National security threat from superintelligent AI ‘currently unaddressed’ in national AI strategy, warns advocacy group
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  • Aug 31, 2026

National security threat from superintelligent AI ‘currently unaddressed’ in national AI strategy, warns advocacy group

  • Hill Times
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  • JESSE CNOCKAERT
Juul gets OK to sell updated vaping device with age-gating technology
  • Aug 31, 2026

Juul gets OK to sell updated vaping device with age-gating technology

  • CTV News
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  • Matthew Perrone, The Associated Press
AI can detect heart disease in women using mammograms, study suggests
  • Aug 28, 2026

AI can detect heart disease in women using mammograms, study suggests

  • The Guardian
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  • Andrew Gregory
Surgeons successfully complete 1st-ever AI-assisted brain tumour removal
  • Aug 28, 2026

Surgeons successfully complete 1st-ever AI-assisted brain tumour removal

  • Global News
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  • Rachel Goodman
How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine

  • Canadian Medical Association
Ottawa surgeon is on a mission to build safer health-information AI
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  • Aug 20, 2026

Ottawa surgeon is on a mission to build safer health-information AI

  • Globe and Mail
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  • Nickie Shobeiry
She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks
  • Aug 18, 2026

She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks

  • npr
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Quebec man receives North America’s 1st transplant using regenerated liver technology
  • Aug 13, 2026

Quebec man receives North America’s 1st transplant using regenerated liver technology

  • CBC News
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  • Aatefeh Padidar
Building Canada Strong Requires a Better Health System for All Canadians
  • Aug 11, 2026

Building Canada Strong Requires a Better Health System for All Canadians

  • The Future Economy
Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI
  • Aug 07, 2026

Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI

  • The Guardian
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  • Ian Sample
Health-data sharing across provinces is the cornerstone of the government’s new AI strategy, but will our privacy really be protected?
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  • Aug 06, 2026

Health-data sharing across provinces is the cornerstone of the government’s new AI strategy, but will our privacy really be protected?

  • Hill Times
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  • DEAN REGIER and BRET NESTOR
Province partners with private clinic to help reduce MRI wait times for Islanders
  • Aug 04, 2026

Province partners with private clinic to help reduce MRI wait times for Islanders

  • CBC News
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  • Lucas McInnis
They're a world leader in using drones for healthcare. But drones can't do it all
  • Aug 04, 2026

They're a world leader in using drones for healthcare. But drones can't do it all

  • npr
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  • Fatma Tanis
Florida man sues OpenAI after ChatGPT medical advice put his life at risk
  • Aug 04, 2026

Florida man sues OpenAI after ChatGPT medical advice put his life at risk

  • Global News
Targeting childhood cancer with new genomics-led programme
  • Aug 04, 2026

Targeting childhood cancer with new genomics-led programme

  • Digital Journal
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  • Tim Sandle
Has Canada’s biotech moment finally arrived?
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  • Aug 04, 2026

Has Canada’s biotech moment finally arrived?

  • Globe and Mail
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  • Sean Silcoff
Delirium is often missed by health providers. Could an AI risk predictor help?
  • Aug 04, 2026

Delirium is often missed by health providers. Could an AI risk predictor help?

  • The Canadian Press
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  • Hannah Alberga
How AI can help alleviate loneliness and dementia in seniors
  • Aug 01, 2026

How AI can help alleviate loneliness and dementia in seniors

  • CTV News
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  • Devika Desai
Kidney in a box: Advancements in transplant technology allows for quicker recovery
  • Aug 01, 2026

Kidney in a box: Advancements in transplant technology allows for quicker recovery

  • Global News
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  • Gates Guarin
French upstart Alan wants to bring more AI to Canada’s health insurance market
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  • Jul 29, 2026

French upstart Alan wants to bring more AI to Canada’s health insurance market

  • The Logic
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  • Murad Hemmadi
Canada accelerates digital healthcare with AI, connected care, and virtual medicine
  • Jul 28, 2026

Canada accelerates digital healthcare with AI, connected care, and virtual medicine

  • Digital Journal
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  • Tim Sandle
Breakthrough process 3D prints contact lenses in 20 minutes
  • Jul 28, 2026

