Canada stories
Alberta's nursing regulator has cut renewal times from more than 100 days to under 30 minutes, easing staff shortages and compliance burdens.
Pay is rising faster than inflation for Canadian small firms, but weaker hiring points to a labour market split by sector and season.
AI customers in Toronto will gain higher rack densities as Telehouse's new liquid cooling setup cuts energy use and recovers waste heat.
Planned interprovincial links and more skilled workers are meant to prevent higher bills as electricity demand doubles by mid-century.
Student focus and peer discussion improved in a screen-free pilot, prompting curriculum changes in language and writing studies courses.
Advertisers now have a bigger rival to subscription services, as YouTube drew the largest ad-supported audience in Canada, Numeris found.
The Toronto app gains a showcase in its home city as the official closeout party puts its AI-driven event discovery tool before founders and investors.
Data exposure risk has risen after Ontario's auditor found thousands of public servants were using unsecured AI sites on work devices.
Ontario's first grid-scale SMR could ease pressure on a strained power system, but experts say wider relief will hinge on faster deployment.
The cash is aimed at helping smaller firms afford the processing power needed to scale AI products and keep value in Canada.
Invoice processing at the electrical distributor was almost fully automated within 48 hours, cutting manual checks and speeding supplier payments.
The expansion could help regulated firms keep sensitive traffic within legal boundaries during outages, failovers or congestion across clouds.
Rover says data, trust systems and AI tools are reshaping pet care marketplaces as owners seek more personalised services.
Advertisers can now book roadside digital billboards in more than 125 Canadian markets through VIOOH's expanded deal with VENDO Media.
Losses from North Korea-linked digital asset theft jumped 51% in 2025, exposing banks and fintech firms to more identity-based intrusions.
The public test could bolster or undermine claims that VEIL can anonymise sensitive AI data without letting outsiders recover the original records.
Pressure is mounting on firms to show returns, as 78% of organisations say AI projects have failed or stalled at pilot stage.
Governance and safety costs are now overtaking development as many firms struggle to keep live customer-facing AI agents reliable and compliant.
More than half of North American SMBs lack basic email protections, leaving them more exposed to phishing, impersonation and fraud than UK peers.
Cloud operators can now sell AI infrastructure with validated software controls, as Rafay joins an early NVIDIA-approved group for production deployments.
