Author: Maplestime Staff

Canada trains world-class AI researchers but loses them abroad. Shabnam Haghzare of Mitacs is building the pathways that keep AI talent home.

Whether it’s to help plan their financial goals or help protect against identity theft or fraud, Patricia Curtis thought her clients should have an easier way to access their credit scores and reports. Curtis, a Personal Banking Associate at TD, proposed making credit scores available on the TD app, for free. Working with TransUnion, a consumer credit reporting agency, TD implemented Curtis’ idea. “Our colleagues are interacting with our clients on a day-to-day, minute-by-minute basis, and we need their insights.” Josh Death, TD Her idea gave over 500,000 clients a tool that can help them make more informed financial decisions.…

The Qatar World Cup sportswashing debate: thousands of migrant workers died building stadiums while FIFA banned rainbow armbands. A look back at the cost of the

 The bodies of drowned migrants are still washing up on the beaches of Crotone, Italy on the Mediterranean Sea. Their wooden boat crashed on the rocks just offshore from this Calabrian resort town, turning the beach, said one local, “into a graveyard.” The death toll reached 67 on Wednesday, with 80 survivors. It is assumed that many more died, as at least 200 people were aboard the boat when it departed Izmir, Turkey, a few days earlier. “I have been treating migrants for 30 years and have never seen anything like this,” Orlando Amodeo, a local doctor, told The Guardian. “These…

Nearly 500,000 immigrants land in Canada yearly. Amna Nawab’s journey through Canada’s humanitarian and compassionate program shows what Canadian care really me

Amazon is continuing its annual tradition of hosting a second Prime event of the year, called Prime Big Deals Day, in October. Following the pattern established in recent years, the company announced the event will take place on October 7-8, with sales starting at 12:01 AM PT on October 7. Amazon is betting that shoppers will embrace various AI tools during the event, such as its shopping assistant Rufus, along with visual search tools like Amazon Lens and Lens Live, which allows customers to point their cameras at any object around them and find it on the Amazon’s website. Additionally,…

Amid an ongoing surge in defense tech investing, advanced manufacturing company Divergent Technologies raised $290 million to expand production of missile parts and other specialized components for the military. The round, which values the company at $2.3 billion, was first reported by Bloomberg. Divergent’s customers include major defense primes Lockheed Martin, RTX, and General Dynamics. The new capital, of which $40 million is debt, will help the company expand its manufacturing facilities in Los Angeles and to break ground on a new factory in Oklahoma next year. Divergent’s specialized 3D printers make up to 600 parts, and CEO and co-founder…

Unpaid internships are often illegal in Canada and favour the wealthy. Mitacs, Myant, and Caseware show how paid internships level the playing field for young w

Eating vegan on $400 a month in Canada: the exact grocery list, bulk-buying strategy, and scrappy cooking tricks that keep food costs down.

Big Oil funded 165 anti-ESG bills in 37 US states in 2023 to block responsible investing. Meanwhile, studies show quitting fossil fuels costs the rich almost no