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Communications gaps are making chaotic emergency evacuations even worse
Can better planning and a new app help?
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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
Sovereignty
Canada’s fight against a global free-for-all in the Arctic
Why experts say Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is already a myth, and what needs to be done
By Tim Harper
Innovation
Inside 7 of Canada’s biggest challenges – and how we can meet them
At the US-Canada Summit hosted by the Eurasia Group and RBC, experts chart paths forward through the current polycrises
By
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Technology
A radiator plugged into the Earth?!
For Calgary’s Eavor, Germany was the best fit for its advanced geothermal. CEO Mark Fitzgerald would like to see Canada catch up
By Kate Lunau
Health
Detecting a World Cup-related outbreak before it starts
As millions of fans travel for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Canadian company BlueDot is watching for disease threats in real time
By Sadaf Ahsan
Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
9 ambitious ideas growing in Kingston, Ont.
The city is a launchpad for companies working on some of the world’s biggest industrial and medical challenges
By Liza Agrba
Environment
How reusable cups could help solve the World Cup’s garbage problem
Muuse Canada’s cups in Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival zone may keep 237,000 pounds of plastic out of landfills
Environment
Tapping into the Earth’s layers could yield limitless energy
Can next-generation geothermal power plants solve Canada’s surging electricity needs?
By Kate Lunau
Innovation
‘For every Alphonso Davies there are dozens of kids whose potential quietly disappeared’
One of Canada’s great builders of youth sport calls for ‘closing that gap’ ahead of the World Cup
Innovation
The architect making ordinary civic buildings beautiful
Pat Hanson is turning Canada's bus garages, fire halls and stormwater facilities into cutting-edge, sustainable design showcases
Habitats
A tiny Canadian bird tracker is unlocking the mysteries of migration
The Motus system is now being used around the world to help decode a worrying trend in bird populations
By Brian Banks
Science
The search for answers on hantavirus
It doesn't kill its rodent hosts, but it can spread to humans and prove fatal. Canadian research could help figure out why
By Dan Bilefsky
Health
The tiny wearable that could transform life for people with diabetes
Have two Canadian researchers done what Google and Apple couldn't?
By Andrew Seale
Sovereignty
The woman who helped revive Fogo Island is aiming at a bigger mission now
Zita Cobb’s Shorefast Institute is reimagining how economies can serve the communities they're rooted in
Health
How to build a better medical school
P.E.I. is betting it can keep its newest doctors on the Island – and solve its chronic health-care crisis
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
These apartment buildings will be heated by sewage
The scale and ingenuity of this Vancouver project is the next step in an energy revolution shaping development across Canada
Entrepreneurship
Gen Z entrepreneurs in Canada are most optimistic about their futures: poll
The country’s youngest founders have a sunnier outlook than other generations about building in Canada
Brain Gains
The Toronto Symphony’s CEO on rewriting the rules of classical music
Mark Williams’s vision: an art form for everyone
Health
How Canada boosted survival rates for our tiniest babies
Dr. Prakesh Shah has revolutionized neonatal care by instituting surprisingly simple fixes
Environment
Ropeless fishing is helping protect endangered right whales
Rope entanglement is killing whales. New fishing gear could cut the risk – while preserving livelihoods
By Alison Auld
Entrepreneurship
The rise of the Canadian woman solopreneur
Be Giant's Upstart Index reveals women go it alone at nearly twice the rate of men. For many that's the goal – not a fallback
Artifacts from the Future
The new Canadian robotic arm that could help build a base on the moon
Canadarm3 will incorporate AI and operate (mostly) autonomously – helping ready the Artemis Moon Base before we get there
Innovation
Could this ‘drone skyway’ unlock affordable delivery for remote communities?
