Economy
How did tariffs hit your town? This interactive map zooms in for the answer
The tool provides a closer look at how Canadian industries – and their employees – have fared town to town
By Lisa Hrabluk
Lisa Hrabluk
Lisa Hrabluk is an award-winning journalist focused on reporting from the ground up, explaining how complex issues are reshaping everyday life. She’s written for Time, The Canadian Press, Progress and CanWest Global, was a reporter, columnist and editor with the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, and is a weekly commentator on CBC Radio.
Stories by Lisa
Economy
Canadian exports are up, but the number of companies exporting? Not so much. Here’s why
An overly local mindset means businesses are missing out on Europe’s trillion-dollar opportunity
By Lisa Hrabluk
Artificial Intelligence
How data centres became a sleeper issue in the U.S. midterms – and what Canada can learn from it all
Breakneck development in the U.S. has sparked a backlash. Canada has a chance to do better
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Innovation
How a Canadian-made, ugly-duckling water bomber cornered the world market
New federal funding will help meet demand for the Super Scooper, a firefighting plane that everyone suddenly wants
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
Canada’s HIV moonshot to “tickle” the virus out of hiding
A research team that spans four universities, boosted by massive new funding, is targeting the virus in novel, promising ways
By Lisa Hrabluk
Trade
The East Coast’s audacious new plan to court Europe
Surprising strategies are on the table to make Atlantic Canada more appealing to its European neighbours
By Lisa Hrabluk
Artificial Intelligence
Is this the end of math as we know it?
OpenAI’s models solved hundreds of major math problems last week. One professor tells us what it means for the future of the field
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Why Saskatchewan potash is taking a 4,300-km detour on its way to market
Trade tensions, geopolitics and the need to diversify markets have made New Brunswick a new gateway for western resources
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
The A-listers, big deals and sales strategies to watch at the starry, spendy Canada Investment Summit
Big names with deep wallets are hitting Toronto, all part of a plan to pull in a trillion dollars of new investment
By Lisa Hrabluk
![“I get an inbound [email] every day asking can you get me into this meeting or that, and I’m just a small fry,” Frank McKenna says of the summit.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/l3tzmu37/production/7faa2d5cc965d0933bd7c5a13e6fc6096ebca145-2880x1918.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&q=75&w=700)
Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa Hrabluk
Entrepreneurship
Why Newfoundland and Labrador has more tech unicorns per capita than any other province
At least one factor is Atlantic entrepreneurs’ ‘psychotic level of optimism,’ says techNL CEO Andrea King
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
How did tariffs hit your town? This interactive map zooms in for the answer
The tool provides a closer look at how Canadian industries – and their employees – have fared town to town
By Lisa Hrabluk
Artificial Intelligence
How data centres became a sleeper issue in the U.S. midterms – and what Canada can learn from it all
Breakneck development in the U.S. has sparked a backlash. Canada has a chance to do better
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
Canada’s HIV moonshot to “tickle” the virus out of hiding
A research team that spans four universities, boosted by massive new funding, is targeting the virus in novel, promising ways
By Lisa Hrabluk
Artificial Intelligence
Is this the end of math as we know it?
OpenAI’s models solved hundreds of major math problems last week. One professor tells us what it means for the future of the field
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
The A-listers, big deals and sales strategies to watch at the starry, spendy Canada Investment Summit
Big names with deep wallets are hitting Toronto, all part of a plan to pull in a trillion dollars of new investment
By Lisa Hrabluk
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Canadian exports are up, but the number of companies exporting? Not so much. Here’s why
An overly local mindset means businesses are missing out on Europe’s trillion-dollar opportunity
By Lisa Hrabluk
Innovation
How a Canadian-made, ugly-duckling water bomber cornered the world market
New federal funding will help meet demand for the Super Scooper, a firefighting plane that everyone suddenly wants
By Lisa Hrabluk
Trade
The East Coast’s audacious new plan to court Europe
Surprising strategies are on the table to make Atlantic Canada more appealing to its European neighbours
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Why Saskatchewan potash is taking a 4,300-km detour on its way to market
Trade tensions, geopolitics and the need to diversify markets have made New Brunswick a new gateway for western resources
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Entrepreneurship
Why Newfoundland and Labrador has more tech unicorns per capita than any other province
At least one factor is Atlantic entrepreneurs’ ‘psychotic level of optimism,’ says techNL CEO Andrea King
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
How did tariffs hit your town? This interactive map zooms in for the answer
The tool provides a closer look at how Canadian industries – and their employees – have fared town to town
By Lisa Hrabluk
Innovation
How a Canadian-made, ugly-duckling water bomber cornered the world market
New federal funding will help meet demand for the Super Scooper, a firefighting plane that everyone suddenly wants
By Lisa Hrabluk
Artificial Intelligence
Is this the end of math as we know it?
OpenAI’s models solved hundreds of major math problems last week. One professor tells us what it means for the future of the field
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Canadian exports are up, but the number of companies exporting? Not so much. Here’s why
An overly local mindset means businesses are missing out on Europe’s trillion-dollar opportunity
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
Canada’s HIV moonshot to “tickle” the virus out of hiding
A research team that spans four universities, boosted by massive new funding, is targeting the virus in novel, promising ways
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Why Saskatchewan potash is taking a 4,300-km detour on its way to market
Trade tensions, geopolitics and the need to diversify markets have made New Brunswick a new gateway for western resources
By Lisa Hrabluk
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa Hrabluk
Artificial Intelligence
How data centres became a sleeper issue in the U.S. midterms – and what Canada can learn from it all
Breakneck development in the U.S. has sparked a backlash. Canada has a chance to do better
By Lisa Hrabluk
Trade
The East Coast’s audacious new plan to court Europe
Surprising strategies are on the table to make Atlantic Canada more appealing to its European neighbours
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
The A-listers, big deals and sales strategies to watch at the starry, spendy Canada Investment Summit
Big names with deep wallets are hitting Toronto, all part of a plan to pull in a trillion dollars of new investment
By Lisa Hrabluk
Entrepreneurship
Why Newfoundland and Labrador has more tech unicorns per capita than any other province
At least one factor is Atlantic entrepreneurs’ ‘psychotic level of optimism,’ says techNL CEO Andrea King
By Lisa Hrabluk