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ESG shifts from reporting to action across industries

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Earth Day prompts businesses to turn ESG, AI and recruitment talk into practical change, as leaders cite data, energy limits and candidate scrutiny.
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Google backs 14 Canadian AI startups in new cohort

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Google has picked 14 Canadian AI startups for its latest accelerator cohort, spanning healthcare, finance, industry and agriculture.
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NCC warns of rising cyber risks to connected farming

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NCC warns that insecure connected farm machinery could let cyber attacks disrupt harvests, cut yields and threaten food supply chains.
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Viasat survey shows surge in industrial D2D IoT demand

Sat, 14th Feb 2026
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Viasat survey finds 91% of industrial IoT decision-makers plan to add satellite-powered D2D connectivity within 18 months despite cost fears.
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Myriota debuts AssetHawk satellite tracker for remote assets

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Myriota launches AssetHawk, a 5G NTN satellite tracker promising decade-long battery life for monitoring remote fleets and equipment.
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Canada maps public priorities for new national AI plan

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Canada distils record public input into priorities for a 2026 AI strategy, balancing innovation, security, sovereignty and public trust.
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AI models help Canadian farmers turn data into decisions

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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AI “digital twins” are quietly transforming Canadian farms, turning torrents of data into practical decisions on crops, cash and resilience.
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Saskatchewan invests CAD $2.2M into early-stage Prairies tech

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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The province's incubators commit to nine early-stage tech projects in mining, agtech, health and logistics to drive innovation.
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BinSentry raises CAD $50M to expand AI feed tech globally

Wed, 13th Aug 2025
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BinSentry has raised CAD $50 million to expand its AI-driven feed supply chain technology, boosting global growth in livestock feed management.
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Plainsight unveils OpenFilter to simplify vision AI pipelines

Thu, 22nd May 2025
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Plainsight launches OpenFilter, an open source platform under Apache 2.0 licence to simplify and scale production-grade computer vision AI applications.
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Huawei launches solutions for industrial transformation

Thu, 6th Mar 2025
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Huawei has launched 83 global showcases for industrial transformation, unveiling solutions designed to enhance AI integration across various sectors.