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Two senior members of the federal cabinet were in Florida Friday pushing Canada’s new border plan with Donald Trump’s transition team, a day after Trudeau himself appeared to finally push back at the president-elect over his social media posts about turning Canada into the 51st state. Both Trudeau and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, who Trudeau has been courting to become Canada’s next finance minister, shared posts on X Thursday, a day after Trump’s latest jab at Canada in his Christmas Day message. It isn’t clear if Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who has repeatedly insisted Trump’s 51st state references are a joke, will raise the issue with Trump’s team when he and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly meet with them in Palm Beach. The two are there to discuss Canada’s new $1.3 billion border plan with just under four weeks left before Trump is sworn in again as president. He has threatened to impose a new 25 per cent import tariff on Canada and Mexico the same day over concerns about a trade imbalance, as well as illegal drugs and migration issues at the borders. The broad strokes of Canada’s plan were made public Dec. 17, including a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of the border, and improved efforts using technology and canine teams to seek out drugs in shipments leaving Canada LeBlanc’s spokesman, Jean-Sébastien Comeau, said the ministers will also emphasize the negative impacts of Trump’s threatened tariffs on both Canada and the U.S. Comeau said the ministers will build on the discussions that took place last month when Trudeau and LeBlanc met Trump at Mar-a-Lago just days after Trump first made his tariff threat. It was at that dinner on Nov. 29 when Trump first raised the notion of Canada becoming the 51st state, a comment LeBlanc has repeatedly since insisted was just a joke. But Trump has continued the quip repeatedly in various social media posts, including in his Christmas Day message when he said Canadians would pay lower taxes and have better military protection if they became Americans. He has taken to calling Trudeau “governor” instead of prime minister. Trudeau had not directly responded to any of the jabs, but on Thursday posted a link to a six-minute long video on YouTube from 2010 in which American journalist Tom Brokaw “explains Canada to Americans.” The video, which originally aired during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, explains similarities between the two countries, including their founding based on immigration, their trading relationship and the actions of the Canadian Army in World War 2 and other modern conflicts. “In the long history of sovereign neighbours there has never been a relationship as close, productive and peaceful as the U.S. and Canada,” Brokaw says in the video. Trudeau did not expand about why he posted a link to the video, posting it only with the words “some information about Canada for Americans.” Carney, who is at the centre of some of Trudeau’s recent domestic political troubles, also called out Trump’s antics on X Thursday, calling it “casual disrespect” and “carrying the ‘joke’ too far.” “Time to call it out, stand up for Canada, and build a true North American partnership,” said Carney, who Trudeau was courting to join his cabinet before Chrystia Freeland resigned as finance minister last week. Freeland’s sudden departure, three days after Trudeau informed her he would be firing her as finance minister in favour of Carney, left Trudeau’s leadership even more bruised than it already was. Despite the expectation Carney would assume the role, he did not and has not made any statements about it. LeBlanc was sworn in as finance minister instead the same day Freeland quit. More than two dozen Liberal MPs have publicly called on Trudeau to resign as leader, and Trudeau is said to be taking the holidays to think about his next steps. He is currently vacationing in British Columbia. Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian PressBEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have again restructured quarterback Deshaun Watson’s massive contract to create salary-cap space and give them future flexibility, a person familiar with the move told The Associated Press on Friday. Watson has been limited to just 19 games in three seasons because of an NFL suspension and injuries with the Browns, who signed him to a five-year, $230 million fully guaranteed contract in 2022. The restructuring allows the team to spread out the salary-cap hit after the 2026 season, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team does not disclose contract specifics. The 29-year-old Watson has two years remaining on his contract with an average of $46 million a year. The move to restructure his deal will not preclude the Browns from adding talent at the quarterback position in 2025, the person said. Watson played in only seven games this season before suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon. He’s 9-10 as a starter with Cleveland. The Browns (3-12) have been a major disappointment this season after making it to the playoffs a year ago behind Joe Flacco, who was signed as a free agent after Watson suffered a season-ending shoulder injury. Watson had surgery in October and is expected to make a full recovery. While the team hasn’t disclosed its plans at quarterback, it’s assumed Watson will be in the mix to be the starter next season. It’s also possible the Browns will draft a quarterback in the first round. The team hasn’t had a first-round pick the past three years after trading three to the Houston Texans to acquire Watson, who was once considered one of the league’s elite QBs. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
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Coreline Soft is rapidly expanding its reach in medical research and clinical settings with its AI-based medical imaging solution, the AVIEW product line, as global interest in AI healthcare technology rises. As of 2024, the number of cumulative research publications utilizing AVIEW has reached 296, showing a remarkable increase compared to the previous year. Stringent research and validation are essential for the successful adoption and application of AI-based medical solutions in clinical practice. Scholarly publications serve as critical evidence of a technology's reliability and efficiency, playing a decisive role in its adoption by medical professionals and researchers. Coreline Soft’s AVIEW product line offers 3D CT image analysis solutions. AVIEW LCS Plus, which can simultaneously screen for the "BIG 3" in lung cancer screening (lung cancer, emphysema, and coronary artery calcification), supports large-scale data analysis and precise nodule detection. It reduces diagnostic variability among medical professionals and is currently supplied to lung cancer screening programs in South Korea, Europe, Germany, Italy, and more. AVIEW CHEST is a combination medical device that analyzes lung and cardiovascular diseases with a single CT scan. Combining