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Canada and Manitoba Invest in Helping Homeowners Install Energy-Efficient Home Heating Systems

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WINNIPEG, MB, March 21, 2025 /CNW/ – Manitobans have a natural choice for cleaner, more affordable home heating: energy-efficient heat pumps. By replacing oil-based heating, heat pumps provide reliable warmth in winter and cooling in summer while lowering home energy costs — all while cutting pollution.

Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and the Honourable Mike Moyes, Manitoba Environment and Climate Change Minister, announced a federal investment of approximately $7.9 million toward the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program (OHPA) to support climate action in Manitoba and help low- to median-income homeowners reduce their energy bills. Including funds from Efficiency Manitoba, the Manitoba government is contributing up to $2.6 million toward the co-delivery of the OHPA program.

Eligible homeowners can receive an up-front payment of up to $20,000 toward the purchase and installation of a high-efficiency heat pump in homes currently heated with oil, plus a one-time $250 heat pump bonus payment to further help participants with the costs associated to transition from oil heating. More information, including details on eligibility and how to apply, is available on Canada.ca.

Efficiency Manitoba will support this enhanced OHPA program by providing outreach and marketing support as well as a financial contribution toward the installation of ground source and cold-climate air source heat pumps.

The federal government has OHPA program co-delivery arrangements in place in British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Yukon. Discussions are also underway with other provinces and territories.

Provinces, territories and the federal government are working together to reduce energy bills and help Canadians reduce their carbon emissions.

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“Canada is partnering with the Government of Manitoba to make it easier for Manitoba homeowners to replace their expensive oil furnaces with efficient heat pumps, which will save money on annual energy bills, reduce energy use and decrease personal carbon footprints. This investment is helping Manitobans transition to efficient year-round heating and cooling systems and making the cost of living more affordable.”

The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

“Our government is committed to making life more affordable for Manitobans, and this program will help those who heat their home with oil to save money on their energy bills while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We are pleased to partner with the Government of Canada on the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program, which will help Manitoba achieve our goal of supporting 5,000 Manitoba families to heat and cool their homes with heat pumps.”

The Honourable Mike Moyes
Manitoba Minister of Environment and Climate Change

“Heat pumps can provide clean and energy-efficient heating and cooling. Efficiency Manitoba aims to make accessing incentives to install these systems as easy as possible. We’re pleased to work with the provincial and federal governments to support the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Program and make upgrading to heat pumps more affordable for Manitobans.”

Colleen Kuruluk
CEO of Efficiency Manitoba

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The OHPA program was first introduced in November 2022 as a $250-million investment under the Canada Greener Homes Initiative. On February 22, 2023, the program was opened to pre-registration and was fully launched in late March 2023, with the first grants being issued shortly thereafter.Every year, on average, a Canadian household participating in the OHPA program saves $1,337 on energy costs and achieves 2.78 tonnes in greenhouse gas reductions.To date, the OHPA program has contributed to reducing 37,719 metric tonnes of greenhouse gases — equivalent to removing 11,574 cars off the road.The OHPA program has received more than 38,700 applications to date nationally.This program will support approximately 520 Manitoban households in making the switch from oil heating to an energy-efficient heat pump.Manitoba has set a target of supporting 5,000 Manitoban families in making the switch to heat their homes with heat pumps.Efficiency Manitoba is Manitoba’s Crown corporation dedicated to energy efficiency. With legislated long-term energy savings targets to achieve, the organization has diverse programs available to help Manitobans save energy, money and the environment.In October 2023, the federal government announced that it is working with provinces and territories on co-delivery agreements including:increasing OHPA funding up to $15,000, where up to $5,000 matches supplementary provincial and territorial contributions via co-delivery arrangements; andan upfront payment of $250 for eligible applicants through the Canada Heat Pump Bonus.Heat pumps are one of the best ways for homeowners currently heating with oil to save money on energy bills and fight climate change. Electric heat pumps are energy-efficient heating and cooling systems that provide comfortable temperatures for your home year-round by exchanging heat from outside the home. This results in greater savings for homeowners and reduced energy intake for utilities and grids.Since 2020, 1,229 Manitoba residents have installed heat pumps using federal government funding.In jurisdictions without co-delivery arrangements, oil-heated households can apply to the national program to receive up to $10,000 in federal OHPA funding for switching to electric heat pumps.Under Budget 2024, the Government of Canada is taking numerous steps to make life more affordable for Canadians while addressing climate change. This includes the Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program, which will support the direct installation of energy efficiency retrofits for Canadian households with low- to median-incomes.

