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The case for urgently training 400,000 Canadian teachers on AI
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Why this Saskatchewan farmer is letting his land grow wild
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Harley Finkelstein says his new children’s book will help teach kids that they don’t have to wait to build a business
Transportation
Canada’s bike-share ridership is surging. But more popularity means more problems
Bike-share companies are deploying inventive solutions to tackle everything from no bikes to overflowing docks
Artificial Intelligence
The case for urgently training 400,000 Canadian teachers on AI
Children are using AI before they even know what it is, one digital executive says. And teachers are struggling to keep up
Habitats
Why this Saskatchewan farmer is letting his land grow wild
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Entrepreneurship
The president of Shopify on why teachers need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up
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Wind and solar provide most of Summerside’s energy needs. Here’s how it plans to get the rest of the way there
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Couldn’t get to Canada’s biggest AI conference? We got you
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How leaders of Canadian-made AI are working to dampen fears – and maximize opportunity
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Eight ways Canada can turbocharge growth
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An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
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An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
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Artificial Intelligence
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Economy
The A-listers, big deals and sales strategies to watch at the starry, spendy Canada Investment Summit
Big names with deep wallets are hitting Toronto, all part of a plan to pull in a trillion dollars of new investment
Artificial Intelligence
How leaders of Canadian-made AI are working to dampen fears – and maximize opportunity
All In, Canada's largest AI conference, sparked conversations about concerns around the tech and a safer path forward
Entrepreneurship
‘Defence is having its Uber moment’
A former Canadian military commander turned venture capitalist on how to disrupt defence procurement
Economy
Eight ways Canada can turbocharge growth
Here’s everything you need to know about what we learned at the Canada Investment Summit
Health
For breast cancer patients, the agonizing wait for a post-surgery ‘all clear’ could soon be over
A Toronto company is helping surgeons analyze their work before the patient even wakes up
Artificial Intelligence
An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
Ahead of Canada’s biggest annual AI conference, Elissa Strome tells us how machine learning is changing the way we do business
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Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent