11 startups to pitch at NEXT Canada's virtual Venture Reveal  BetaKit

In isolation with dog Charlie, Canadian soccer legend Christine Sinclair recalls "dream come true" of 2012 Olympic bronze and "heartbreak" of repeat in Rio in an interview with CBC Sports.

A showman and all-star with the Milwaukee Wave, Canadian Ian Bennett is a marquee goal-scorer in the Major Arena Soccer League. Still, the 36-year-old Hamilton native flies under the radar north of the border.

More than 1,000 people looking for work in the tech industry are signed up for a virtual job fair on Thursday afternoon.

Last month, the National Arts Centre launched #CanadaPerforms, an initiative that pays musicians and writers to perform from their living rooms. Poet Zoey Roy gave an intimate performance from her living room in Kingston. 

Windsor's unemployment rate soared even higher in April, according to Statistics Canada numbers released Friday. 

Carving out a section of low-hanging basement ceiling was a small price to pay to give Travis Bondy the space he needed to play in the Isolation Dart League.

The bonspiel took place in Edmonton March 11-14, starting the same day COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic.

Canada shed three million jobs in the last two months due to the coronavirus lockdown, causing the unemployment rate to shoot up to 13% in April, the government reported Friday.

Newborn screening (NBS) programs may store bloodspot samples and use them for secondary purposes, such as research. Recent public controversies and lawsuits over storage and secondary uses underscore the need to engage the public on these issues.

This public engagement study identifies values underlying citizens’ acceptance of and discomfort with research from NBS samples. Well-designed methods of public education and civic discourse on the risks and benefits of storage and secondary uses of NBS samples are required. (Read the full article)

We know that many evidence-based treatments for acute asthma are underused, and adherence with treatment guidelines is poor; however, studies have focused on β₂ agonists and corticosteroids, but little is known about intravenous magnesium, which has substantial evidence of benefit.

Magnesium is used infrequently in Canadian pediatric emergency departments in hospitalized children with acute asthma, with variation across sites. More than half of this population does not receive frequent bronchodilators and timely corticosteroids. (Read the full article)

Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia can lead to acute bilirubin encephalopathy and, subsequently, chronic bilirubin encephalopathy (CBE). This condition is preventable through routine identification and proper treatment; therefore, it is rare for permanent neurologic complications to occur.

This article describes the incidence of CBE in Canada, which is higher than previously reported in the literature. Furthermore, it describes the underlying causes of CBE and the spectrum of neurologic disease. (Read the full article)

Mortality of very low birth weight infants varies widely between regions and countries; however, the variation in morbidities after adjusting for confounders has not been adequately studied.

Composite outcome of mortality or short-term morbidity for very low birth weight infants was lower in Japan than in Canada. However, marked variations in mortality and individual morbidity exist, revealing areas for improvement in each country. (Read the full article)

Food insecurity is best measured by comprehensive assessments. However, rapid assessments can be useful in certain circumstances, but their validity is not characterized.

Rapid assessment of food insecurity is feasible among Inuit adults and children. (Read the full article)

Socioeconomic status (SES) often influences timeliness of health care delivery, even in publicly funded systems. Children need prompt surgical care for a variety of time-sensitive developmental conditions, and children of lower SES may be especially vulnerable to delays in surgery.

It is unknown whether a publicly funded system’s ability to provide timely pediatric surgical care is related to SES. In 39 327 consecutive surgical cases, we demonstrate that SES need not influence timeliness of surgical care in a publicly funded system. (Read the full article)

Source: www.thestar.com - Saturday, May 09, 2020
Canada approved a verbal demarche to two senior WHO executives that urged them to allow Taiwan to be admitted as an observer to an upcoming meeting because its input would be “meaningful and important.”

Source: www.thestar.com - Friday, May 08, 2020
The unemployment rate jumped 5.2 points in April to 13 per cent in the first full month of economic restrictions.

The minister accountable for maintaining Australia's population levels is watching to Canada for motivation to shift more immigrants to regional areas. Alan Tudge aspires to follow Canada's success in providing provinces a more prominent role…

IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta, while talking to PTI, said the body is closely monitoring the fast-evolving situation triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 14,000 and infected over 300,000.

Olympics 2020 Japan: Canada announced that it would not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee said the decision on the Japan Olympics would come within weeks.

