The Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation rebrand reflects a broader focus on critical technologies.

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ATB Capital Markets is leaning into AI-led infrastructure demand and the maturing digital-asset cycle with three top picks for 2026: Galaxy Digital (TSXV:GLXY), Bitfarms (TSX:BITF) and Docebo (TSX:DCBO). In his Dec. 9 report ATB analyst Martin Toner said that AI-driven compute requirements and a renewed institutional bid for crypto should create meaningful earnings inflection points […]

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Haywood Capital Markets analyst Gianluca Tucci said MineHub Technologies strengthened its balance sheet and clarified its growth narrative heading into 2026 after closing an upsized $7.2-million private placement. The financing, priced at $0.95 per unit, consisted of one common share and one-half warrant exercisable at $1.35 for 24 months. Net proceeds of roughly $6.7-million provide […]

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Payments startup creation dropped by 44 percent from 2022 to 2023, according to Luge Capital report.

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Scientists were recently greeted with a most unexpected surprise when a polar bear mother and her cub were walking near Churchill in mid-November when scientists witnessed the mother adopt a second cub, marking just the 13th such case of cub adoption within the western Hudson Bay study population of northeastern Manitoba.

After nearly 50 years living on a kitchen floor in New Jersey and eating a diet of mainly cat food, Rockalina the turtle was in rough shape. But after 11 months of rehabilitation, she's thriving — and she even has an itty-bitty new friend.

AlayaCare, League, FluidAI Medical, MDA Space, and Vooban among recipients.

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Successful test saw CADD transferred between National Bank and Wealthsimple.

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Clarus Securities analyst Stephen Kammermayer initiated coverage of Paragon Advanced Labs with a “Buy” rating and a $7.00 target price in a Dec.12 report, arguing the company is positioned to disrupt the global mining assay market as it scales what is expected to be the world’s largest commercial fleet of PhotonAssay machines. Paragon Advanced Labs […]

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Beacon Securities analyst Russell Stanley initiated coverage of MDA Space with a “Buy” rating and $50.00 target on Dec. 10, arguing the recent sell-off has created “a compelling entry point” into one of the few Canadian companies positioned to scale meaningfully with the global space-economy expansion. MDA now trades at just under 9× his F2027 […]

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Roth Capital Markets analyst Chip Moore reiterated his “Buy” rating on EnerSys and raised his 12-month target to US$164.00 from US$150.00 in a Dec. 9 report, calling the Reading, Pa.–based industrial energy storage supplier one of his “top picks into 2026.” EnerSys provides batteries and integrated power systems used in telecommunications, data centres, material handling, […]

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Roth Capital Markets analyst Darren Aftahi initiated coverage of American Bitcoin on Dec. 10 with a “Buy” rating and US$4.00 price target, arguing the company offers one of the last “pure-play” ways to gain levered exposure to Bitcoin as most miners pivot toward AI/HPC infrastructure. Miami-based ABTC, majority-owned (64%) by Hut 8, operates a hybrid […]

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GPTZero found “obvious” instances of false, LLM-generated references in academic papers.

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The Icebreaker co-founder argues Canada must resist a reflexive historical response to our southern neighbour.

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