, Netafim USA will now offer LAKOS’ Sand Separator technology within their new CentriForce™ Line Netafim USA, a subsidiary of Netafim Ltd. – the global leader of smart irrigation solutions, announced today that it has entered into a strategic alliance with LAKOS, Inc. to become the exclusive USA …
Canada Launches Satellite Technology That Identifies ‘Dark Vessels’ Illegally Catching Billions of Fish
Canada’s new Dark Vessel Detection program is using cutting-edge satellite technology to find illegal fishing vessels that attempt to hide in plain sight stealing fish from waters around the world. “Dark” vessels switch off their location transmitters to avoid detection so they can engage in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, called IUU. IUU fishing is …
Technology summit looks to encourage more Black youth to get into the industry
Technology is one of the fastest-growing industries in North America, yet an industry group reports only 9.3 per cent of those who work in the Canadian tech sector are Black. That statistic inspired a group of former and current athletes to try to change that by encouraging more Black youth and young professionals to …
Canada closing 5G communications technology gap – Technology
A game of one-upmanship has been unfolding among Canada’s telecom giants as they seek to score 5G market dominance. After an initially tempered rollout – at least by international standards – of the next-generation wireless infrastructure, the country’s top three providers have been unfurling a flurry of network expansion announcements since the summer. Early last …