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at 8:45 PM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
When COVID hit North America 12 months ago, there was no supply chain in place to handle the parabolic surge of demand for PPE (personal protective equipment – masks, shields, testing kits, etc.).
An industry of “brokers” spawned overnight to fill the demand of buyers who were desperate and scrambling for product. In Canada, news reports highlighted how healthcare workers and businesses were shortchanged on international orders, or worse: shipped counterfeit or uncertified N95 masks that put people at greater risk of exposure and illness.
Enter Maitri: a global platform for healthcare supply security whose main focus provides a reliable source of certified PPE (personal protective equipment) and testing solutions through an onshore manufacturing model.
The company has just been announced as one of the few manufacturers of domestically manufactured N95 masks to receive Health Canada certification
It’s a huge vote of confidence in the company and its products
Maitri’s model has led to the creation of innovative and industry leading products including 3D certified surgical masks and patent-pending face shields, all integrated with technology to help track, trace and enable safer workplaces and communities.
The global personal protective equipment market size is expected to reach USD $123.38bn by 2027,
That’s a CAGR of 9.6%.
Maitri CEO Andrew Morton talks us through the size of the market, the significance of the Health Canada certification, and the headline-grabbing $2m deal with Loop Insights:
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at 6:23 PM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
To understand the power of this Pilot program between Empower Clinics and MedX Health, you simply have to read the following … don’t gasp.
“With only about 500 dermatologists available to serve over 37 million Canadians, the wait times to see a specialist in-person can be anywhere from five months to one year,” said Mike Druhan, President, Dermatology Services, MedX Health Corp. “The COVID-19 pandemic has nearly doubled the average wait period. We know that early detection of melanoma greatly increases the patient’s survival rate and reduces the cost to the health-care system. Partnering with Empower allows us to dramatically grow our patient base, and ultimately save more lives.”
If at first you thought this was only about pimples and dry skin, nobody could blame you. But the fact of the matter is that over 80,000 cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in Canada each year and more than 5,000 of these are melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Unfortunately, due to the shocking shortage of dermatologists in Canada, many people are discovering melanomas too late and either dying or going through excruciating late-stage treatments that could have been treated by simple removal months earlier.
Empower Clinics in the midst of a national clinic rollout strategy that includes a partnership with Rexall to integrate health care centres right into some of their locations. MedX Health, is in the midst of a global rollout with deals already signed in Brazil, Netherlands and Mexico … but not right in its backyard here in Canada.
Together the two companies are a powerful force and, if all goes well with the pilot over the next 4 months, will save untold lives by giving easy and fast access to Canadians who can complete a virtual dermatological assessment by a certified dermatologist within just 72 hours.
How is that for a game changer?
Watch this great interview with Empower CEO Steve McAuley and MedX Health President of Dermatological Services, Mike Druhan.
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at 5:53 PM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
Loop Insights is a provider of contactless solutions and artificial intelligence (“AI”) to drive real-time insights and enhanced customer engagement to the brick and mortar space.
What does this mean? Loops real-time AI data capabilities changes everything about your check out experience at a brick and mortar store. Up until now, you simply walked up to the register and paid your bill. If you were lucky, you were handed some coupons for your next visit. It didn’t matter if those coupons didn’t apply to you, everybody got one.
Loop “Insights”, on the other hand, uses data and artificial intelligence to instantly determine what would be important to you and makes you an offer on the spot to buy more product from the store or their e-commerce site. More than just lip service, here is what Sobeys Chief Information Officer Bruce Burrows had to say:
“Loop Insights’ diverse suite of services was an obvious fit for Sobeys as we look to drive consumer engagement and close gaps in our personalization of the customer experience. By testing Loop’s Fobi device in our retail operations, we hope to connect more directly with customers while returning AI-driven insights to optimize our retail operations.”
“An obvious fit” for a company with $28 BILLION in revenue pretty much tells you everything you need to know … but if you think that sounds powerful, then you should know that it is just scratching the surface of Loop capabilities.
To understand more, you need to watch this great interview with Loop Insights CEO, Rob Anson.
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at 5:29 PM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
Predictiv AI’s proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning platform provides predictive and prescriptive solutions in the public safety sector.
Those solutions gained a huge boost this week by way of a dynamic, major partnership with the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute at the University of Waterloo.
