Tagged: Health Canada

COVID-19 PPE face shields. Photo from Inksmith.

Ontario-based tech firm to mass-produce 3D-printed face shields for healthcare workers

Pragya Sehgal

Published: March 26th, 2020
Marijuana on keyboard

Shoppers Drug Mart launches medical marijuana ecommerce platform

Shoppers Drug Mart took its first step into the cannabis industry on Tuesday, officially launching its ecommerce platform for medical cannabis. As of today, residents in Ontario can now log in and purchase

Published on: January 8th, 2019 Meagan Simpson

Bringing the ‘Ritual’ experience to pharmacy prescriptions

Pharmacies across Canada now have a new digital way to fill prescriptions that has the potential to cut down on wait times for patients and streamline the prescription process, thanks to a new

Published on: October 12th, 2018 Meagan Simpson
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Hashtag Trending – Health Canada recalls 27 USB chargers; Apple unveils new iPad; Hollywood, meet Apple

Twenty-seven USB chargers have been recalled by Health Canada, Apple goes back to school at its latest event, and Apple is entering alien territory: Hollywood. If you bought your USB charger in a

Published on: March 28th, 2018 Alex Coop

Samsung collaborating with Health Canada on newly-mandatory Note 7 recall

Samsung Electronics Ltd. is collaborating with Health Canada to accelerate the nationwide recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The electronic giant's Mississauga-based Canadian arm revealed the news on Friday, while emphasizing that

Published on: September 12th, 2016 Eric Emin Wood

Will technology help revive Canada’s health care?

Health care is an area where the Internet of Things (IoT) can provide innovative solutions for everlasting problems. I recently attended Technicity 2015 where the role of IoT was highlighted as solving old problems and transforming

Published on: December 7th, 2015 Tamer Marzouk

Prototype device gives consumers insight into heart health

When Dr. Wadea Tarhuni, the president and CEO of Windsor Cardiac Centre, was recently working with a patient dealing with heart health problems at his clinic, he sent him home with what looked

Published on: February 4th, 2014 Brian Jackson
New Android app transforms smartphone into toddler toy

New Android app transforms smartphone into toddler toy

A Toronto-based mobile startup wants to transform your high-powered Android handset into a toddler's play toy.Kytephone is betting that parents with youngsters will want the new app to transform older Android handsets into

Published on: June 12th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Oracle offers Web 2.0 integration for portal users

Oracle offers Web 2.0 integration for portal users

At least one major Canadian Oracle customer is using the company's Openworld conference in San Francisco this week to explore software that will put some Web 2.0 features into its Enterprise Portal product.Oracle

Published on: October 25th, 2006 Shane Schick