An ambitious Alberta project aims to deliver on the promise of faster, cheaper air cargo transport
Artificial Intelligence
The trash-talking AI helping us recycle better
Oscar scans garbage to take the brainwork out of what goes in the bin – and drastically improve rates of recycling
By Connor Garel
Sovereignty
How Saint John became Canada’s fastest-growing port
An ambitious expansion, shifting trade patterns and U.S. tariff policy have resurrected a shipping powerhouse
By Lisa Hrabluk
Hear Me Out
A medical use for mushrooms you haven’t heard about
Canadian hospitals generate thousands of pounds of waste per year. A biodegradable gauze made of mycelium wants to shrink that
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
Science
Canada imports U.S. ticks for Lyme disease research – but that’s about to change
Long reliant on costly U.S. ticks for lab work, Acadia University will breed their own to investigate a growing threat of disease
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
Meet the man turning Canada’s defence procurement upside down
Eliot Pence of Dominion Dynamics is using venture capital to build military equipment he hopes the government will one day buy
Environment
Inside Canada’s new love affair with miniature forests
A new wave of intensive urban tree planting sets up a competition for resources – and helps trees grow up to 10 times faster
Sovereignty
The case for Canadian social media sovereignty
From Gander in Canada to Eurosky in Europe, more countries are exploring made-at-home options for U.S.-controlled communications
Entrepreneurship
What it takes to build a business in Canada right now: exclusive poll
The Upstart Index is the largest poll of its kind, showing strong entrepreneurial momentum as well as obstacles to growth
Health
How a Canadian cardiologist built a portable ‘hospital in a Pelican case’
Dr. Heather Ross is bringing big-city medicine to remote northern communities
By Rebecca Gao
Habitats
This simple idea is booting an invasive species out of a Hamilton marsh
Now it's been adopted in other wetlands across the country
By Brian Banks
Innovation
Canada’s long history of taking on the impossible – and winning
The impact of innovative Canadians extends from the most routine daily functions to the far reaches of outer space
Artifacts from the Future
How airships could solve one of Canada’s major transportation challenges
This old-school technology may offer a lifeline for remote communities
By Kat Tancock
Brain Gains
The doctor pursuing a radical idea to help newborn brain injury
Pia Wintermark is leading research into whether a familiar drug can help treat hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants
Innovation
How to fight wildfires at night
Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?
Entrepreneurship
One man’s mission to keep Canadian startups building at home
Bryan Danielson wants to inspire entrepreneurs to grow great companies in Canada
Hear Me Out
The world’s oceans need to pop an antacid – here’s why
This Nova Scotia project is working to reduce the acidity of ocean water while boosting its ability to absorb carbon
By Chris Turner
Habitats
The Newfoundland microfactory working to speed up Canada’s medical supply chain
Inside PolyUnity’s 3D-printing workaround
By Bojan Furst
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Hear Me Out
Fighting cancer with ... gold?!?!
Researchers in Nova Scotia think superheated nanorods could help take on melanoma
Artifacts from the Future
The stingray-shaped EcoJet that aims to slash business jet emissions
The "blended wing" design means more lift, less drag and better fuel efficiency
By Kelsey Rolfe
Health
The mind-boggling Toronto lab growing tiny human hearts
Milica Radisic’s team is creating little kidneys, mini brains and beating hearts that could speed up life-saving drug testing
By Luc Rinaldi
Entrepreneurship
Inside a bold play to make hockey more affordable
Zech Thomas and his pursuit of the perfect hockey stick
Innovation
Editor’s note
Be Giant is for the dreamers and builders who want to grow the Canada we know is possible
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
Sovereignty
Canada’s fight against a global free-for-all in the Arctic
Why experts say Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is already a myth, and what needs to be done
By Tim Harper
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
Detecting a World Cup-related outbreak before it starts
As millions of fans travel for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Canadian company BlueDot is watching for disease threats in real time
By Sadaf Ahsan
Innovation
9 ambitious ideas growing in Kingston, Ont.
The city is a launchpad for companies working on some of the world’s biggest industrial and medical challenges
By Liza Agrba
Environment
Tapping into the Earth’s layers could yield limitless energy
Can next-generation geothermal power plants solve Canada’s surging electricity needs?