This deal will allow access to the world’s top artificial intelligence resources
Predictiv AI’s subsidiary, AI Labs, can pursue its various innovations via Waterloo.AI as an extension of the Predictiv AI team
The collaboration will allow access to the world’s top artificial intelligence resources, creating greater bandwidth in ideation, research, and development of solutions for real-world problems
It provides a major stepping stone for Predictiv AI’s two wholly owned subsidiaries: AI Labs and Weather Telematics.
AI LABS:
Research and development business arm of Predictiv AI,
Uses deep machine learning and artificial intelligence sensor-based technology solutions to solve real-world problems
Developed ThermalPass™, a temperature detection system, to mitigate the spread of contagions in public places
51% owns SMRT Labs JV to commercialize ThermalPass. 49% by Commersive Solutions Corp., a developer of integrated, point-of-sale technologies
Commercialized ThermalPass under SMRT Labs Inc., offering two SKU’s, the ThermalPass Portable and ThermalPass Pro – ~$US 7,000
WEATHER TELEMATICS
Launched its Alert Fleet product, a road weather hazard alert system for commercial fleets.
Alert Fleet advises drivers of dangerous conditions, such as black ice or hydroplaning, 200 metres ahead, thus providing time to mitigate risk and avoid accidents
Clients in US government and expanding into insurance, agriculture and public safety
Michael Lende, Predictiv AI’s CEO and President, talks through the company’s early sales success and outlines the game plan:
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at 4:38 PM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
99.99% of the lithium leached in solution after 5 minutes at low temperature and without applying pressure.
completed EV battery characterization for 5 car makers
Pilot Testing Next
St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE:SX)(OTC:SXOOF) (FSE:85G1) (CNSX:SX.CN)is pleased to provide an update on the initial testing phase of an array of electric vehicles batteries it received at its testing installations in Québec.
The Company has completed EV battery characterization for the following car makers: Tesla, General Motors (GM), Ford, Toyota, and Nissan. The batteries were sourced from industry aggregators. The Company’s chemists and metallurgists created synthetic powder clones of the metal’s components allowing the testing’s acceleration.
This is in line with the results obtained previously by the Company’s metallurgical team that was able to leach more than 99% of the cobalt and the nickel contained in the batteries. Furthermore, the aluminium foil used to hold the different metals in the batteries’ core remains intact and can be recycled.
The Company expects to confirm these results via a series of pilot tests as it now is in possession of car makers’ specific testing protocols. Testing will be documented and independently confirmed. The Company expects to initiate the next phase, metals purification, in April. The Company hopes to be able to reduce processing time and increase acid re-usage.
EVSX and St-Georges have also identified some of the key equipment required from industrial equipment manufacturers. They expect to be able to receive the electrolysis equipment during the month of May, allowing the manufacture of lithium hydroxide.
The Company had already disclosed on February 22, 2021, that additional tests to optimize the process of recovery of critical elements were to be conducted using synthetic compounds to move the development along faster. Work is ongoing at multiple locations, speeding up delivery and further protecting intellectual property.
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at 3:44 PM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
Gross Proceeds of $3,621,680
Lead order of $1,000,000 from Eric Sprott
Proceeds for Prefeasibility Study on River Valley Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Project, one of North America’s largest undeveloped primary palladium projects
New Age Metals Inc. (TSXV:NAM) (OTC:NMTLF) (FSE:P7J) (“NAM” or the “Company“), is pleased to announce that it has completed a first tranche closing of its non-brokered private placement offering (the “Private Placement”) raising gross proceeds of $3,621,680, with lead order of $1,000,000 from Mr. Eric Sprott.
The Company has issued an aggregate of 22,260,500 units consisting of 20,760,500 non-flow through units (“NFT Units”) at a price of $0.16 per NFT Unit and 1,500,000 flow-through units of the Company (the “FT Units”) at a price of $0.20 per FT Unit.
Each NFT Unit consisted of one common share and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one additional Common Share at an exercise price equal to $0.20 per share at any time up to 24 months from closing.
Each FT Unit consisted of one flow-through share of the Company that will qualify within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (“FT Common Share”) and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “FT Warrant”). Each FT Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price equal to $0.25 at any time up to 24 months closing.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of Units towards its exploration and development work on its projects. The primary use of proceeds from this financing will be for the completion of a Prefeasibility Study for the Company’s flagship River Valley Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Project, one of North America’s largest undeveloped primary palladium projects, and for general corporate and working capital purposes. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of FT Units towards its exploration work on both the Company’s PGM and Lithium divisions. This will include a maiden drill program on the Company’s Lithium Two Project in Manitoba and continued drilling at River Valley.
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at 2:33 PM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
A Veteran digital and media expert, Schimel was most recently Head of Business at Apple News+. Prior to joining Apple in mid-2018, she served as President of Condé Nast International from 2013-17 and was Entrepreneur in Residence at Comcast Ventures in 2018.
GameOn completed an oversubscribed $5,800,000 private placement last week.
GameOn announced significant additions to its Board, Advisory and team: J Moses (Take-Two Interactive), Mike Vorhaus (DraftKings, Roblox), Sean Hurley (DraftKings) and Santiago Jaramillo (FIFA at EA Sports, NBA Top Shot at Dapper Labs).
GameOn has reserved GET as their trading symbol at CSE and public listing scheduled for March/April 2021.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Victory Square Technologies Inc. (“Victory Square”) (CSE:VST) (OTC:VSQTF) (FWB:6F6) is pleased to announce that its portfolio company GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc. (“GameOn” or “Company”), the leader in providing consumers, broadcasters, sportsbooks and partners with interactive, social experiences around sports, TV and live events, today is pleased to announce the addition of Liz Schimel to its Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors includes GameOn Entertainment Technologies CEO Matt Bailey, J Moses (Chairman) and Shafin Diamond Tejani, CEO of Victory Square Technologies.
A digital and media veteran, Schimel was most recently head of business at Apple News+. Prior to joining Apple in mid-2018, she served as president of Condé Nast International from 2013-17 and was entrepreneur in residence at Comcast Ventures in 2018.
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VANCOUVER, BC , March 18, 2021 /CNW/ – HealthSpace Data Systems Ltd. (the “Company” or “HealthSpace”) (CSE: HS) ( Frankfurt : 38H) (OTCQB: HDSLF) is pleased to announce the launch of a new corporate website ( https://www.gethealthspace.com ) showcasing the Company’s suite of cloud-based and mobile solutions that are helping revolutionize the way governments interact with the citizens and businesses they regulate.
The site allows government agencies to learn more about the Company’s software platforms; from back-office data management, field staff mobile apps, and online engagement for private industry. It also provides easy navigation for investors to learn more about HealthSpace’s business as well as access market and financial information.
In conjunction with the launch, HealthSpace is pleased to announce it has entered into a number of partnerships with leading investor relations and marketing firms to assist with capital markets advisory and consulting, investor communication, online marketing and content creation.
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at 11:56 AM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
NEW YORK, March 18, 2021 — via InvestorWire — TAAT(TM) Lifestyle & Wellness Ltd. (CSE: TAAT) (OTCQB: TOBAF) today announces its placement in an editorial published by NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), one of 50+ trusted brands within the InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company for private and public entities.
To view the full publication, “Significant Opportunities in the Global Tobacco Market,” please visit: https://nnw.fm/h0UVv
Despite concerns connected with tobacco use, the global tobacco market reached an estimated $818 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.8% from 2021 to 2028; the United States is forecast to account for an estimated $50.9 billion of that in 2021. An innovative smoking alternative is set to snatch a slice of this billion-dollar industry.
Capitalizing on the opportunity, TAAT(TM) Lifestyle & Wellness Ltd. (CSE: TAAT) (OTCQB: TOBAF) ( Profile ) now offers the 1.3 billion smokers in the world a true smoking experience without the risks associated with tobacco and nicotine.
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at 11:53 AM on Thursday, March 18th, 2021
TORONTO, ON / March 18, 2021 / AI/ML Innovations Inc. (CSE:AIML), a company committed to acquiring and advancing Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning technologies that address urgent societal needs, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Health Gauge, has launched its e-commerce platform for the retail sale of its proprietary wearable, digital health solution.
Health Gauge’s patent pending, wellness solution empowers the user by utilizing three integrated components: a selection of Health Gauge’s branded wearable health monitors, Health Gauge’s AI-powered phone app (Apple and Android), and Health Gauge’s subscription-based cloud computing platform, which seamlessly combine to provide the user and their health service providers with immediate, meaningful and actionable information and feedback, resulting in better health recovery outcomes and the achievement of healthier living objectives for the user.
“This is a significant milestone, as our data-driven health solution achieves commercialization” said Randy Duguay, CEO of Health Gauge. “While our primary focus remains a B2B business model by way of strategic channel partners, there is growing consumer interest which indicates the potential for substantial cash flows from a retail revenue stream as well. We anticipate rapid adoption of our solution, as we see considerable demand for both our wearables as well as our platform.”
