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iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Jan 25, 2021 9:39am Committees set for virtual, in-person meetings on Parliament Hill (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Montreal-based scent-detection-technology company Stratuscent Inc. is seeking assistance from Technofinance Inc.’s Denis Dumas to help it access an Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada program to improve the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the agriculture sector. According to its website, Stratuscent Inc. is a digital nose that “can detect individual chemicals, chemical mixtures, and everyday odours with incredible accuracy.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. Grains Council wants to engage the government on reducing transportation-sector emissions, as well as the development of Clean Fuel Standard regulations, and has hired Kate Mah of PAA Public Affairs Advisors Inc. to help.
TORONTO As more Canadians replace their old electronics with new technology, one Ontario-based company hopes its initiative will combat the country’s electronic waste problem, one smartphone at a time. Tony Perrotta, president and CEO of Greentec, says he sees his company as being a small part of the solution. “Part of the problem we’re dealing with in Canada is that e-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in Canada,” Perrotta told CTV News Channel on Saturday. According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, which represents wireless companies and analyzes cellphone recycling patterns, two in three Canadians say they have a cellphone that they are not using. The organization says that the majority of Canadians also reported that they are aware that their mobile devices can be recycled.
CALGARY With robberies at retail cell phone stores increasing in recent years, police in Calgary and Edmonton are teaming up to protect consumers. Around 600 phones have been reported stolen over the last two years, including 25 robberies this year in the province s two largest cities. Stolen cell phones are later resold online or in-person to unsuspecting buyers who are not aware they are purchasing a stolen device, Calgary police said in a release. Worse yet, buyers may end up purchasing a stolen cell phone that has had its International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number registered on the national blacklist, thereby rendering the device unusable.