An Ontario man who did not disclose his HIV-positive status to sexual partners has been denied day and full parole as the Parole Board of Canada noted his preoccupation with sex and pornography remains “entrenched” in his behaviour. Johnson Aziga, 67, appeared before a parole board panel last week and …
Read More »Land-based learning: conservation group partners with Manitoba Anishinaabe – Winnipeg
A nature reserve on the banks of the Assiniboine River near Brandon, Man. will soon be a site for conservation, learning and healing. Wabano Aki, which means tomorrow’s land in Anishinaabe, will be used for agriculture, conservation, cultural and spiritual purposes by Indigenous communities in partnership with the Nature Conservancy …
Read More »Loblaws partners with self-driving company Gatik in Canadian first: driverless grocery trucks
Loblaws is partnering with an American autonomous vehicle company in what’s believed to be a Canadian first: taking grocery delivery orders between various Loblaws facilities via self-driving trucks. There is no human sitting in the driver’s seat of a half-dozen trucks adorned with PC Express branding, currently making their way around …
Read More »Russia is ‘weaponizing’ food, Joly tells Commonwealth partners
Commonwealth leaders, meeting for the first time in four years, discussed food security and the risk of starvation as Canada’s foreign affairs minister sought to lay the blame for the impending crisis at the feet of Russia. “What is clear to us is that Russia is weaponizing food, and putting …
Read More »Snapchat partners with Sony Music, announces plans for new AR music lenses – TechCrunch
Snapchat has inked a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to include its artists’ music in the app’s Sounds library. The company also revealed that it’s creating new AR music lenses. Soon, Snapchat will feature ‘Sound Lenses’ with a pre-selected song embedded into the lens, a lens that transforms pictures of …
Read More »KITES Senior Care partners with CogniHealth to provide digital solutions for Dementia, Health News, ET HealthWorld
Dementia is the most common type of disability and dependency in elderly worldwide. It has a physical, psychological, social, and economic impact, not only on people with Dementia, but also on their carers, families, and society at large. Globally, India houses the second highest number of individuals suffering from Dementia …
Read More »Aragen partners with FMC Corporation to accelerating Agro-chemical pipeline, Health News, ET HealthWorld
June 15, 2021, Hyderabad, India: Aragen Life Sciences (formerly, GVK BIO), a leading Contract Research and Development Organization (CRDO), head quartered out of Hyderabad, India, announced a strategic partnership with FMC Corporation, a global leader in innovative agricultural science, that provides solutions towards crop protection, plant health, and professional pest …
Read More »PathAI, which develops AI-powered technology for disease diagnosis and treatment, raises $165M Series C led by D1 Capital Partners and Kaiser Permanente (Andrea Park/FierceBiotech)
Andrea Park / FierceBiotech: PathAI, which develops AI-powered technology for disease diagnosis and treatment, raises $165M Series C led by D1 Capital Partners and Kaiser Permanente — If its hundreds of millions in venture funding and wide-ranging cadre of big-named partners are any indication, PathAI’s (ahem) path forward appears to …
Read More »Biocon partners with Libbs Farmaceutica to launch generic drugs in Brazil
Pharma, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biocon, has partnered with Brazil’s Libbs Farmaceutica to launch generic drugs in the South American country. This partnership, which marks the entry of Biocon’s generic formulations into Latin America, builds upon a successful association with Libbs, which began in 2017 to launch biosimilar Trastuzumab …
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