AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoWeather Research: A Concordia-led, five-year project bringing together nine universities, eight partners and Environment and Climate Change Canada will combine established forecasting methods with machine learning to improve predictions across the country as extreme weather grows more frequent. Wildfire Readiness: Ottawa is offering De Havilland Canada up to $2.5 billion in financing to add an Alberta assembly line and double water-bomber production to 20 aircraft a year. Northern Climate Action: Nunavut Tunngavik’s Inuit-led plan calls for climate-resilient housing, renewable energy and community-run research, but says governments must fund the work; residents cite changing sea ice, thawing permafrost and unsafe travel as urgent concerns. AI and Research: The federal government is set to provide Cohere up to $1.6 billion, while Canada’s entry into the EU’s EuroHPC network expands access to supercomputing and quantum resources. Digital Health: Loblaw has launched its AI health chatbot in French in Quebec, drawing on more than 1,000 reviewed Canadian clinical sources and intended to support—not replace—health-care professionals.
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