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Tech-Access Canada Welcomes Canada’s AI Strategy and Focus on Helping Businesses Adopt AI

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OTTAWA, ON, June 4, 2026 /CNW/ – Tech-Access Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s new national artificial intelligence strategy, AI for All, and its focus on helping Canadian businesses, workers, and students harness the benefits of AI to strengthen productivity, competitiveness, and economic growth.

Canada has earned a global reputation for excellence in artificial intelligence research. The next challenge is ensuring that businesses across all sectors of the economy have the support they need to adopt and apply AI technologies in practical ways that improve operations, create new opportunities, and enhance competitiveness.

The strategy’s emphasis on AI adoption among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), workforce development, and hands-on learning opportunities for students reflects areas where Canada’s colleges, cégeps, and Technology Access Centres (TACs) are already making a meaningful contribution.

Across Canada, Technology Access Centres help thousands of businesses each year evaluate, test, validate, and implement emerging technologies. In the AI space, TACs have supported companies across sectors such as manufacturing, forestry, energy, agriculture, and environmental services in applying artificial intelligence to real-world challenges, including predictive maintenance, process optimization, quality control, resource management, and operational decision-making.

Examples include helping manufacturers improve production efficiency through AI-enabled process optimization and supporting natural resource companies with advanced analytics and machine learning tools that improve monitoring, forecasting, and operational performance.

The strategy’s commitment to AI literacy, skills development, and student work-integrated learning opportunities is also particularly encouraging. Every year, Technology Access Centres provide over 2,000 students with hands-on experience working alongside Canadian companies on applied R&D and technology adoption projects, helping them develop the practical skills needed to succeed in an increasingly AI-enabled economy.

“Canada has been a global leader in AI research for decades. The next challenge is helping more Canadian businesses, workers, and students put AI to work solving real-world problems,” said Ken Doyle, Executive Director of Tech-Access Canada.

“We are encouraged to see the strategy’s strong emphasis on the adoption of AI, workforce development, and ensuring that the benefits of AI reach businesses and communities across the country. Technology Access Centres have long operated at the intersection of innovation, talent development, and industry collaboration, helping SMEs adopt emerging technologies while providing students with valuable hands-on experience. As Canada works to increase AI adoption across the economy, colleges, cégeps, and their Technology Access Centres are well positioned to help translate that ambition into practical outcomes.”

An independent evaluation of the federal College and Community Innovation Program recently concluded that Technology Access Centres contribute to measurable increases in revenue and employment among the small businesses they support, while providing students with applied learning opportunities that improve career outcomes.

Tech-Access Canada looks forward to working with governments, industry partners, post-secondary institutions, and innovation organizations across the country to help ensure the successful implementation of Canada’s AI strategy and the broad adoption of AI technologies that strengthen Canadian productivity and prosperity.

About Tech-Access Canada

Tech-Access Canada is the national network of 70 Technology Access Centres located at colleges and cégeps across the country. Together, they provide Canadian companies with access to objective applied R&D expertise, specialized equipment, prototyping, technology validation, and innovation support. Each year, the network works with more than 6,000 businesses and organizations, helping accelerate innovation, commercialisation, and technology adoption.

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WebFX Earns Reddit Gold Certified Sales Partner Badge, Highlighting Advertising Capabilities for Growth-Focused Businesses

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Recognition highlights agency’s proven expertise in driving results on one of the Internet’s fastest-growing advertising platforms

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — WebFX, the digital marketing agency that has driven more than $10 billion in client revenue over the past five years, today announced it has earned Reddit’s Gold Certified Sales Partner badge. The designation recognizes agencies that have demonstrated deep platform expertise and experience with Reddit’s advertising solutions on behalf of clients.

As a Gold Certified Sales Partner, WebFX gains access to exclusive partner benefits that directly enhance the Reddit campaigns it manages for clients.

Reddit has quickly evolved from a niche community hub into a mainstream advertising platform, reaching more than 126 million daily active unique users as of Q1 2026. For B2B marketers in particular, Reddit offers access to highly engaged, high-intent communities that are increasingly shaping how buyers research products and make purchasing decisions.

As a Gold Certified Sales Partner, WebFX gains access to exclusive partner benefits that directly enhance the Reddit campaigns it manages for clients. These benefits include early opportunities to try new features, personalized account support from Reddit’s team, and audience insights for optimized strategies — giving WebFX clients an edge as the platform continues to grow.

