Can Carney execute on the ‘entrepreneur budget’?
Plus: Fewer Canadian startups are raising pre-seeds.
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Analysis of crime-scene blood and bullets can be pivotal in court cases. But how reliable is it?
Ballistic and blood spatter analysis are grounded in science. But its practitioners regularly make conclusions in court that are far beyond what their own empirical evidence supports, according to new research — while lawyers and judges don’t challenge those conclusions enough.
Birds of a feather: Human speech and birdsong have a lot in common, McGill study finds
Researchers from McGill University have found many of the same vocal patterns that appear in bird species — including small pitch intervals and phrase elongation — are also present in human song and speech.
Freshwater species are at risk. A new global threat map could help save some from brink of extinction
A colourful new map that paints a not-so-rosy global picture of what's putting freshwater species at risk could help conservationists focus on threats and species most urgently in need of support.
Avalanche search dog associations warn of public safety risk after Parks Canada cuts Banff K9 program
The Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association and British Columbia Search Dog Association have asked Parks Canada to “immediately reverse” the program’s cancellation to “reduce risks to rescuers and the Canadian public.”
How to nuke an asteroid, and more…
Plus: bubble-blowing sperm whales, permafrost landslides, better wind turbines and birds sound like humans
The feds plan to merge BDC and EDC. What might that mean for Canada’s largest VC investor?
Government says it expects “greater risk tolerance” from Crown corporations that do business financing.
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This hawk gobbled up neighbourhood chickens until she got too fat to fly
When someone brought an immobilized red-shouldered hawk to the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center last month, staff suspected she was either blinded, injured or poisoned. But it turns out she just ate too many chickens.
Ottawa earmarks $176 million to establish online super regulator
Federal budget includes five-year investment to develop Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission of Canada.
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Southern Alberta group protesting planned 460-hectare harvest of forest in Crowsnest Pass
For more than six weeks, a southern Alberta group has been protesting the planned clear-cutting by forestry company West Fraser of about 460 hectares in the Crowsnest Pass.
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Q&A: How hackers turned up the heat on Europe’s fridges
Jeff Shirley of Rivercity Innovations breaks down how the hacks happened, and precautions IoT businesses must take.
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Canada needs a better definition of what makes a company Canadian
The Canadian Shield Institute argues for a new definition of “Buy Canadian,” one that doesn’t include foreign branch plants.
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Real-Time Rail payments system to launch Monday, feds say
Canada’s 2026 budget outlines plans to launch the first phase of long-awaited system.
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Canada to implement QSBS-style tax incentive and ‘level playing field’ with US
Feds deliver on tech and VC tax ask with Canada Growth Incentive in Budget 2026.
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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk completes second spacewalk, more than six hours long
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is safely back inside the International Space Station after successfully completing his second spacewalk in two weeks.
Canadian youth are helping others understand how climate change affects the brain
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we meet a group of youth who are helping people understand the impact of climate change on brain health; find out just how super this year's El Niño is so far; and see how some some municipalities are keeping Halloween pumpkins out of the trash (hint: they're getting eaten).
Canada’s drone ambitions put domestic manufacturers to the test
AVSS CEO Josh Ogden on the skills and design control needed to build a sovereign drone industry.
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