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Canada tech gender pay gaps persist after five years

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Canada tech firms make little headway on women's representation or pay equity over five years, Mercer and TAP Network study finds.
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Rafay launches Token Factory for token-based AI billing

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Rafay Systems has unveiled Token Factory, a platform for GPU operators and sovereign cloud providers to price, meter and control AI access by token use.
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Kyndryl Foundation backs JEDI for cyber skills training

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Kyndryl Foundation extends Canadian grant to JEDI, supporting IT and cybersecurity training for Indigenous students amid a growing cyber skills gap.
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Acronis launches global MDR service for MSPs world

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Acronis rolls out globally available managed detection and response for MSPs, bundling 24/7 monitoring, incident response and recovery tools.
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Feds launch "AI readiness scorecard" for early-stage teams

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Canada's school of public service has launched an AI readiness scorecard to help teams judge which problems merit automation before spending on systems.
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Feds back Vancouver life science sector with CAD $127M

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Canada deepens life sciences push with CAD $127m for Vancouver projects as Aspect Biosystems and Providence Health Care expand biomanufacturing and trials.
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Canadians embrace multi-banking as fees & budgeting bite

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Canadians increasingly juggle digital and high-street providers as fees rise, with budgeting tools, prepaid cards and direct deposit gaining favour.
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Canada's HVDC network stops short of coast-to-coast

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A national energy corridor may boost power sharing, but experts say fragmented provincial rules still block a coast-to-coast HVDC grid.
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Conscience launches AI medicines fund for Canadian teams

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Conscience backs Canadian AI drug discovery teams with up to CAD $1 million as Ottawa supports open-science push.
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Canadian firms launch AI home care hubs for seniors

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Canadian firms unveil AI home care hubs to monitor seniors and complex patients, with a 50-unit Ontario pilot aimed at easing hospital strain.
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World Backup Day 2026: In the age of AI, what are you really backing up?

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World Backup Day prompts organisations to rethink recovery as AI systems, prompts and training data become as vital to resilience as files and databases.
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B.C. gets CAD $13.8M for AI, aerospace defence projects

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British Columbia secures CAD $13.8m in federal backing for five dual-use projects spanning satellites, drones and maritime safety.
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RBC partners with Hopper to update Avion Rewards Travel

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RBC taps Hopper Technology Solutions to run Avion Rewards Travel, adding flexible booking tools and predictive pricing for members.
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TD launches Easy Trade app for novice Canadian investors

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TD rolls out Easy Trade app with 100 commission-free trades for novice Canadian investors, as banks race to win younger customers.
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Login problems drive consumers away from digital services

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Thales report finds weak login and sign-up flows are pushing users away, as trust in AI, data handling and digital services remains low.
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Canada passes Budget 2025 with stablecoin, defence changes

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Canada's budget law unlocks housing, tax and banking changes, including a productivity super-deduction, stablecoin rules and faster rail planning.
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Schnell LiFi eyes Canada expansion after Fedeli talks

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Schnell LiFi plans Canada launch after Ontario talks, targeting secure light-based networks for government, defence and smart city users.
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AXL appoints Toronto AI Faculty Fellows to drive ventures

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AXL taps nine Toronto professors with Nvidia, Samsung and Adobe ties as inaugural AI Faculty Fellows to steer its venture studio portfolio.
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BDO & Microsoft pilot agentic AI blueprint for firms

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BDO and Microsoft test agentic AI blueprint to help firms move from pilot projects to full-scale business deployment.
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KPMG launches eight execution imperatives for Canadian tech leaders

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Canadian tech bosses enter 2026 under pressure to turn heavy AI, data and cloud spending into scaled deployments and tangible returns.