“Earning Reddit’s Gold Certified Sales Partner badge is a meaningful milestone for our team and, more importantly, for the businesses we serve,” said Kyle Helder, VP of Demand Gen & Ecosystems at WebFX. “Reddit’s audience is uniquely valuable because people show up there with genuine intent, looking to research, compare, and make decisions. This partnership gives our clients privileged access to platform insights and tools that help us turn that intent into measurable revenue.”

The Gold Partner designation builds on WebFX’s broader commitment to meeting clients wherever their audiences are — across search, social, AI, and emerging channels. It complements a partner ecosystem that already includes Google Premier Partner, Meta Business Partner, and Microsoft Advertising Partner, among others.

To learn more about how WebFX helps businesses drive revenue through Reddit advertising and other digital marketing channels, visit webfx.com.

About WebFX

WebFX is a full-service, tech-enabled digital marketing agency built for the AI era. With many years of experience and 700+ digital marketing specialists, WebFX helps businesses grow through data-driven strategies across search, paid media, AI-powered channels, and more. The agency’s proprietary RevenueCloudFX platform connects marketing efforts to real business outcomes — leads, pipeline, and revenue — while its AI visibility tracking and optimization capabilities help clients stay discoverable as search evolves beyond traditional engines. WebFX has generated over $10 billion in client revenue and delivered more than 24 million leads in the past five years. Learn more at webfx.com.

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Kyle Helder, WebFX, 1 888-874-2601, kyle@webfx.com, https://www.webfx.com/

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General Fluidics and Invetech Partner to Accelerate Accessible Diagnostics at the Point of Care

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SAN DIEGO, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — General Fluidics (GF) and Invetech today announced a strategic collaboration to bring fast, high-quality diagnostics closer to patients, enabling earlier decisions, better outcomes, and broader access to care. 

Founded at the Massachusetts General Hospital with a mission to make diagnostics genuinely accessible, General Fluidics is redefining routine blood testing by moving it out of central labs and directly into the clinics. From rural settings to urban urgent care centers, Axess transforms clinical practices by making reference-lab quality diagnostics available within minutes at point-of-care.

After a global search spanning four continents, GF selected Invetech as its development and scaleup partner for its proven end‑to‑end capability, deep diagnostics expertise, and culture of collaboration.  

“This was a critical decision for us” said Rob Granier, CEO of General Fluidics. “We needed a partner who had seen the hard problems before, who could move fast, be transparent, and help us scale with confidence. Invetech stood out not just for technical depth, but for how they show up as a true partner”.  

Invetech brings decades of experience translating complex diagnostic technologies into manufacturable, regulated products combining commercial insight, risk discipline, and practical execution across every stage of development.  

“What excites us about General Fluidics is the clarity of vision and the timing.” said Andreas Knaack, CEO of Invetech. “The market is ready, the technology is mature, and decentralised testing is now the expectation. Together, we’re building a platform designed to scale and to make a real difference in healthcare.”  

With aligned leadership, shared values, and a focus on execution, the collaboration positions General Fluidics to accelerate its journey from innovation to impact, bringing high quality diagnostics to more people, faster. 

About Invetech 

Invetech is your trusted partner in solving complex manufacturing and product development challenges in the global advanced therapies market. For more than three decades, we’ve partnered with leaders in diagnostics, life sciences, and cell therapy to co-create breakthrough solutions that transform ideas into market-ready technologies and therapies. Whether transitioning from early process development to commercial-scale manufacturing or optimizing complex workflows, our team combines scientific insight, engineering excellence and proven technology platforms to deliver tailored solutions. Our proven modules, technology platforms and custom automation solutions integrate seamlessly with your processes, reducing time to market, and supporting scalable, GMP-compliant manufacturing. Together with our clients, we’re advancing healthcare.  

To learn more about Invetech Group, visit https://www.invetechgroup.com/ 

About General Fluidics 

General Fluidics is a Boston-based diagnostic company that spun out of Massachusetts General Hospital in 2018. The company is focused on making diagnostic testing more accessible for all patients. GF’s Axess platform is a compact, seamlessly integrated benchtop diagnostic lab engineered to deliver hundreds of high-quality diagnostic tests at the point of care with results in minutes. 

To learn more about General Fluidics, visit https://www.generalfluidics.com/  

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Emily Ellinger
Marketing & Communications Manager
Invetech
Emily.ellinger@invetech.com.au

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McRae Industries, Inc. Dividend Declared

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MOUNT GILEAD, N.C., June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — McRae Industries, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MCRAA and MCRAB) declared a dividend of $.14 per share on the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock payable on July 1, 2026 to shareholders of record on June 17, 2026.

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