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Mission Critical Partners Announces Launch of its Justice Integration Hub in Support of the City of New Orleans

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The $30 million ARPA-funded initiative connects public-safety and justice agencies, accelerates case processing and improves service to the community.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Mission Critical Partners today announced the launch of its Justice Integration Hub in support of the city of New Orleans’ Justice Technology Modernization Program (JTMP). JTMP is a multiyear initiative that replaced several decades-old systems with a unified, cloud-based platform designed to improve public safety and access to justice by streamlining operations and strengthening transparency across the city and Orleans Parish criminal-justice ecosystem.

“The Justice Integration Hub is not just a technology milestone; it’s a fundamental shift in how justice is delivered,” said Darrin Reilly, president and CEO, Mission Critical Partners.

The Justice Integration Hub facilitates the seamless flow of information throughout the Parish’s complex criminal-justice ecosystem. Funded through a $30 million allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), JTMP represents one of the most comprehensive justice technology overhauls in the country, modernizing and transforming more than 40 years of legacy infrastructure. The program integrates the area’s entire criminal justice ecosystem — including the New Orleans Police Department, Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office and Justice Center, District Attorney, Public Defender, Criminal District Court, and Clerk of Court — into a single, connected environment.

“The integration hub fundamentally changes how our justice agencies work together,” said Nathaniel Weaver, JTMP director. “Instead of information stopping at the boundaries between agencies, it can move securely in real time, allowing people to spend less time reentering data and more time making the decisions that move cases forward.”

From Fragmentation to Real-Time Coordination

For years, criminal-justice agencies in New Orleans and Orleans Parish operated on outdated, siloed systems that limited collaboration, slowed case processing, and created cross-department inefficiencies.

The Justice Enterprise Hub is built on Microsoft Azure and leverages a standardized enterprise data model aligned with national data-sharing models. A secure integration hub enables real-time data sharing across agencies, ensuring that critical information is accessible when and where it is needed.

Immediate Impact Across the Community

The Justice Enterprise Hub already is helping to deliver measurable improvements:

Patrol officers now have additional hours each week to spend in New Orleans communities and respond to emergencies due to more efficient digital arrest-processing workflows.Data sharing from the jail to the court facilitates automated creation of cases and scheduling of court appearances, saving approximately 6,000 hours of time clerks would spend on data entry.Faster information sharing between agencies is helping reduce hearing delays, streamline inmate transport coordination, and improve overall justice system efficiency. This significantly reduces incarceration costs and generates measurable operational savings.

A Foundation for the Future of Justice

With the core platform now fully operational, New Orleans and Orleans Parish are positioned to build on this foundation with advanced capabilities, including AI-assisted case processing, digital evidence management, and expanded state-level data integration.

“The Justice Integration Hub is not just a technology milestone; it’s a fundamental shift in how justice is delivered,” said Darrin Reilly, MCP’s president and CEO. “New Orleans and Orleans Parish now have a nation-leading, scalable, and future-ready system that enables agencies to work together more effectively and collaboratively to better serve the public. We look forward to bringing this solution to more communities across the nation.”

The system was implemented in four phases, following a competitive nationwide process that selected Mission Critical Partners and Major Services, a New Orleans-based IT consulting firm, to oversee JTMP’s development, implementation, and coordinated go-live activities across all participating agencies. Those four phases went live in succession, between November 2025 and April 2026.

About Mission Critical Partners (MCP)

Mission Critical Partners (MCP) is a leading provider of data integration, consulting, network, and cybersecurity solutions specializing in transforming mission-critical communications networks into integrated ecosystems that improve outcomes in the public-safety, justice, healthcare, transportation, and utility markets. Our comprehensive experience and vendor-agnostic approach help us develop modernized solutions that maximize value, improve efficiency, and mitigate risk. Additional information and career opportunities are available at MissionCriticalPartners.com.

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MadeAi Launches Dossier Expert, Bringing Agentic AI to Formulary and Value Dossier Development

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New AI-powered solution transforms dossier creation and maintenance with source-level traceability, cross-functional collaboration, and up to 70% faster authoring and updates

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — MadeAi™, a leader in AI-enabled evidence synthesis and life sciences solutions, today announced the launch of MadeAi Dossier Expert, a new AI-powered solution designed to transform how pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations create, review, and maintain formulary and value dossiers.

Traditionally, developing AMCP dossiers, global value dossiers, and health technology assessment (HTA) submissions requires months of coordination across HEOR, Clinical, Market Access, and Medical Writing teams. Evidence is dispersed across multiple sources, citations require extensive manual verification, and updates often trigger lengthy rounds of rewriting and review.

Dossier Expert replaces this fragmented process with a living, evidence-linked document that evolves as the underlying science changes.

Built to address one of the most time-consuming challenges facing Market Access and HEOR teams, Dossier Expert brings evidence management, AI-assisted authoring, citation verification, and cross-functional collaboration into a single, continuously updated environment.

From Static Documents to Living Evidence

Unlike traditional dossier authoring approaches that focus primarily on accelerating initial drafts, Dossier Expert is designed to streamline the entire dossier lifecycle—from first creation through ongoing evidence updates.

