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CMS Reporting, Image Quality, and QC Features Unveiled at RSNA 2023

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Monday, November 27, 2023

CMS eCQM Report: Enhance your diagnostic capabilities with our in-depth evaluation and reporting, focusing on excessive radiation dose or inadequate image quality in adult diagnostic computed tomography (CT).

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  • CMS eCQM Report: Enhance your diagnostic capabilities with our in-depth evaluation and reporting, focusing on excessive radiation dose or inadequate image quality in adult diagnostic computed tomography (CT).
  • This cutting-edge approach ensures a superior understanding of image resolution to provide critical image details.
  • This critical analysis offers a detailed insight into the granularity of fluctuations in your images affecting image quality.
  • Automatic QC Monitoring: Automatically determine whether daily QC for CT has been performed, eliminating manual checks and streamlining your workflow.

Sandoz Canada announces first ever list of Top 100 most important medicines, from a clinical standpoint, for Canadian patients

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Monday, November 27, 2023

With this new initiative focused on patients' access to medicines, Sandoz Canada continues its efforts to tackle drug shortages and identify sustainable solutions for a steady, reliable supply in the pharmaceutical industry.

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  • With this new initiative focused on patients' access to medicines, Sandoz Canada continues its efforts to tackle drug shortages and identify sustainable solutions for a steady, reliable supply in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • An affiliate of Sandoz AG (SIX:SDZ) (OTCQX:SDZNY) and a Canadian leader in generic and biosimilar medicines, Sandoz Canada is committed to pioneering access for patients.
  • BOUCHERVILLE, QC, Nov. 27, 2023 /CNW/ - Sandoz Canada is proud to release a list of the Top 100 most important medicines for the health and wellbeing of Canadians that should be prioritized for continuous supply in the country.
  • Sandoz Canada wants to reduce the burden on healthcare professionals and ensure patients taking those drugs do not have to worry about availability and access.

For the very first time in Quebec, a Starbucks is unionized!

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Friday, November 24, 2023

CHICOUTIMI, QC, Nov. 24, 2023 /CNW/ - The decision marks a milestone for food service industry workers in Quebec: the first successful unionization of a Starbucks, with the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) union confederation.

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  • CHICOUTIMI, QC, Nov. 24, 2023 /CNW/ - The decision marks a milestone for food service industry workers in Quebec: the first successful unionization of a Starbucks, with the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) union confederation.
  • For Caroline Senneville, CSN President, the decision represents a victory of the employees against a giant:
    "As happens all too often with multibillionaire global corporations, anti-union practices are almost a feature of Starbucks' brand identity.
  • The company is infamous for its relentless efforts, around the world, to prevent workers from asserting their rights and even their freedom of expression!
  • The Chicoutimi employees are no longer alone against their employer—they can now count on the strength and solidarity of their 330,000 fellow workers across the country!"

Cascades once again recognized for its social and environmental commitment

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Friday, November 24, 2023

"We're proud and humbled to receive these honours, which recognize our continuous efforts to improve our social and environmental footprint.

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  • "We're proud and humbled to receive these honours, which recognize our continuous efforts to improve our social and environmental footprint.
  • The Prix Prospère Employeur Innovant, awarded by the Conseil du patronat du Québec, celebrates Cascades' culture and inspiring human resources management practices.
  • Cascades was awarded the Prix Engagement communautaire by the Conseil des entreprises en technologies environnementales du Québec (CETEQ) for its employees' involvement in numerous organizations and its commitment to environmental awareness and education.
  • Cascades' shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CAS.

New Canada-Quebec Collaboration on Biodiversity - Québec and Ottawa confirm their intent to create a new joint marine park in the Anticosti-Mingan area

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Friday, November 24, 2023

That is the reason why the governments of Canada and Quebec are announcing their joint intent to establish a new joint marine park in Quebec to protect this natural gem.

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  • That is the reason why the governments of Canada and Quebec are announcing their joint intent to establish a new joint marine park in Quebec to protect this natural gem.
  • This announcement is the first step towards the creation of a possible Anticosti-Mingan marine park.
  • Our objective is to protect the vast and diverse marine ecosystems that link the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve to Anticosti Island.
  • Today, the announcement of intent to create a new protected area by a marine park leads to another major protection project which adjoins that of the Anticosti Biodiversity Reserve.

