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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Research Manitoba renewing an agreement with a firm connecting local companies, interns and training programs, but for nearly $2 million more. On Monday, business leaders, students and government officials gathered at RTDS Technologies Inc., for the announcement that Mitacs will be funded …

A new study is highlighting some of the challenges newcomers continue to face when immigrating to Canada. The study, “Cracking the Newcomer Code,” was released Tuesday by Leger, a Canadian market research company. It found 38 per cent of employed newcomers were not able to find a job in their …

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says a second feasibility study assessing the scope of a landfill search for the remains of two First Nations women has been completed and is set to be forwarded to the federal government. The organization says in a statement that the report is being reviewed …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Churchill Nothern Studies Centre is hoping to make polar bear research easier with an $83,000 grant from Canadian Polar Bear Habitat, a charity, which the centre is using to buy buses to take researchers and visitors into the field. “We’re located …

TORONTO — Opioid-related deaths among teens and young adults in Ontario tripled from 2014 to 2021, while drug treatment rates significantly decreased, a new report shows. Opioid deaths among those aged 15 to 24 surged during the first year of the pandemic to 169 deaths, up from 115 the year …

TORONTO — The shortage of pediatric medication in Canada last year led to a spike of dosing errors in children in Ontario, new research shows. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined the effect of the shortage of children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen, which forced parents …

The University of Waterloo is ending its partnership with Chinese tech firm Huawei to “safeguard scientific research” amid a sharpening focus on intellectual property protection, global espionage and foreign interference in Canadian society. Huawei, whose technology has been banned from Canada’s 5G network, has been the subject of controversy for …

Researchers in Alberta are experimenting with artificial intelligence to measure the risks of prescription opioids amid the ongoing drug overdose crisis across Canada. While doctors have a set protocol to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction, Dr. Dean Eurich said machine learning “could do a better job” of pinning …

A group of researchers is driving a retro van around Greater Sudbury, Ont., hearing from youth about their challenges, hopes and dreams. It’s part of the Travelling University of Montreal Project, which is a collaborative study involving the University of Montreal and the University of Ottawa. The vehicle is a converted 1985 Volkswagen …

A senior official of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has denied allegations that the federal government covered up scientific findings on a unique kind of rainbow trout in B.C. in an attempt to justify continuing commercial fishing that endangers the species. The allegations come in part from B.C. Wildlife Federation executive …