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Flooding in Stonewall, Man., north of Winnipeg, on June 10, 2026. The night before, Stonewall saw 255 millimetres of rain.

What if your city were a sponge? This urban planning strategy could help solve flooding

More severe rainstorms are overwhelming infrastructure. Absorbing some of the water would help

By Tom Jokinen

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How electric school buses could help fuel the power grid

With vehicle-to-grid charging, it’s possible to give power back to where it's needed during peak periods

By Kat Tancock
Collage style photo illustration of a yellow school bus with 6 black electric plugs coming out of it, overlapping with orange circles with images of buildings and houses inside
Can 'sponge cities' fix flooding?

Can 'sponge cities' fix flooding?

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Tsimerman's earth-shattering research may soon make him the first Canadian to win the Fields Medal, often called the Nobel Prize of mathematics.
What I learned locked inside an escape room with a Fields Medal winner

Jacob Tsimerman was awarded a Fields Medal – the Nobel of math. He‘s also handy with the occasional dragon’s egg

By Luc Rinaldi

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