Performance artist is moving 50 tonnes of sand from one pile to another

For six days a week, seven hours a day, this performance artist is moving 50 tonnes of sand from one pile to another – and it’s mesmerizing. Photography by Bernard Brault | Continue reading


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World’s first delivery of lungs by drone

While drone transport for organs may seem like a lofty ambition, doctors and businesses believe technology is crucial to improve outcomes for Canadians with organ diseases | Continue reading


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Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health

Forty per cent of those who responded to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they had a negative opinion of Facebook | Continue reading


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The void in Calgary: How office towers emptied in a once bustling downtown

Calgary had the highest rate of downtown office vacancies in Canada even before the COVID-19 pandemic, owing to tanking oil prices that in turn hollowed out towers in the city’s core. Nearly a third of those offices are vacant. Here’s an interactive look at how that happened. | Continue reading


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Two Canadians Freed as US Strikes Plea Deal with China

After 1,020 days in Chinese custody, the two Canadians were released following a U.S. deal that ended the case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and returned her to China | Continue reading


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Learning Management System D2L Going Public Next Month

IPO for online learning giant would be 15th on the TSX by Canadian IT company and follow rash of recent issues by rivals | Continue reading


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Canada aims to block Chelsea Manning from entering country

Former U.S. private who provided volumes of secrets in 2010 to WikiLeaks to have October hearing into whether she can come to Canada | Continue reading


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Quebec to bar unvaccinated people from non-essential public places

Quebec has revealed details of the most sweeping vaccine passport policy in the country, while the Ontario government maintains it will not mandate vaccinations | Continue reading


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Judge in Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case says U.S. allegation is unclear

B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice overseeing extradition case admits to ‘great difficulty’ in grasping essence of accusation | Continue reading


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Patients died from neglect, not Covid-19, in Ontario LTC homes – military report

Military report finds many residents of two Ontario nursing homes died of malnutrition and dehydration | Continue reading


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Millennial families can’t expect to live the way their parents did

I grew up believing that if my single mother could own a home and retire young – without a college education – certainly I could do the same | Continue reading


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Deaths of world-leading microbiologists under the microscope (2002)

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Quebec nursing home often gave morphine rather than treat Covid-19 patients

A nurse testified that the Sainte-Dorothée facility consistently administered morphine instead of attempting to prolong the life of elderly residents with suspected COVID-19 infections | Continue reading


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Lytton, B.C., residents return to tour remnants of their hometown

For some, returning to the village of Lytton, B.C., more than a week after the devastating wildfire was about getting closure | Continue reading


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European Parliament green lights climate ‘law of laws’

European bill sets targets to reduce net EU emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels, and eliminate net emissions by 2050 | Continue reading


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Shopify confirms significant investment in payment processor Stripe

The commerce software giant has invested more than US$350-million in Stripe over a series of investments | Continue reading


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New report details Beijing’s foreign influence operations in Canada

The report details how the United Front Work Department guides and controls an elaborate network of proxies and front organizations to intimidate and co-opt Chinese-Canadians as well as politicians, academics and business leaders | Continue reading


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Knix Wear raises $53M after CEO nixes investors who questioned her pregnancy

Knix, which sells women’s underwear and apparel, saw its sales jump to $75-million in 2020 from $50-million in 2019. In the past 12 months, as of mid-May, sales have hit $100-million | Continue reading


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Canadian professor: a 1575 book of Horace once belonged to William Shakespeare

University of Windsor professor says he has identified annotations and signatures in a 1575 book that may have been William Shakespeare’s | Continue reading


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Is Canada in line to be the next Silicon Valley?

As the California tech hub stagnates and becomes uncompetitive, attention has been gradually shifting to the northern contender | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

Bill C-10 would require YouTube, other platforms to recommend Canadian content

Critics say proposed changes still do not address freedom-of-expression concerns around user-generated content on social media | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

Wealthsimple raises $750M from investor group including Drake, Ryan Reynolds

The landmark financing values Wealthsimple at $5-billion, making the Toronto-based online bank one of Canada’s most highly valued private technology companies | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

Hosts of parties that lead to Covid-19 deaths could face manslaughter charges

Legal experts say people who break health rules by holding parties that lead to death from COVID-19 should heed the warning from a B.C. judge | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny, sources say

Google has been limiting data collection and usage across several of its services | Continue reading


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How can we treat pedophilic impulses before action?

Experts say some abusers view this time as an opportunity to access victims more easily, as kids spend more unsupervised hours on their screens through months of COVID-19 lockdowns | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

The trouble with Bitcoin: Why the crypto craze can’t last

The world’s biggest cryptocurrency is rocketing higher as investors pile in. But doubters say it has failed to stage a monetary revolution, and warn the speculative rush is bound to end badly | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

Italian doctor found Europe’s Patient One and became a national hero

One year ago, Annalisa Malara’s unconventional decision about how to treat an ICU patient alerted authorities that COVID-19 was in their midst – and it may have saved hundreds or thousands more lives | Continue reading


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Why I’m letting it all hang out on LinkedIn

Recently, someone I scanned on LinkedIn described her title as ‘Health Care Support for my Dad,’ noting she was taking care of her father who was dealing with end-stage cancer. It revealed vulnerability, authenticity and a side not typically broadcast on professional platforms | Continue reading


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Wattpad sold to South Korean giant Naver in US$660M deal

Two sources familiar with the matter said the sale price was US$660-million | Continue reading


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Canada’s Wattpad in talks to be sold for more than US$500M, source says

Wattpad provides an online platform for amateur authors to post their works, which are read by more than 90 million monthly users around the world | Continue reading


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The loneliness of fighting cancer in a pandemic

A Canadian Cancer Society survey of cancer patients and caregivers this summer found that 70 per cent of patients and 77 per cent of caregivers reported feeling more anxious | Continue reading


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We should administer Covid-19 vaccines as fast as possible, not reserve doses

Yet some provinces – including Ontario – are planning to keep half of their initial shipments in the freezer in case the vaccine supply chain breaks down | Continue reading


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A radical pessimist’s guide to the next 10 years (2010)

The iconic writer reveals the shape of things to come and gives you 45 tips for survival | Continue reading


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Element AI sold for $230M, founders (Yoshua Bengio et al.) wiped out

Tides turned fast for former domestic darling that just four years ago burst onto the tech scene promising to anchor a thriving domestic AI sector | Continue reading


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Abcellera Biologics triples in IPO debut, now worth 15B

Vancouver antibody developer, buoyed by success as partner in COVID-19 vaccine, joins elite group of biotech companies as IPO shatters Canadian record | Continue reading


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Ottawa seeking technology to manage Covid-19 vaccine distribution and tracking

‘Mission critical’ system to manage COVID-19 inoculation rollout needed by January | Continue reading


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AstraZeneca to be exempt from Covid vaccine liability claims in most countries

The question of who pays for any claims for damages in case of side effects has been a tricky point in vaccine supply negotiations | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

Unicorn in the patch: Calgary software firm Benevity achieves rare $1B valuation

Founder and CEO Bryan de Lottinville wouldn’t confirm the details of the transaction, but said ‘it’s a very positive result for Benevity, our people and our clients’ | Continue reading


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ServiceNow buys Montreal's Element AI for $500M

Element AI to be sold to enterprise software company ServiceNow Inc. for an undisclosed sum | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

China censors Canadian curriculums at international schools

Those who work at the over 80 international schools in China teaching Canadian curriculums say they have made compromises to please Chinese authorities and parents | Continue reading


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I had no idea how to raise boys, so I read to them

My relationship with books has been a defining thread in my life, so reading aloud became a defining factor in my approach to parenting, Lauren Bates writes | Continue reading


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Rebecca West: opinionated, impertinent, impossible (2000)

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Huawei floats an agreement that “promises a no-backdoor and no-spying” for 5G

The document, obtained by The Globe and Mail, details a strict process to prove the equipment does not contain secret ‘backdoors’ that allow outside parties to access the networks or put in malware | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

The ‘supply crisis’ in Canada’s housing market isn’t backed up by the evidence

The narrative that there’s too much regulation and not enough new builds in places such as Toronto and Vancouver doesn’t hold up under scrutiny | Continue reading


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Distributing Covid-19 vaccines could be a major problem

If nothing is done, the outcome is predictable: quintupling demand on an already strained system will result in long wait times for the general public | Continue reading


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Toronto quantum computer startup Xanadu launches online service

Four-year-old Xanadu Quantum Technologies believes it will become one of the leaders in a global quantum computing race that includes Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM and Canada’s D-Wave Systems | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

Alberta government gives green light to Calgary-Edmonton Hyperloop project

Toronto-based startup TransPod has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Alberta government to study the potential of a high-speed hyperloop system and help it attract investors | Continue reading


@theglobeandmail.com | 3 years ago

Can the West’s economies ever escape China’s magnetic pull?

The COVID-19 crisis is forcing countries to find suppliers outside of China. Here's how that turned out badly for firms that tried for a decade to take on their state-controlled mining machine | Continue reading


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