multiple devices into one, this system delivers comprehensive functionalities. Included in AVIEW CHEST are Coreline Soft's pre-approved products like AVIEW (COPD, CAC, Lung Texture), AVIEW Aortalab, and AVIEW LungCAD. AVIEW CHEST automates CT image analysis, leveraging a deep learning-based network structure to automate segmentation, measurement, and analysis of anatomical structures and pathologies. It detects abnormalities like lung nodules and masses and includes an automatic aorta segmentation function. Lee Jae-yeon, head of Coreline Soft's research team, stated, "Achieving 296 research publications as of December 2024 is not just a number; it demonstrates the credible and efficient position of medical AI," adding, "As a company trusted by researchers and clinicians, we will continue to strive to provide innovative solutions." Coreline Soft is also smoothly expanding into the major medical market in the United States. In the first half of this year, it sold AVIEW LCS Plus, a simultaneous chest disease diagnostics product for early detection of lung cancer, emphysema, and coronary artery calcification, to UMass Memorial Medical Center, one of the top 5 hospitals in Massachusetts. Earlier this month, it also sold three major products to Temple University Hospital's Temple Lung Center, a leader in lung disease treatment. The company is expanding its collaboration from radiology departments to key opinion leaders in pulmonology, showing meaningful results. The partnership with UMass Memorial Medical Center is particularly significant, as UMass uses Coreline Soft’s key product packages (AVIEW LCS, AVIEW CAC, AVIEW COPD). James Lee, head of North American operations, commented, "UMass values the viewer functionality of AVIEW, including how easily radiologists can modify AI results when necessary and is very satisfied with the streamlined workflow environment that AVIEW provides." Additionally, Coreline Soft is expanding its technology beyond comprehensive analyses of thoracic CT scans to include areas like brain, abdominal, and spinal CT, broadening its applications to cover conditions such as brain hemorrhage, cerebrovascular examinations, fatty liver quantification, body fat assessment, and spinal stenosis diagnostics.
After a trouble-plagued application overhaul, U.S. Department of Education officials have released next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid, more than a week before its Dec. 1 target date. After last year’s rollout disaster, Education Department officials claim to have improved the application process following feedback from stakeholders. More than 167,000 students have successfully submitted their FAFSA application since Oct. 1, following four rounds of testing. The department can now “say with confidence” that the application is working and will serve as “the gateway to college access and affordability to millions of students.” “Already, over 650,000 more applicants are eligible for Pell Grants, and more students are receiving Pell Grants, this school year compared to last year,” Miguel Cardona, U.S. secretary of education, said in a news release. “We stand ready to help millions more students complete the FAFSA and get the financial aid they need to pursue their dreams of a college education.” Thousands of students faced numerous challenges when attempting to complete their financial aid application last year, following a form overhaul meant to simplify the application process, which instead made things more difficult. As a result, 29 percent fewer students completed their application in May compared with the same time in 2023. The department said it has made various improvements to ensure the same issues don’t occur during this year’s application cycle. Staffing has been increased by almost 80 percent to ensure students and their families can connect with representatives when calling for financial aid support. More than 700 agents have been added to the department’s contact center and an additional 225 agents are set to be hired in the coming weeks, to offset long wait times faced by callers last year. “We need a better FAFSA form to deliver financial aid to students going to college and other forms of education after high school,” James Kvaal, the undersecretary of education, said. “Thank you to everyone who has helped the 2025-26 FAFSA launch successfully and ahead of schedule, including students and families, Department staff, and financial aid administrators and counselors across the country.” While last year’s technical glitches have been addressed with the FAFSA form and system now in a “strong position,” one group was left vulnerable in the wake of the technical errors that occurred. Students whose parents did not have a Social Security number were reported to be blocked from filling out the financial aid form, resulting in nearly 9 percent fewer high school seniors and first-time applicants according to a recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The office of Federal Student Aid suspended the identity verification process that had barred contributors without Social Security numbers from logging into the online financial aid form for the 2025-26 application. However, ahead of his inauguration in January, President-elect Donald Trump’s administration has announced plans to shut down the Department of Education, posing significant threats of financial aid cuts, as well as plans to begin mass deportations. According to Stephen Barker, communication director for OneGoal — a Chicago nonprofit that assists students to enroll and graduate from postsecondary programs — this could leave mixed-status families vulnerable. OneGoal is looking carefully at the implications for students applying for financial aid for the first time or those from mixed-status families, Barker said, where one or more of their contributors don’t have Social Security numbers. While the National College Attainment Network has signaled that students “should use caution” when completing their FAFSA form, Barker said OneGoal doesn’t believe it’s “responsible to advise students whether they should or should not submit their FAFSA.” Instead, the nonprofit is being as transparent with students as possible about the potential risks. The Higher Education Act prohibits the use of students’ data for any purpose other than determining financial aid eligibility and awards to students. But with the incoming Trump administration signaling its priorities, Braker said there’s no way to ensure “this administration is not going to sort of supersede or overturn the rules of the Higher Education Act in order to sort of use this as a lever for accessing information.” “We can’t imagine a scenario where that’s likely, but we’re not policy experts, and can’t say for sure what an unpredictable administration is going to do,” Braker said. “We’re going to make sure that students have the information that they need and then they’re going to have to work with their families and their school counselors to determine if it’s safe for them to fill this out and provide that information.”
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