By Kate Lunau
Innovation
The architect making ordinary civic buildings beautiful
Pat Hanson is turning Canada's bus garages, fire halls and stormwater facilities into cutting-edge, sustainable design showcases
Science
The search for answers on hantavirus
It doesn't kill its rodent hosts, but it can spread to humans and prove fatal. Canadian research could help figure out why
By Dan Bilefsky
Sovereignty
The woman who helped revive Fogo Island is aiming at a bigger mission now
Zita Cobb’s Shorefast Institute is reimagining how economies can serve the communities they're rooted in
Environment
These apartment buildings will be heated by sewage
The scale and ingenuity of this Vancouver project is the next step in an energy revolution shaping development across Canada
Brain Gains
The Toronto Symphony’s CEO on rewriting the rules of classical music
Mark Williams’s vision: an art form for everyone
Environment
Ropeless fishing is helping protect endangered right whales
Rope entanglement is killing whales. New fishing gear could cut the risk – while preserving livelihoods
By Alison Auld
Artifacts from the Future
The new Canadian robotic arm that could help build a base on the moon
Canadarm3 will incorporate AI and operate (mostly) autonomously – helping ready the Artemis Moon Base before we get there
Artificial Intelligence
The trash-talking AI helping us recycle better
Oscar scans garbage to take the brainwork out of what goes in the bin – and drastically improve rates of recycling
By Connor Garel
Hear Me Out
A medical use for mushrooms you haven’t heard about
Canadian hospitals generate thousands of pounds of waste per year. A biodegradable gauze made of mycelium wants to shrink that
Science
Canada imports U.S. ticks for Lyme disease research – but that’s about to change
Long reliant on costly U.S. ticks for lab work, Acadia University will breed their own to investigate a growing threat of disease
By Rebecca Gao
Environment
Inside Canada’s new love affair with miniature forests
A new wave of intensive urban tree planting sets up a competition for resources – and helps trees grow up to 10 times faster
Entrepreneurship
What it takes to build a business in Canada right now: exclusive poll
The Upstart Index is the largest poll of its kind, showing strong entrepreneurial momentum as well as obstacles to growth
Habitats
This simple idea is booting an invasive species out of a Hamilton marsh
Now it's been adopted in other wetlands across the country
By Brian Banks
Artifacts from the Future
How airships could solve one of Canada’s major transportation challenges
This old-school technology may offer a lifeline for remote communities
By Kat Tancock
Innovation
How to fight wildfires at night
Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?
Hear Me Out
The world’s oceans need to pop an antacid – here’s why
This Nova Scotia project is working to reduce the acidity of ocean water while boosting its ability to absorb carbon
By Chris Turner
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Artifacts from the Future
The stingray-shaped EcoJet that aims to slash business jet emissions
The "blended wing" design means more lift, less drag and better fuel efficiency
By Kelsey Rolfe
Entrepreneurship
Inside a bold play to make hockey more affordable
Zech Thomas and his pursuit of the perfect hockey stick
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
Innovation
Inside 7 of Canada’s biggest challenges – and how we can meet them
At the US-Canada Summit hosted by the Eurasia Group and RBC, experts chart paths forward through the current polycrises
By
Technology
A radiator plugged into the Earth?!
For Calgary’s Eavor, Germany was the best fit for its advanced geothermal. CEO Mark Fitzgerald would like to see Canada catch up
By Kate Lunau
Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao
Environment
How reusable cups could help solve the World Cup’s garbage problem
Muuse Canada’s cups in Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival zone may keep 237,000 pounds of plastic out of landfills
Innovation
‘For every Alphonso Davies there are dozens of kids whose potential quietly disappeared’
One of Canada’s great builders of youth sport calls for ‘closing that gap’ ahead of the World Cup
Habitats
A tiny Canadian bird tracker is unlocking the mysteries of migration
The Motus system is now being used around the world to help decode a worrying trend in bird populations
By Brian Banks
Health
The tiny wearable that could transform life for people with diabetes
Have two Canadian researchers done what Google and Apple couldn't?
By Andrew Seale
Health
How to build a better medical school
P.E.I. is betting it can keep its newest doctors on the Island – and solve its chronic health-care crisis
By Lisa Hrabluk
Entrepreneurship
Gen Z entrepreneurs in Canada are most optimistic about their futures: poll
The country’s youngest founders have a sunnier outlook than other generations about building in Canada
Health
How Canada boosted survival rates for our tiniest babies
Dr. Prakesh Shah has revolutionized neonatal care by instituting surprisingly simple fixes
Entrepreneurship
The rise of the Canadian woman solopreneur
Be Giant's Upstart Index reveals women go it alone at nearly twice the rate of men. For many that's the goal – not a fallback
Innovation
Could this ‘drone skyway’ unlock affordable delivery for remote communities?