IRCC conducted its 131st Express Entry draw, and has issued Invitations to Apply for 3,600 candidates on November 27th.  Features of the DrawHere the minimum score in the Comprehensive Ranking System stood at 471, which is lesser by one point…

The Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index has a task of ranking the nations and in it, Canada was a leading country for immigration. In it, there are ranks for 50, nations and Canada was also selected as the best destination for investment.Making Great ProgressAdditionally,…

Canada has opened Service centers across the country for taking biometrics related to foreign nationals who apply to stay in it.A New Approach for EfficiencyBefore December 3rd, such immigration candidates, who were applying away from Canada, needed…

Canada conducted its new draw in the Express Entry, and issued 3,200 Invitations to Apply to the candidates on December 11th.  In it the least Comprehensive Ranking System score was 472, which is one point increase comparing to the 131st Express…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assigned the twin tasks to Marco Mendicino, the Immigration Minister. These are Management of a million new arrivals seeking permanent residents as well as creating a fresh Municipal Nominee Program.Well Defined ResponsibilitiesThe…

IRCC has announced that the Details about the intake process for Parents and Grandparents Program in Canada’s for 2020 will be available soon. This program is popular, and there is a huge demand for sponsorship from citizens as well as permanent residents,…

The Prime Minister of Canada has addressed the recently appointed Immigration Minister in a recent mandate letter. The mandate letter represents the top preferences for the Canadian immigration future, which comprises increasing immigration goals and…

The immigration authorities in Canada conducted their 133rd Express Entry draw, within eight days of the earlier draw, and issued 3,200 Invitations to Apply, to the promising candidates, on December 19. The DetailsThere was a decline of three points…

There were several twists and turns in the Express Entry system of Canada for the candidates and the observers in 2019.  Canada issued 85,300 invitations to apply for permanent residence issued.Interesting FeaturesThis was the record top second,…

There is an increase in the Settlement funds requirement for fresh immigrants in the Express Entry reaching Canada in 2020. Funds requirements for single applicants increased to $12,960 in 2020. In 2019 they were $12,669. Also, there was an increase…

On January 8th Canada held its First Draw in 2020 and Invited 3,400 Express Entry Candidates to get the PR. In this draw the minimum score of the Comprehensive Ranking System increased by four points to 473 in comparison to the earlier…

Ontario and Quebec were the leading provinces to have employment gains in December. The latest Labor Force Survey of Statistics Canada revealed these facts.57,000 more employees were employed in the private sector of Canada during December. There was…

Canadian Immigration authorities are beginning the issuing process at a great pace. In an Express Entry draw conducted on January 22, 2020, they issued 3,400 Invitations to Apply. The CRS score had a decline of two points in comparison to the draw held…

Canadian federal government has started accepting applications below the latest Temporary Public Policy for Construction Workers with Out-of-Status in GTA (Greater Toronto Area).Temporary Public Policy was declared in July 2019 to offer a chance to workers…

Canada's Atlantic Ocean-bordering provinces are making the most of their coastal resources, using decades of knowhow to balance economic growth with sustainability.

Canada has seen a four-year peak in FDI, with the technology, real estate and aerospace sectors enjoying substantial growth. Zara Fennell reports.

The city utility for Lethbridge, Alberta is starting a voltage optimization trial that is expected to deliver energy savings for customers while reducing overall energy usage in the city’s electricity distribution system.

Bernadette Jordan, member of parliament for South Shore,St. Margarets, on behalf of Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, has announced a $374,830 investment to help homeowners bring their home energy use to the net-zero level.

The latest hydropower industry news from Canada

A first-of-its-kind study of net evaporation at a hydroelectric facility reveals that the project has very little effect on the loss of water to the atmosphere as compared with pre-impoundment conditions.

Professor Samuel Yeung-shan Wong says he loves Canada, and wants it to learn from Hong Kong’s successes in the battle with Covid-19.Wong, director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s school of public health, earned his medical degree at the University of Toronto in the 1990s and did his residency in Halifax, Nova Scotia.When he chats with his Canadian cousins they tell him that “they aren’t going out”, he said. Hong Kong, meanwhile, has avoided a Canadian-style lockdown, and on Friday…

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Canada is soon expected to join the international effort to provide access to health research through the PMC International network of digital archives. PMC Canada is the result of a three-way collaborative effort by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI). Similar to UK PubMed Central, PMC Canada will include most of the health and life sciences literature available through the U.S. PMC. PMC Canada will also include research resulting from funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Components of the new repository will include a bilingual interface as well a manuscript submission system for CIHR researchers.