Arlington – October 16, 2026 -- The chair and CEO of Edge Total Intelligence Inc. (TSXV: CTRL) bought a combined 320,000 shares on the open market on October 13 and 14. The purchases are part of a wave of insider buying across defense, aerospace and national security technology since early September, including a $998,400 director purchase at Honeywell Aerospace.

edgeTI chair nearly doubles his holding, CEO adds about 70%

Chair James Barrett bought 170,000 subordinate voting shares in five transactions at prices between C$0.3944 and C$0.4405, a total of about C$69,300, according to SEDI filings. His reported holding rose from 183,467 to 353,467 shares.

CEO Jason Nichols bought 150,000 subordinate voting shares in three transactions on October 13 at US$0.2970 to US$0.3110, about US$45,600 in total. His holding increased from 213,000 to 363,000 shares.

Downers Grove – October 16, 2026 -- Midwest grocer Fresh Thyme Market has placed five employees on Progressive Grocer's 2026 GenNext list, which recognizes emerging leaders in the grocery industry.

Honorees span category management, store operations and IT

The five honorees are Joe Sanchez, Deli Category Manager; Zachary Robbins, Store Director in Newport, Kentucky; Bri Chin, Natural Living Category Manager; Jared Anderson, Vegetable Category Manager; and Manny Perez, IT Network & Systems Infrastructure Manager.

Three of the five hold merchandising roles across deli, natural living and vegetables. The remaining two cover store-level leadership and technology infrastructure.

Jackson, Miss. – October 16, 2026 -- Newk's Eatery, a fast-casual brand with nearly 100 locations, has taken the No. 244 spot on the 2026 Franchise Times Top 400, which ranks the largest U.S.-based franchise systems by global systemwide sales.

Top 400 systems generated $784 billion in 2025 sales, up 4.3%

According to Franchise Times, the 400 largest U.S.-based franchise systems generated $784 billion in global sales in 2025, a 4.3% increase over the previous year. The ranking draws on company-reported data, franchise disclosure documents and other financial information.

Newk's also ranks No. 25 on Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers

Newk's was separately named No. 25 on the 2026 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers list. The brand, founded in 2004, operates nearly 100 locations and sells sandwiches, salads, soups and pizzas.

ATLANTA – October 16, 2026 -- Sumo Championship League (SCL) added 14 athletes to its roster, lifting the total to 59 athletes representing 15 countries as the new professional league builds its competitive depth during its inaugural season.

SCL signs former Japanese Grand Sumo competitors

The new additions include former Japanese Grand Sumo competitors and international champions. Shijirbayar Chimidregzen reached the rank of Maegashira 9 in Japanese Grand Sumo, while Delgersaikhan Uuganbaatar reached Makushita 7.

Individual event fields for the new athletes will be announced in advance, according to the league. Athlete participation will vary by event.

Stuart Snyder, Chairman and CEO of SCL, said the larger roster gives the league more matchups and rivalries, and that fans are responding to the sport's energy.

Portland – October 16, 2026 -- The Green Sports Alliance has released its Sustainable Apparel Playbook, a guide that shows sports organizations how to cut environmental impact across the full apparel lifecycle while supporting revenue growth, cultural influence and customer satisfaction.

Case studies cover procurement, end-of-life and fan marketing

The playbook draws on professional and collegiate sports examples across product procurement, end-of-life solutions, community engagement and impact marketing. The Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix worked with its local school district on a sustainable fashion contest that reimagined outdated race suits as fashion pieces. Oakland Roots' Upcycled Fashion Project teamed with local students to create pieces from outdated jerseys and other upcycled items.

Alexandria, Va. – October 16, 2026 -- A wallet-sized CPR guidance patch from the University of Washington and a radiation-scatter device from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine took the $10,000 first prizes at the 2026 Collegiate Inventors Competition, which drew 25 students from nine U.S. colleges and universities.

Ten finalist teams, five undergraduate and five graduate, presented to a final-round panel of National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officials. Winning teams receive cash awards plus a USPTO Patent Acceleration Certificate. The competition, established in 1990, is a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and is sponsored by the USPTO.

Quebec City – October 16, 2026 -- Devonian Health Group Inc. (TSXV: GSD; OTCQB: DVHGF) has not set a revised trading start date or closing date for its planned U.S. initial public offering on the NYSE American, according to its third update on the process since July 27, 2026.

Devonian keeps ThinkEquity on the NYSE American IPO preparations

The company said it continues to work with ThinkEquity on the steps needed to complete the offering and list its common shares and warrants on the NYSE American. The proposed ticker symbols are "DHGR" for the shares and "DHGR WS" for the warrants.

The latest statement follows earlier updates dated August 18, 2026, and September 11, 2026. Devonian said it will announce the revised trading and closing dates by press release once they are determined.

Bedford – October 16, 2026 -- Oxipital AI has launched Foreign Material Detection, an AI vision capability that identifies contaminants in real time on high-speed food production lines, with detection accuracy of up to 99% in production environments.

The capability runs on the OX and VX hardware platforms that food producers already use for quality inspection and process automation. It is already operating on food industry production lines and joins quality inspection and vision-guided robotics on the company's unified platform. CEO Mark Chiappetta said customers wanted "fewer vendors, fewer integration headaches" and more confidence in what their inspection systems catch.

San Antonio – October 16, 2026 -- PayrollOrg will host its 39th Annual Educational Institutions Payroll Conference (EIPC) October 18–21, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio, gathering payroll professionals from colleges and universities across the United States to address AI, legislation and financial compliance.

AI and regulatory change drive the EIPC agenda

Dan Maddux, Executive Director of PayrollOrg, said higher education payroll teams "can't afford to fall behind" as regulations evolve and artificial intelligence reshapes the workplace.

Sessions will cover AI in payroll, federal and state legislative developments, payroll and data governance, nonresident alien taxation, and IRS fringe benefit regulations specific to higher education.

Chennai – October 16, 2026 -- Zifo has been named a Gamechanger in Healthcare & Pharma in the enterprise segment at the Nasscom AI Gamechangers Awards 2026, for an AI service accelerator that speeds up master data creation for laboratory information management systems (LIMS).

Zifo's accelerator targets manual master data preparation in LIMS projects

Master data is foundational to configuring and implementing a LIMS. The source information is often scattered across PDFs, specifications, procedures and spreadsheets. Finding it, checking it and converting it into structured master data objects takes significant manual effort. The work must also meet the consistency, traceability and auditability that regulated environments expect.