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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 24, 2026 8:45 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Montreal man convicted earlier this year of a fraudulent weight loss product scam in the United States has been sentenced to three years in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Michel Poirier pleaded guilty in March for his role in a mass marketing fraud scheme from 2011 to 2016. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. It says Poirier would use American printing companies to handle…

Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened every time I said “Hey, Google.” In fact, in two days of testing, the speaker’s three microphones haven’t missed a single wake word — except for the time I stage-whispered to it from the other room while trying to avoid waking up the baby, but I’m not sure that’s a fair test. I set up the speaker in the bathroom and chatted with…

Social moves faster than businesses can keep up. Today, that changes: Hootsuite introduces Wisdom, the social-first AI agent that transforms live social signals into contextual intelligence and coordinated action.Social OS unveiled — Hootsuite’s full portfolio reimagined as purpose-built products, connected by AI under one unified experience. New MCP connectors make Hootsuite capabilities accessible to AI agents, bringing social intelligence into the tools and workflows organizations already use. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hootsuite today announced the release of Wisdom, a social-first AI agent purpose-built for social and business intelligence. Powered by 15+ years of proprietary social…

MONTREAL, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flare, the leader in identity-first cyber threat intelligence (CTI), today announced the expanded capabilities for Flare CTI, and an Okta integration within its Identity Exposure Management (IEM) offering. Together, these updates extend Flare’s identity expertise into tactical threat intelligence use cases and agentic workflows to reshape security operations. As security teams face growing volumes of threats, many continue to rely on costly, disconnected tools for threat intelligence, threat investigation, and identity risk management. Flare’s latest platform enhancements help organizations consolidate those workflows, giving analysts the context they need to identify the threats that…

AUSTIN, Texas, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ESO Solutions, Inc. (“ESO”), a leading data services and software provider for EMS, fire departments, hospitals, and government agencies, today announced the launch of ESO Prehospital Intelligence™, the industry’s only solution that connects real-time EMS data and prehospital predictions across the emergency care continuum, giving teams on both sides of the ED door the information to act before a patient arrives. The emergency care system has a coordination gap. EMS crews deliver care and make routing decisions without learning what happens to their patients downstream, and hospitals receive those patients without the…

TOKYO, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lead Real Estate Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: LRE) (“LRE” or the “Company”), a Japanese real estate developer of luxury residential properties and operator of the ENT TERRACE brand of extended-stay hotels, has opened ENT TERRACE GAKUGEIDAIGAKU PREMIUM, located in Takaban, Meguro, Tokyo. The property completed construction on March 31, 2026, and scheduled to open at the end of this month. The hotel is a five-story building comprising four guest suites with one per floor. Each suite ranges from approximately 60 to 80 square meters — significantly larger than the typical Tokyo hotels— and has…

Global licensed apparel leader deploys Vertesia as a centralized AI hub, building a secure, governed, and scalable foundation for enterprise AI. BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vertesia, developer of a leading agentic AI software platform, today announced that Mad Engine, a global leader in licensed apparel and accessories, is using the Vertesia platform to bring agentic AI into their creative operations for some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Vertesia now serves as a centralized hub powering Mad Engine’s enterprise AI strategy. For a digital asset development company handling a massive volume of licensed intellectual property (IP),…

FullPAC Accelerating its Growth Strategy to Capture Increasing Market Share FullPAC (Nasdaq Reserved: GOTV) intends to become one of the first pure-play publicly traded vehicles in the rapidly growing U.S. election industry. It has 5,000+ clients and is seeking to accelerate revenue growth heading into the most expensive political advertising cycle in history. The Market Opportunity: By the Numbers $11.6BRevised 2026 political ad spend projection (AdImpact, June 2026)(1)Up from initial estimate of $10.8B — surpassing the $11.2B 2024 presidential cycle(1) +46%2026 ad spending vs. 2024 presidential cycle as of June 1st(1)Current pace makes 2026 the most expensive political advertising cycle on…

TOKYO, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lead Real Estate Co., Ltd. (“Lead Real Estate” or “the Company”), a Tokyo-based developer of luxury residential and hospitality properties, today provided an update on two developments advancing in central Tokyo: Global Design Premium Ginza, a luxury residential building in the Ginza district, and ENT Terrace Shinjuku Gyoen Premium, the next hotel in the Company’s growing ENT TERRACE extended-stay series. Global Design Premium Ginza Construction of Global Design Premium Ginza is scheduled to begin this fall. Located in Ginza, one of Tokyo’s most prominent commercial and luxury retail districts, the building is planned…

Jersey on. Crew ready. If England, Scotland or the U.S. reaches the final, fans can head straight to participating BrewDog pubs1 and Tilray-owned brewpubs2 across the U.S. to claim up to two free pints before the £1 million bar tab runs out. NEW YORK and ELLON, United Kingdom, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Scottish brewer BrewDog, owned by Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), is proving to be a fan-favourite destination for sports watch parties with big screens, cold pints and match-day energy on tap. BrewDog bars are bringing fans together for a summer of live sport watch parties…