Breakthrough process 3D prints contact lenses in 20 minutes

  • Popular Science
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  • Sara Hashemi
AI is transforming health care, but not everyone will share the benefits
  • Jul 28, 2026

AI is transforming health care, but not everyone will share the benefits

  • The Conversation
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  • Kannin Osei-Tutu
AI cameras spot suicide attempts in South Korea’s capital
  • Jul 28, 2026

AI cameras spot suicide attempts in South Korea’s capital

  • CTV News
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  • Claire Lee and Natsuko Fukue, AFP
AI can fuel biological weapons. We must harness its power for defense
  • Jul 27, 2026

AI can fuel biological weapons. We must harness its power for defense

  • The Guardian
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  • Annie Jacobsen
Robotic-assisted surgery is helping shape the future of health care in Surrey
  • Jul 23, 2026

Robotic-assisted surgery is helping shape the future of health care in Surrey

  • Business in Vancouver
This AI tool promises a 'second sight of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?
  • Jul 23, 2026

This AI tool promises a 'second sight of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?

  • npr
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  • Joseph Kim
Health data platform will connect hospitals across provinces
  • Jul 21, 2026

Health data platform will connect hospitals across provinces

  • Medscape
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  • Evra Taylor
How we are engineering bacteria to eat cancer
  • Jul 20, 2026

How we are engineering bacteria to eat cancer

  • The Conversation
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  • Brian Ingalls and Marc Aucoin
Should an AI chatbot be your therapist?
  • Jul 20, 2026

Should an AI chatbot be your therapist?

  • Montreal Gazette
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  • Katelyn Thomas
Canada should lead a middle-power alliance on health AI
  • Jul 17, 2026

Canada should lead a middle-power alliance on health AI

  • CHW Perspective
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  • Fahad Razak, Amol Verma and Kumanan Wilson
AI helps pathologists spot prostate cancer faster: What Canada can learn from landmark UK study
  • Jul 16, 2026

AI helps pathologists spot prostate cancer faster: What Canada can learn from landmark UK study

  • Digital Journal
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  • Tim Sandle
GLP-1s are shrinking bodies. Cadaver fat is plugging the gap
  • Jul 13, 2026

GLP-1s are shrinking bodies. Cadaver fat is plugging the gap

  • CTV News
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  • Leah Dolan, CNN
New paint-on health sensors are as fun as face paint
  • Jul 13, 2026

New paint-on health sensors are as fun as face paint

  • Popular Science
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  • Laura Baisas
Autonomous AI in healthcare: Innovation’s promise, patient safety’s challenge
  • Jul 13, 2026

Autonomous AI in healthcare: Innovation’s promise, patient safety’s challenge

  • Digital Journal
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  • Tim Sandle
Demand for immunoglobulin treatments skyrockets in Canada
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  • Jul 13, 2026

Demand for immunoglobulin treatments skyrockets in Canada

  • Globe and Mail
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  • CHRIS HANNAY
Lakeshore launches $10,000 automated external defibrillator program
  • Jul 08, 2026

Lakeshore launches $10,000 automated external defibrillator program

  • Oliver Thompson
The AI licensure debate is missing the point of licensure
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  • Jul 08, 2026

The AI licensure debate is missing the point of licensure

  • STAT
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  • Afnan R. Tariqand Ami Bhatt
Can AI help improve service for Info-Santé 811 line? Santé Québec says it has
  • Jul 06, 2026

Can AI help improve service for Info-Santé 811 line? Santé Québec says it has

  • CTV News
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  • Robin Della Corte
For Canadian femtech, women’s autonomy is part of the business model
  • Jul 06, 2026

For Canadian femtech, women’s autonomy is part of the business model

  • Betakit
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  • Madison McLauchlan
A new Toronto virtual care program helps dementia patients without ‘uprooting’ them
  • Jul 03, 2026

A new Toronto virtual care program helps dementia patients without ‘uprooting’ them

  • CTV News
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  • Ted Ballantyne
Vancouver 'RoboCop' is one of 1st Canadian ALS patients to receive Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant
  • Jul 02, 2026

Vancouver 'RoboCop' is one of 1st Canadian ALS patients to receive Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant

  • CBC News
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  • Lyndsay Duncombe

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