Key capabilities include:

AI-Powered Dossier Generation: Create structured AMCP, HTA, and value dossiers using customizable templates and AI-generated, evidence-grounded content.One-Click Citation Verification: Trace every AI-generated claim directly to its source document, with the supporting passage highlighted for immediate verification.Intelligent Evidence Updates: Automatically identify sections affected by changes in underlying evidence and selectively regenerate outdated content without overwriting human edits.Integrated Evidence Hub: Organize and connect indexed source materials directly to relevant dossier sections.Integrated MadeAi-LR: Access AI-enabled literature review directly for in-platform literature review support.Seamless Collaboration: Enable HEOR, Clinical, Market Access, and Medical Writing teams to work within one document, with built-in commenting, assignments, approvals, and version control.Flexible, Submission-Ready Outputs: Export approved dossiers to Word or PDF.

Accelerating Market Access Without Compromising Scientific Rigor

Dossier Expert is designed to deliver up to 70% faster dossier authoring and updates, while reducing the manual effort associated with evidence verification, document management, and recurring revisions.

“Creating a dossier is only part of the challenge. Keeping it scientifically current, fully traceable, and aligned across multiple stakeholders is where organizations lose enormous amounts of time,” said Gaugarin Oliver, Founder and CEO of MadeAi. “With Dossier Expert, we’re moving beyond AI-generated first drafts to a fundamentally different model: a living dossier that connects every claim to its evidence, identifies what needs updating, and enables experts to focus on scientific judgment rather than document administration.”

By combining AI-powered efficiency with human oversight and transparent source verification, Dossier Expert helps life sciences organizations accelerate evidence communication while maintaining the rigor required for payer and HTA engagement.

Learn more about Dossier Expert at www.madeai.com.

About MadeAi

MadeAi™ is an award-winning AI-native evidence synthesis and life sciences solutions platform designed to help pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device organizations accelerate evidence generation and scientific communication. Combining advanced agentic AI capabilities with human expertise, MadeAi supports workflows across HEOR, Market Access, Medical Affairs, and RWE, delivering greater efficiency, transparency, and scientific rigor.

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Meghan Oates-Zalesky, MadeAi, 1 617 435 2470, meghan.oates@madeai.com, www.madeai.com

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Peloton Launches Peloton Broker to Streamline Early-Stage Land Acquisition for Energy Projects

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New tract-based pre-leasing tool joins the
Land Data Management solution in the Peloton Platform

CALGARY, AB, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Peloton, a provider of energy data management software, today announced the launch of Peloton Broker, a tract-based pre-leasing management tool built for energy projects. Peloton Broker gives brokers, consultants, land departments, and legal teams one place to handle ownership discovery, negotiation tracking, and title curative work, so they can move from prospect to signed lease without re-entering data or juggling separate systems.

Peloton Broker is part of Peloton’s Land Data Management solution in the Peloton Platform, alongside LandView, LandView Map, and Peloton Dashboards. It extends Peloton’s trusted foundation to the earliest stage of land acquisition, with pre-leasing work carrying straight into agreement-based lease management in LandView.

“The pre-leasing stage has always been where land data is most scattered, with ownership research in one place, negotiation notes in another, and title issues surfacing late,” said James Hatcher, Product Manager – Land Data Management at Peloton. “Peloton Broker brings that work into the Peloton Platform from day one, so land teams start every lease with a complete picture and the rest of the organization gets land data it can trust.”

Built for the start of the lease lifecycle

Peloton Broker helps land teams at oil and gas operators and renewable energy developers:

Track ownership at the tract level, covering both surface and mineral rightsManage negotiations in integrated workflows that record every offer, contact, and status changeCatch title concerns early with title curative support, before they hold up executionWork from the map with GIS-driven prospect management connected to LandView MapKeep audit-ready records with full traceability from first contact to executed lease

Connected across the Peloton Platform

The Peloton Platform is a SaaS solution hosted by Microsoft Azure that brings well, production, and land data together in one environment. With Peloton Broker on the platform, customers get:

A single source of truth. Land, operations, and finance teams work from the same accurate, up-to-date information, with master data such as business associates, wells, and units shared across products.Linked lifecycles. Land data ties into well and production data in WellView and ProdView, and integrates with third-party ERP and financial systems.Enterprise-grade security, backed by Peloton’s SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications.

Peloton Broker is available now. To learn more, visit peloton.com/products/land-data-management/broker.

About Peloton

Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, and founded in 1991, Peloton created the energy industry’s original data management solution, and it remains the standard today. With more than three decades of industry expertise and over 700 clients globally, Peloton offers software across the well, production, and land lifecycles. The Peloton Platform brings all three together in one integrated SaaS environment, hosted by Microsoft Azure.

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