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A data centre with rows of servers and floating figures representing digital data streams.

Canada needs to develop its own AI computing power

Four people sitting on easy chairs holding microphones on a stage in front of Liberal Party of Canada colours and a logo for their 2026 convention.

Make AI policy about contribution, not just protection

A dozen medical icons are clustered but don’t connect to each other.

Canada has the tech to connect health records. Why isn’t it being used?

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The Carney government’s embrace of AI will put lives at risk

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station stretches along the shore of Lake Ontario, with several dome-shaped reactor buildings under a cloudy sky, viewed from a rocky foreground by the water.

To enrich or not to enrich nuclear fuel: Canada’s dilemma

An abstract illustration with drawings evoking thought, networks, sharing, etc.

Innovation sovereignty needs ecosystems, not isolation

A couple of computer screens, a keyboard and a lot of little symbols floating around to depict data.

Canada’s digital sovereignty debate overlooks software risks

Holstein calf in a stable eating hay.

The next frontier of AI is biological digital twins

Poilievre is smiling as he stands in the middle of a room filled with seated people. A few of them hold signs saying “change.” Poilievre looks relaxed in a dark blue suit and white shirt. He has a mic to his mouth.

Voters must not allow Poilievre to import Trump’s war on science

A series of glass towers fill the image.

From boardrooms to beds: Can empty offices ease hospital overcrowding?

The Canadian and U.S. flags are in the foreground with the Ambassador bridge in the background before a pink sunset.

Canada’s policy reset needs to go much further than trade to address Trump shock effects

The pellets are small and cylindrical. Nine of them sit in the palm of someone’s hand.

Nuclear-waste consultation phase comes later

Close-up of a smartphone screen and a hand preparing to download the DeepSeek application.

DeepSeek: China’s AI challenges the West

How to create a health-care superpower

Cities need to get ahead of autonomous delivery robots

The quiet separation / La séparation tranquille

On an electronic motherboard, the shape of a brain is depicted using metal components illuminated in shades bright blues and greens.

Racial bias in AI should be the immediate concern

The wired, wired west

A man uses a probe on a yellow machine.

Adequate pay for graduate student researchers will require restructuring research budgets

The river runs parallel to the highway. Its waters are brown and moving, spilling onto the lowest stretch of road. Traffic is stopped in several lanes, unable to proceed. The river is lined with some trees. In the distance are some downtown towers.

Inclusive approach to climate-change adaptation is needed in Canada

Illustrations of a key lock and sign-in fields hover over the keys of a laptop.

Siloed climate data needs to be opened up and shared

Three scientists, one in a white lab coat, chatting.

Ottawa’s funding cuts for breakthrough scientific research hurts all Canadians

A badly burned moped.

Device attacks in Lebanon could be harbinger of new era of Trojan horse threats

Illustration of seven men and women standing around, sitting on or climbing four larger-than-life-size square puzzle pieces that they are trying to work together to make fit.

Government-led innovation strategy requires a more mission-driven approach

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