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Cohere’s new backer Schwarz Digits is exploring compute capacity in Canada
The tech arm of the German retail conglomerate is set to make a major investment in the new Canadian-German AI champion, as it looks to challenge the U.S. cloud giants -
Carney hails LNG expansion as proof Canada can move faster on projects
LNG Canada’s $33-billion plan to double the capacity of B.C. facility may benefit from Ottawa’s new “mega deduction” for capital investments -
The Maple 8’s Canadian pledges may do little for startups and scaleups
Canada’s major pension funds will invest billions of extra dollars in domestic assets. Some worry the country’s innovation economy could miss out.
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Business
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Canada’s landmark ESG case heads to a final decision
OSC and Purpose Investments clash over how far firms can go in marketing sustainability strategies as regulators pursue more “greenwashing” cases -
Carney wants $1T to flow into Canada. Small projects are still struggling to get financing
Some proponents seeking Canadian and Indigenous financing say investors’ minimum deal sizes could put institutional capital out of reach -
MaRS joins forces with accelerator Vimy Forge to help defence startups
New partnership aims to connect investors with promising military and dual-use companies as Ottawa starts spending big on defence -
Pension funds are lining up for a piece of Canada’s airports
Under the new model, private operators will expect to earn a profit on their investment. What that might mean for airline and passenger fees remains unclear. -
What it was like to pitch a project in the hurly-burly of the Canada Investment Summit
Getting into Canada’s deal book led to many meetings for Alberta defence entrepreneur JR Cox—even if he was excluded from the main event
National
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Canada dodged the money-laundering ‘grey list’—but banks remain a weak spot
Despite improvements, the global watchdog found Canada falls short of international standards for enforcing money-laundering controls at banks -
Ottawa tries to deliver on Carney’s promise to build faster
The prime minister promised key building projects will wait no more than a year for approval. That means figuring out how to cut wait times by as much as two-thirds. -
China and India offer major upside for Canada’s cultural exports, says federal analysis
An internal memo obtained by The Logic urges Ottawa to focus on non-U.S. markets for exports like music, TV shows and video games -
How the Liberals plan to keep their promise on one-year project approvals
A new sprawling bill called the “Building Canada Strong Act” aims to speed up reviews and reshapes labour rules at ports and railways -
India seeks tariff rate quotas for crops, recognition of its economic heft as trade talks with Canada near finish line
New Delhi’s top envoy to Canada says talks for a comprehensive deal are on track for a December signing
Tech
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Transformer Lab has built an entire world of AI scientists to automate research
AI researchers inhabit simulated communities with names like Math Mountain and Large Language Model Town and exchange emails and Slack messages as they plan and execute experiments -
OpenAI will give free credits to startups enrolled at Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab
Top participants identified by the CDL will also receive support from OpenAI staff as the company looks to tap into Canada’s most promising startups -
LawZero gets $300M from Canada and Germany to develop safer AI
The grants will let the Montreal-based non-profit invest in R&D and buy more compute to develop its AI systems -
Cohere agrees terms with Aleph Alpha as it seeks scale and compute
The Canadian firm is developing bigger and more capable models to close the gap with the frontier labs, CEO Aidan Gomez says -
Radical Ventures raises over US$1B to back AI’s next behemoths
The Toronto investment firm’s new venture fund is the largest ever in Canada, amid huge demand for capital from superstar researchers and fast-growing firms
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The Big Read
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Cameco’s high-stakes bid to be Canada’s next nuclear champion
Through the fall of the Soviet Union to the rise of power-hungry AI, Saskatoon-based Cameco has served the nuclear power needs of both Canada and the United States. That’s about to get tricky.
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The $20B risk at the heart of Carney and Smith’s grand pipeline bargain
The oilpatch once called Ottawa’s pipeline-for-Pathways bargain “unfinanceable.” Now the industry seems to be changing its mind. -
Meet Canada’s leading innovators from the Class of 2026
From AI and space exploration to sustainable mining and accessible technology, this year’s Top Prospects are building the ideas and innovations that could shape Canada’s future -
Inside Bell’s all-Canadian plan to power the country’s AI future
The telecom giant is spending big to develop the infrastructure and services it hopes will power a national AI boom. Will the country buy into its vision?
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