Alberta's Ten Answers Are In. Now What?
The count is official. Now Alberta must decide which proposals can become legislation and which require negotiation with Ottawa.
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The Bombardier Threat Ran Into American Jobs
The U.S. president has stepped back from a threat against Bombardier. Its Kansas workforce helps explain the change—and how cross-border industry can protect jobs on both sides.
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Canada Exports the Rehearsal, Too.
Ottawa-based Calian says a new five-year NATO contract is worth roughly $47 million. It's a win for Canadian defence expertise, although how much work and revenue will stay in Canada remains unclear.
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Anne Carson Won the Nobel. Canada Should Read Her.
The Toronto-born poet and classicist won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her path ran through Ontario classrooms, Canadian publishers and books that refuse to stay in one literary category.
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Canada’s LNG Route to Asia Is About to Get Much Bigger
LNG Canada’s Phase 2 doubles more than terminal capacity. Coastal GasLink is expanding with it, creating a much larger Pacific export corridor.
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Spaceport Nova Scotia Just Cleared the Milestone We Were Waiting For.
Maritime Launch Services and Isar Aerospace have finalized the work plan we were waiting for at Spaceport Nova Scotia. Now the scoreboard moves to construction, handover and launch readiness.
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Bombardier Is Pulling a Critical Piece of Its Supply Chain In-House
Bombardier is buying the Mississauga operation that already builds major aircraft structures for its jets. The real prize is skilled people, industrial know-how and more control over a critical Canadian capability.
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Canada Stops Exporting the Factory — At Least This Time
Xanadu is building an $893-million quantum-manufacturing project in Toronto. The bigger story is what Canada is trying to keep when innovation becomes industry.
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Canada hits back with $27.6 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. The bill won’t stop at the border.
Canada’s new counter-tariffs take effect September 8 and range from 15% to 50%. Ottawa wants to pressure Washington and give Canadian producers an advantage at home. Some of the cost can land here too.
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Ottawa puts $50 million into Canadian farm tech. Now comes the hard part.
Ottawa says the new CAAIN funding should support at least 40 technology projects and draw $80 million in private investment. Canada has the research, the partners and plenty of prototypes. The bigger test is getting more of them onto working farms — and keeping more of the resulting value here.
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