Podcast Episodes

Drone on 🪰 - Foreign firms land Buy Canadian contracts, Ottawa is all in on drones.

Episode 1035

Ottawa’s “Buy Canadian” procurement policy is sending the bulk of its contracts to foreign-owned firms — a loophole driven by how loosely “Canadian” …

2 weeks ago

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Fusion power 🪫 - Canada’s General Fusion goes public, Ticks aren’t just spreading Lyme disease

Episode 1034

Canada’s General Fusion is now the first publicly traded nuclear fusion company, as its Nasdaq debut gives it more cash to chase a breakthrough that …

2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Bridging the gap 🚣‍♂️ - The Gordie Howe Bridge gets an opening date, Canadians turn to house swapping for vacations.

Episode 1033

The Gordie Howe International Bridge finally has an opening date, but Canada had to accept less favourable terms to get it there — including giving u…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Invest in education 🎒 - Canadian universities launch venture fund, The war in Iran drags on.

Episode 1032

Canadian universities are getting into the VC game, with U of T and McMaster anchoring a new life-sciences fund aimed at turning more campus research…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

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How to spend it 🛍️ - Ottawa struggles to spend foreign investments, GLP-1 drugs are changing tastes.

Episode 1031

Ottawa is struggling to put tens of billions in foreign investment to work, as a lack of shovel-ready infrastructure projects leaves the UAE’s promis…

3 weeks ago

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The winner takes it all ⚾ - Ottawa selects submarine contract winner, Rogers swallows Toronto sports whole.

Episode 1030

Ottawa has selected Germany’s TKMS as its preferred bidder for Canada’s massive new submarine contract, a generational defence purchase that could be…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Books are back 📖 - Canadians are reading again, World Cup spending dries up

Episode 1029

Canadians are reading again, with young people leading a surprising rebound in books as a screen-time antidote and helping drive growth in print sale…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Pipe dream 〰️ - Ironing out the West Coast pipeline, StubHub hit with class action World Cup suit.

Episode 1028

StubHub is facing a proposed class action lawsuit after thousands of FIFA World Cup ticket buyers allege the resale giant never delivered their ticke…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Extra credit 🏭 - A Canadian carbon capture milestone, The Not-So-Magnificent Seven.

Episode 1027

Canadian carbon removal startup Deep Sky has delivered North America’s first direct air capture carbon credits, a small but important milestone for a…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

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Model behaviour 🚗 - Chinese carmakers put Germany in reverse, open-source AI catches up.

Episode 1026

Chinese automakers are rapidly gaining ground in Europe, forcing German giants like Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes into cost-cutting mode — and offeri…

1 month ago

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