An ambitious Alberta project aims to deliver on the promise of faster, cheaper air cargo transport
Sovereignty
How Saint John became Canada’s fastest-growing port
An ambitious expansion, shifting trade patterns and U.S. tariff policy have resurrected a shipping powerhouse
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
Innovation
Meet the man turning Canada’s defence procurement upside down
Eliot Pence of Dominion Dynamics is using venture capital to build military equipment he hopes the government will one day buy
Sovereignty
The case for Canadian social media sovereignty
From Gander in Canada to Eurosky in Europe, more countries are exploring made-at-home options for U.S.-controlled communications
Health
How a Canadian cardiologist built a portable ‘hospital in a Pelican case’
Dr. Heather Ross is bringing big-city medicine to remote northern communities
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
Canada’s long history of taking on the impossible – and winning
The impact of innovative Canadians extends from the most routine daily functions to the far reaches of outer space
Brain Gains
The doctor pursuing a radical idea to help newborn brain injury
Pia Wintermark is leading research into whether a familiar drug can help treat hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants
Entrepreneurship
One man’s mission to keep Canadian startups building at home
Bryan Danielson wants to inspire entrepreneurs to grow great companies in Canada
Habitats
The Newfoundland microfactory working to speed up Canada’s medical supply chain
Inside PolyUnity’s 3D-printing workaround
By Bojan Furst
Hear Me Out
Fighting cancer with ... gold?!?!
Researchers in Nova Scotia think superheated nanorods could help take on melanoma
Health
The mind-boggling Toronto lab growing tiny human hearts
Milica Radisic’s team is creating little kidneys, mini brains and beating hearts that could speed up life-saving drug testing
By Luc Rinaldi
Innovation
Editor’s note
Be Giant is for the dreamers and builders who want to grow the Canada we know is possible
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
Sovereignty
Canada’s fight against a global free-for-all in the Arctic
Why experts say Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is already a myth, and what needs to be done
By Tim Harper
Health
Detecting a World Cup-related outbreak before it starts
As millions of fans travel for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Canadian company BlueDot is watching for disease threats in real time
By Sadaf Ahsan
Environment
Tapping into the Earth’s layers could yield limitless energy
Can next-generation geothermal power plants solve Canada’s surging electricity needs?
By Kate Lunau
Science
The search for answers on hantavirus
It doesn't kill its rodent hosts, but it can spread to humans and prove fatal. Canadian research could help figure out why
By Dan Bilefsky
Environment
These apartment buildings will be heated by sewage
The scale and ingenuity of this Vancouver project is the next step in an energy revolution shaping development across Canada
Environment
Ropeless fishing is helping protect endangered right whales
Rope entanglement is killing whales. New fishing gear could cut the risk – while preserving livelihoods
By Alison Auld
Artificial Intelligence
The trash-talking AI helping us recycle better
Oscar scans garbage to take the brainwork out of what goes in the bin – and drastically improve rates of recycling
By Connor Garel
Science
Canada imports U.S. ticks for Lyme disease research – but that’s about to change
Long reliant on costly U.S. ticks for lab work, Acadia University will breed their own to investigate a growing threat of disease
By Rebecca Gao
Entrepreneurship
What it takes to build a business in Canada right now: exclusive poll
The Upstart Index is the largest poll of its kind, showing strong entrepreneurial momentum as well as obstacles to growth
Artifacts from the Future
How airships could solve one of Canada’s major transportation challenges
This old-school technology may offer a lifeline for remote communities
By Kat Tancock
Hear Me Out
The world’s oceans need to pop an antacid – here’s why
This Nova Scotia project is working to reduce the acidity of ocean water while boosting its ability to absorb carbon
By Chris Turner
Artifacts from the Future
The stingray-shaped EcoJet that aims to slash business jet emissions
The "blended wing" design means more lift, less drag and better fuel efficiency
By Kelsey Rolfe
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
Innovation
Inside 7 of Canada’s biggest challenges – and how we can meet them
At the US-Canada Summit hosted by the Eurasia Group and RBC, experts chart paths forward through the current polycrises
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Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
‘For every Alphonso Davies there are dozens of kids whose potential quietly disappeared’
One of Canada’s great builders of youth sport calls for ‘closing that gap’ ahead of the World Cup
Health
The tiny wearable that could transform life for people with diabetes
Have two Canadian researchers done what Google and Apple couldn't?
