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Communications gaps are making chaotic emergency evacuations even worse
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Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Weather
Finding Canada’s secret tornadoes
How keeping better tabs on the twisters no one notices could mean more accurate warnings
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Environment
Winnipeg’s century-long battle against mosquitoes
The goal? Less than one mosquito bite per minute
By Rebecca Gao
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc Rinaldi
Housing
Inside the rush to build highrises and fire halls out of … wood?!?!
Climate-friendly mass timber is speeding up construction and, surprisingly, improving fire safety
Hear Me Out
This rover can help piles of mine waste ‘inhale’ carbon dioxide
A Canadian startup is working on tailings technology to remove billions of tonnes of CO² from the air
By Kelsey Rolfe
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
Hear Me Out
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
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea Yu
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Innovation
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
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
Environment
Could these geothermal greenhouses mean more fresh produce above the 60th parallel?
More than 280 remote communities in Canada remain unconnected to North America’s electricity grid or natural gas pipelines
By Kate Lunau
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Economy
Canada’s new submarine deal is set to spur a new industry
From building a submarine shipyard in Halifax to beefing up supply chains, Canada’s new sub economy is taking shape
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
The quest to bring the ancient pawpaw fruit back to Ontario
An Indigenous-led movement is restoring the tropical-tasting, climate-resilient fruit tree
By Connor Garel
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Environment
What if thousands of unused dams in Canada could generate clean power again?
Aslan Renewables’ riverside turbines-in-a-box are designed to feed hydro to local grids in real time
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Entrepreneurship
B.C.’s business owners face the worst cost-of-living squeeze in the country
71 per cent of founders in British Columbia say the cost of living makes entrepreneurship difficult. So why are they staying put?
Environment
How the grizzly crossed the road
Real-life animal crossings are popping up across western Canada, preventing deadly highway collisions
By Eva Holland
Entrepreneurship
Canada’s most optimistic entrepreneurs? They’re in Atlantic Canada
The “have-not” label is dead. Atlantic founders are now the country’s most confident builders
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins
Weather
Communications gaps are making chaotic emergency evacuations even worse
Can better planning and a new app help?
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
Environment
Winnipeg’s century-long battle against mosquitoes
The goal? Less than one mosquito bite per minute
By Rebecca Gao
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc Rinaldi
Hear Me Out
This rover can help piles of mine waste ‘inhale’ carbon dioxide
A Canadian startup is working on tailings technology to remove billions of tonnes of CO² from the air
By Kelsey Rolfe
Hear Me Out
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
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Environment
The quest to bring the ancient pawpaw fruit back to Ontario
An Indigenous-led movement is restoring the tropical-tasting, climate-resilient fruit tree
By Connor Garel
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Environment
How the grizzly crossed the road
Real-life animal crossings are popping up across western Canada, preventing deadly highway collisions
By Eva Holland
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Weather
Finding Canada’s secret tornadoes
How keeping better tabs on the twisters no one notices could mean more accurate warnings
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
Housing
Inside the rush to build highrises and fire halls out of … wood?!?!
Climate-friendly mass timber is speeding up construction and, surprisingly, improving fire safety
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea Yu
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Innovation
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
Environment
Could these geothermal greenhouses mean more fresh produce above the 60th parallel?
More than 280 remote communities in Canada remain unconnected to North America’s electricity grid or natural gas pipelines
By Kate Lunau
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Economy
Canada’s new submarine deal is set to spur a new industry
From building a submarine shipyard in Halifax to beefing up supply chains, Canada’s new sub economy is taking shape
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Environment
What if thousands of unused dams in Canada could generate clean power again?
Aslan Renewables’ riverside turbines-in-a-box are designed to feed hydro to local grids in real time
Entrepreneurship
B.C.’s business owners face the worst cost-of-living squeeze in the country
71 per cent of founders in British Columbia say the cost of living makes entrepreneurship difficult. So why are they staying put?
Entrepreneurship
Canada’s most optimistic entrepreneurs? They’re in Atlantic Canada
The “have-not” label is dead. Atlantic founders are now the country’s most confident builders
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins
Weather
Communications gaps are making chaotic emergency evacuations even worse
Can better planning and a new app help?
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc Rinaldi
Hear Me Out
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
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Environment
The quest to bring the ancient pawpaw fruit back to Ontario
An Indigenous-led movement is restoring the tropical-tasting, climate-resilient fruit tree
By Connor Garel
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Housing
Inside the rush to build highrises and fire halls out of … wood?!?!
Climate-friendly mass timber is speeding up construction and, surprisingly, improving fire safety
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea Yu
Innovation
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
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Entrepreneurship
B.C.’s business owners face the worst cost-of-living squeeze in the country
71 per cent of founders in British Columbia say the cost of living makes entrepreneurship difficult. So why are they staying put?
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Environment
Winnipeg’s century-long battle against mosquitoes
The goal? Less than one mosquito bite per minute
By Rebecca Gao
Hear Me Out
This rover can help piles of mine waste ‘inhale’ carbon dioxide
A Canadian startup is working on tailings technology to remove billions of tonnes of CO² from the air
By Kelsey Rolfe
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Environment
How the grizzly crossed the road
Real-life animal crossings are popping up across western Canada, preventing deadly highway collisions
By Eva Holland
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
Weather
Finding Canada’s secret tornadoes
How keeping better tabs on the twisters no one notices could mean more accurate warnings
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
Could these geothermal greenhouses mean more fresh produce above the 60th parallel?
More than 280 remote communities in Canada remain unconnected to North America’s electricity grid or natural gas pipelines
By Kate Lunau
Economy
Canada’s new submarine deal is set to spur a new industry
From building a submarine shipyard in Halifax to beefing up supply chains, Canada’s new sub economy is taking shape
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
What if thousands of unused dams in Canada could generate clean power again?
Aslan Renewables’ riverside turbines-in-a-box are designed to feed hydro to local grids in real time
Entrepreneurship
Canada’s most optimistic entrepreneurs? They’re in Atlantic Canada
The “have-not” label is dead. Atlantic founders are now the country’s most confident builders
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins