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Canadian Government calls for innovative solution proposals for signature matching software

The Government of Canada is looking for a new software solution for signature matching and it is turning to the public for proposals through...

City of Toronto updates its open data portal, adds new datasets

The City of Toronto recently updated its open data portal with new features and data sets. The newest datasets are "Catalogue Quality Scores", "Report Request...

Ontario’s healthcare shakeup attracting cyberattacks, says security expert

The Ontario government has described its new model for healthcare as the biggest health system reform in 50 years, but according to a security...

5 smart city trends for 2020

By Brian Jackson   At a smart city forum hosted in Dublin by Enterprise Ireland, practitioners from around the world discussed some of the early successes...

Ottawa to begin sharing data with Waze for Cities

The City of Ottawa has announced plans to partner with the Waze for Cities program. “Many residents need road and traffic information to get around...

Bird Canada to provide summer employment to disadvantaged youth in Toronto 

The e-scooter company, Bird Canada, will be providing the vulnerable and at-risk youth seeking employment in Toronto with an opportunity to work in operations...

Nova Scotia’s CDO urges other governments to create digital services teams

Following a recent merger of Nova Scotia's internal services and external services teams to create the Nova Scotia Digital Services team, Natasha Clarke has...

Breaking down cybersecurity best practices one castle wall at a time

It’s not a situation Marilyn Gallagher-Crawford is accustomed to, but last week the councillor for Ajax Ward 1 found herself fending off a small...

Technicity in photos

Technicity 2019, held on Dec. 4, celebrated the power of information technology to transform the public service and the citizen experience in Toronto. More...

Challenge-based RFPs and open data keys to solving Toronto’s biggest problems, municipal leaders say

When audience members at this week’s Technicity event were asked if they were engaged with the City of Toronto on a procurement basis, out...

Manitoba municipality launches landline emergency alerts

A Manitoba community with a history of poor cell service has launched the emergency alert service through landline phones. The Rural Municipality of Grey, which...

Government of Nova Scotia launches Digital Service team

In an effort to provide better digital services to its citizens and public servants, the Government of Nova Scotia launched the Nova Scotia Digital...

Sidewalk Labs signs letter of intent to collaborate with George Brown College

Sidewalk Labs is further cementing its footprint in Toronto by signing a letter of intent to collaborate with George Brown College on future projects...

Ontario to launch e-scooter pilot project in 2020

E-scooters are on their way to Ontario as the provincial government announced yesterday that it will be launching a pilot project starting on January...

Microsoft added to Digital Health Canada’s Certified Education Provider Accreditation Program

Digital Health Canada recently announced that five of the Microsoft Learn tracks have been added to its list of accredited programs in its Continuing...

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