By Andrew Seale
Entrepreneurship
Gen Z entrepreneurs in Canada are most optimistic about their futures: poll
The country’s youngest founders have a sunnier outlook than other generations about building in Canada
Entrepreneurship
The rise of the Canadian woman solopreneur
Be Giant's Upstart Index reveals women go it alone at nearly twice the rate of men. For many that's the goal – not a fallback
Sovereignty
How Saint John became Canada’s fastest-growing port
An ambitious expansion, shifting trade patterns and U.S. tariff policy have resurrected a shipping powerhouse
By Lisa Hrabluk
Innovation
Meet the man turning Canada’s defence procurement upside down
Eliot Pence of Dominion Dynamics is using venture capital to build military equipment he hopes the government will one day buy
Health
How a Canadian cardiologist built a portable ‘hospital in a Pelican case’
Dr. Heather Ross is bringing big-city medicine to remote northern communities
By Rebecca Gao
Brain Gains
The doctor pursuing a radical idea to help newborn brain injury
Pia Wintermark is leading research into whether a familiar drug can help treat hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants
Habitats
The Newfoundland microfactory working to speed up Canada’s medical supply chain
Inside PolyUnity’s 3D-printing workaround
By Bojan Furst
Health
The mind-boggling Toronto lab growing tiny human hearts
Milica Radisic’s team is creating little kidneys, mini brains and beating hearts that could speed up life-saving drug testing
By Luc Rinaldi
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
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Innovation
9 ambitious ideas growing in Kingston, Ont.
The city is a launchpad for companies working on some of the world’s biggest industrial and medical challenges
By Liza Agrba
Innovation
The architect making ordinary civic buildings beautiful
Pat Hanson is turning Canada's bus garages, fire halls and stormwater facilities into cutting-edge, sustainable design showcases
Sovereignty
The woman who helped revive Fogo Island is aiming at a bigger mission now
Zita Cobb’s Shorefast Institute is reimagining how economies can serve the communities they're rooted in
Brain Gains
The Toronto Symphony’s CEO on rewriting the rules of classical music
Mark Williams’s vision: an art form for everyone
Artifacts from the Future
The new Canadian robotic arm that could help build a base on the moon
Canadarm3 will incorporate AI and operate (mostly) autonomously – helping ready the Artemis Moon Base before we get there
Hear Me Out
A medical use for mushrooms you haven’t heard about
Canadian hospitals generate thousands of pounds of waste per year. A biodegradable gauze made of mycelium wants to shrink that
Environment
Inside Canada’s new love affair with miniature forests
A new wave of intensive urban tree planting sets up a competition for resources – and helps trees grow up to 10 times faster
Habitats
This simple idea is booting an invasive species out of a Hamilton marsh
Now it's been adopted in other wetlands across the country
By Brian Banks
Innovation
How to fight wildfires at night
Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Entrepreneurship
Inside a bold play to make hockey more affordable
Zech Thomas and his pursuit of the perfect hockey stick
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
Technology
A radiator plugged into the Earth?!
For Calgary’s Eavor, Germany was the best fit for its advanced geothermal. CEO Mark Fitzgerald would like to see Canada catch up
By Kate Lunau
Environment
How reusable cups could help solve the World Cup’s garbage problem
Muuse Canada’s cups in Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival zone may keep 237,000 pounds of plastic out of landfills
Habitats
A tiny Canadian bird tracker is unlocking the mysteries of migration
The Motus system is now being used around the world to help decode a worrying trend in bird populations
By Brian Banks
Health
How to build a better medical school
P.E.I. is betting it can keep its newest doctors on the Island – and solve its chronic health-care crisis
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
How Canada boosted survival rates for our tiniest babies
Dr. Prakesh Shah has revolutionized neonatal care by instituting surprisingly simple fixes
Innovation
Could this ‘drone skyway’ unlock affordable delivery for remote communities?
An ambitious Alberta project aims to deliver on the promise of faster, cheaper air cargo transport
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
Sovereignty
The case for Canadian social media sovereignty
From Gander in Canada to Eurosky in Europe, more countries are exploring made-at-home options for U.S.-controlled communications
Innovation
Canada’s long history of taking on the impossible – and winning
The impact of innovative Canadians extends from the most routine daily functions to the far reaches of outer space
Entrepreneurship
One man’s mission to keep Canadian startups building at home
Bryan Danielson wants to inspire entrepreneurs to grow great companies in Canada
Hear Me Out
Fighting cancer with ... gold?!?!
Researchers in Nova Scotia think superheated nanorods could help take on melanoma
Innovation
Editor’s note
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