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Fines for riders caught fare-skipping on GO Transit and the Union Pearson Express are set to skyrocket next month as strict new rules kick in. Beginning Sept. 8, provincial transit agency Metrolinx will hike its fares to $200 for a first-time offence.The new fines will be: Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. First offence: $200.Second offence: $300.Third offence: $400.Fourth offence: $500.Fifth offence: A provincial offence notice with a set fine established by the chief justice of the Ontario court of justice.Sixth and subsequent offences: A court…

NovaPACS EI 9.1 brings built-in AI, expanded clinical workflows, secure mobile access, and enhanced enterprise security to customers worldwide. NovaPACS EI Built-In AI Segmentation NovaPACS EI 9.1 brings assistive intelligence directly into the reading environment, including AI-powered segmentation tools that help identify and visualize anatomical structures without requiring radiologists to leave the study. NovaCardio Advanced Cardiac Imaging NovaCardio in NovaPACS EI 9.1 provides advanced cardiac visualization and analysis within the PACS environment, helping cardiologists review and evaluate cardiac studies without moving between separate systems. Provo, Utah, Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novarad has updated more than 1,000 NovaPACS EI…

Freaks and Geeks actor Busy Philipps is opening up about her recent brain tumour diagnosis and sharing details about undergoing two surgeries. In a cover story interview with People, the 47-year-old actor said she’s “grateful that I’m alive” and called herself “the luckiest girl in the world.”Philipps revealed that she had a malignant brain tumour removed weeks before she was set to start filming her new show, Cupertino.The Dawson’s Creek alum referred to this period as “the weirdest six months of my life” and said she nearly didn’t go to the Prenuvo scan that led to the discovery of a…

Infill drilling, bulk-samples and independent logistics studies target resource conversion, bauxite processing upsides and critical-mineral optionality ahead of a mid-2027 PFSSYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Highlights PFS studies underway: Alurion Resources Limited (ASX: ALU) has commenced infill drilling and bulk-sample trenching at the Amargosa Bauxite-Gallium Project, marking the transition from established resource scale to field-based development programs Resource drilling and mine-planning inputs: Infill drilling and bulk-sample trenching program aims to enhance Measured and Indicated resources for the direct-ship-bauxite pre-feasibility study (PFS) and comprises 203 auger holes for 2,436 metres, 20 diamond twin holes for 800 metres and…

A petition calling for Nashville International Airport to be renamed in honour of Dolly Parton has gained traction online following the country superstar’s death. The Change.org petition calling for the airport to be named “Dolly Parton International Airport” has more than 133,000 signatures as of Thursday afternoon.The petition was created by Nashville-based comedian Lydia Popovich in January 2025, but only gained around 50,000 signatures at that time, ABC affiliate WKRN-TV reports.Popovich’s petition was updated following the news of Parton’s death in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday at the age of 80 after a “brief battle with cancer,” her representatives announced. “On August…

Google’s AI note-taking app, Gemini Notebook, can now pull information from the books you’ve purchased. The new “Expert Intelligence” feature allows you to bring titles from Google Play Books directly into Gemini Notebook, which means you can ask questions about the material, as well as generate plans, infographics, AI podcasts, and more based on their contents.During a briefing with The Verge, Google Labs editorial director Steven Johnson showed how you can use the tool to generate a recipe book using the information in Michael Pollan’s Food Rules. In another example, Gemini Notebook applied the knowledge from Kim Scott’s management-focused Radical…

LISRAYA represents the first major therapeutic innovation in decades for adults with dermatomyositis (DM), a debilitating systemic autoimmune diseaseLISRAYA is a once-daily pill that directly targets key immune pathways implicated in dermatomyositis pathogenesisLISRAYA demonstrated robust efficacy on multiple measures of DM disease activity, accompanied by substantial steroid-sparing benefits, in the largest dermatomyositis clinical trial ever conductedLISRAYA is available immediately in the U.S.Eligible patients may pay as little as $0 per month through the LISRAYA My Compass Support program. DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Priovant Therapeutics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved…

Troutman Amin, LLP Troutman Amin, LLP Irvine, California, USA, Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Troutman Amin, LLP has elevated powerful litigation attorney and former New Orleans prosecutor Tori L. Guidry to partner after four years in the firm’s complex litigation department. Guidry becomes the firm’s fourth partner, joining Eric J. Troutman, Puja J. Amin and Brittany A. Andres. Guidry joined the firm in 2022 after years serving as a felony prosecutor and later a high-profile defense lawyer in New Orleans, Louisiana. Troutman Amin, LLP partners say she brings the grit and dogged determination of a true courtroom hero to…

Volition Capital, which previously invested in Levanta’s Series A, is reinvesting as the company expands its creator commerce platform across the retail ecosystem Levanta Co-Founders Pictured from left to right: Ian Brodie, CEO; Rob Schab, CMO; Spencer McKenney, CTO SEATTLE, Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Levanta, the creator affiliate platform for modern e-commerce, today announced a $22 million Series B investment led by Volition Capital, marking the firm’s second major investment in the company after leading its $20 million Series A in 2024. With this investment, Levanta has now raised more than $43 million in total funding. The new…

Defiance Memory & Photonics ETF The first U.S.-listed ETF to Combine Memory & Photonics MIAMI, Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Defiance ETFs, a leader in thematic and income ETFs, today announced the launch of the Defiance Memory & Photonics ETF (Cboe: PRAM), the first U.S.-listed ETF to combine memory and photonics in a single fund.* PRAM seeks to track the Solactive Memory and Photonics Index, providing targeted exposure to the two layers of AI infrastructure beyond compute: the semiconductors that store data and the optical technologies that move it. The AI buildout to date has been priced around processors,…