Government of Canada introduces bill to protect elephants and great apes in captivity

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Thursday, November 23, 2023

This includes protecting wild species of special concern in captivity, such as elephants and great apes, building on Canada's whale and dolphin captivity laws.

Key Points: 
  • This includes protecting wild species of special concern in captivity, such as elephants and great apes, building on Canada's whale and dolphin captivity laws.
  • In Canada, elephants have been used in the past for performances for entertainment purposes, which this Bill would ban.
  • Bill S-15 fulfills the Government of Canada's mandate commitment to introduce legislation to protect wild animals in captivity.
  • This is the reason I introduced a bill to better protect captive elephants and great apes in 2020.

Canadian Space Agency astronauts Jenni Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk to contribute to future missions, from the International Space Station to the Moon

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Jenni Gibbons will serve as the backup astronaut for the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon, while Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to a six-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS) launching aboard Starliner-1.

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  • Jenni Gibbons will serve as the backup astronaut for the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon, while Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to a six-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS) launching aboard Starliner-1.
  • Being part of this very select team will make her a key contributor to defining and validating the astronauts' training and processes for future Moon missions.
  • Jenni will have the chance to influence how future Artemis missions will unfold and how to prepare for them.
  • From the International Space Station to the Moon, Jenni Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk are about to write an exciting new chapter of Canada's history in space.

Northwest Biotherapeutics Provides Update On Final Preparations For Marketing Authorization Application

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCQB: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, provided an update today about the final preparations for the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) that will be submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)(the equivalent of the U.S. FDA) in the U.K. for commercial approval of the Company's DCVax®-L treatment for glioblastoma.

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  • BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCQB: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, provided an update today about the final preparations for the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) that will be submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)(the equivalent of the U.S. FDA) in the U.K. for commercial approval of the Company's DCVax®-L treatment for glioblastoma.
  • That team is now under way on this final stage of their work.
  • As described in the Company's prior update, it is anticipated that the publisher/QC team will need several weeks to complete their work on both the last portion of the MAA package and the integrated whole.
  • Their work is independent of the Company.

TicketNetwork to pay $825,000 penalty to settle misleading advertising concerns in the ticket resale market

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

A Bureau investigation concluded that TicketNetwork advertised tickets at unattainable prices, a practice known as drip pricing.

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  • A Bureau investigation concluded that TicketNetwork advertised tickets at unattainable prices, a practice known as drip pricing.
  • The Bureau found that the mandatory fees added more than 38% on average and, in some cases, over 53% to the advertised prices.
  • Ticket vendors must make true pricing claims, and resellers must stop misrepresenting that they're primary vendors when they're not.
  • Since 2019, the Bureau's successful actions to resolve concerns about misleading advertising in the ticketing industry, including drip pricing, have led to a total of over $6 million in penalties for Ticketmaster , StubHub and TicketNetwork.

Stone Group, A Converge Company, Achieves Dell Technologies Titanium Partner Status

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

TORONTO and GATINEAU, QC, Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Converge Technology Solutions Corp. ("Converge" or "the Company") (TSX: CTS) (FSE: 0ZB) (OTCQX: CTSDF) a services-led, software-enabled, IT & Cloud Solutions provider, is pleased to announce that Stone Group, A Converge Company, has achieved Titanium partner status with Dell Technologies.

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  • TORONTO and GATINEAU, QC, Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Converge Technology Solutions Corp. ("Converge" or "the Company") (TSX: CTS) (FSE: 0ZB) (OTCQX: CTSDF) a services-led, software-enabled, IT & Cloud Solutions provider, is pleased to announce that Stone Group, A Converge Company, has achieved Titanium partner status with Dell Technologies.
  • Dell Titanium Partner Status is the top tier within the Dell Partner Program, an honor Stone Group earned by meeting high standards of revenue thresholds and training requirements.
  • As a Titanium Partner, Stone Group is also certified in APEX, Core Client, Latitude Rugged, Networking, Server, and Storage solution competencies.
  • "Converge is excited to announce Stone Group's Dell Titanium Partner Status," stated John Teltsch, Chief Revenue Officer of Converge.