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Mark Carney is inviting the world's biggest investors to Canada - The Logic The summit in Toronto next fall would showcase Canada to funds and investment giants worth $50 trillion, one organizer says

Mark Carney's summit in Toronto next fall would showcase Canada to funds and investment giants worth $50 trillion, one organizer says.

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The federal government is offering $890 million in public funding to the organization selected to build what it says will be one of the most advanced supercomputers in the world.

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A man wearing a headset microphone sits on a stage. He is speaking and gesturing with his hands. The background is dark blue.

Up to 1,400 public servants will use Cohere’s North AI as part of the firm’s first major government deployment since it signed an agreement with Ottawa to test its tech.

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Canadian tech firms dream of scoring deals at Hannover Messe, but just getting their gear to the world’s biggest industrial fair can be an adventure.

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A shot of Mélanie Joly on stage with the All In conference. She’s wearing a white pantsuit and a headset microphone.

Amid reports of a deal between Cohere and Germany’s Aleph Alpha, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly calls for a “bloc” of like-minded countries to work together to help national AI champions grow.

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A photo of a white, tandem-axle truck pulling a semi trailer bearing the Volvo and Waabi logos. The truck appears to be on a major highway.

Canadian tech is powering a new generation of autonomous long-haul trucks, but the country’s patchwork of provincial regulations makes it hard to test them.

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Alexander Stubb in a dark suit and tie gestures while sitting in a white chair on stage and speaking to Mélanie Joly, sitting next to him in another chair and looking away from the camera toward him.

National resilience can’t safely be left to the market, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on a visit to Ottawa.
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AI is infiltrating corporate Canada’s negotiations with Bay Street law firms.

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The e-commerce firm Shopify has spent years chasing big-name brands. So far, it’s made a lot of noise about who’s signed up but said little about how much money it’s making from the deals.

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AI Minister Evan Solomon feels confident after “very productive dialogue” with Anthropic.

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A scenic shot of towering wind turbines and high-tension power transmission lines taken in the rolling farm country of southwestern Alberta. The east slope of the Rocky Mountains rises in the background.

Ottawa-based BluWave-AI is gobbling up more patents in its space than Ford and GM and then licensing the IP to lure big customers.

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A shot of Mark Carney and Doly Begum smiling amid a crowd in a large Thai restaurant.

The Liberals can now put their economic plans into overdrive, with implications for companies and investors across the country.
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Two people are seen shopping in the aisles of a No Frills grocery store. One person is pushing a shopping cart and the other is examining a product.

Loblaw, Metro and Empire plan to open dozens more discount grocery stores in the coming months as more households feel the financial squeeze.

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Quebec Ink: Canada’s ruling party wants to embrace AI. It also wants to regulate it.

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Carmichael: Shopify’s growth mindset has broken the Canadian business curse.

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Respondents to The Logic’s latest subscriber survey expressed distrust in major U.S. tech firms, and support for legislation that could hold them accountable.

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An artist's rendering of the Canadarm3 mounted on a space station orbiting the moon. Earth is visible in the distant background.

A change of plans at NASA left the Canadarm3 without a home. The people building it say they can find a new one—just as Canada hunts for more spacefaring friends.

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Before our daughter was born, I thought I’d be turning to baby books, friends and family, and our local doctor for answers. Then along came Claude.

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Hypertec CEO Simon Ahdoot in a collared shirt and blazer (no tie) speaks at a podium with the logo for the "All In" conference on it. A backdrop behind him has the logo on it several times over.

Hypertec CEO Simon Ahdoot in a collared shirt and blazer (no tie) speaks at a podium with the logo for the "All In" conference on it. A backdrop behind him has the logo on it several times over.

Nvidia is throwing some of its considerable weight in the compute market behind Hypertec, which the Montreal-based AI infrastructure firm hopes will help it win more business at home and abroad.
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BDC is returning to direct investing in the life sciences sector, which has struggled to grab early-stage funding despite strong returns.

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A shot of Mark Carney and Ursula von der Leyen in front of an abstract painting with Canadian and EU flags on either side of it. Von der Leyen is speaking, and Carney appears to be shrugging at the camera with a sly smile on his face.

The U.S, the EU and others have complained at the WTO about the Buy Canadian policy that favours domestic firms bidding for federal government contracts.
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Iran’s reported plan to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz in crypto during a two-week ceasefire raises legal questions and exposes operators to sanctions risks.

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Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

Shareholders of Canada’s big banks are demanding greater transparency on AI governance, including around bias risks, while maintaining pressure on ESG.

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This is a composite image consisting of aerial images depicting data centres and open forest.

From the building boom in Alberta to a host of legacy facilities near Toronto and Montreal, our reporting reveals the scale of Canada’s data centre industry—and the challenges it faces.

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Ciena executive charged with sexual assault in Ottawa - The Logic Vice-president of global supply chain at the network equipment firm was charged in December 2025 with an alleged assault that reportedly happened last summer

Vice-president of global supply chain at the network equipment firm Ciena was charged in December 2025 with an alleged assault that reportedly happened last summer.

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A shot of a blue Dodge Charger on the floor of an auto show, with its doors and trunk open and attendees checking out the interior.

By restricting eligibility to vehicles under $50,000, the federal incentive targets the part of the market where going electric costs the most, says Clean Energy Canada.

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A new global defence bank would lend to Canada’s allies, but Ottawa is unlikely to borrow from it to build up its own defences.

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Canada is starting with a relative trickle of Chinese EV imports. The U.K. shows how it could quickly become a flood.

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The image shows the silhouette of a pumpjack drawing out oil from a well head against an orange sunset.

Carmichael: The country needs its energy giants to rekindle the wildcat spirit—but their investors have little appetite for risk.

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A portrait of Barry Dusome seated at a poker table with chips and a deck of cards in front of him. The setting is a wood-panelled hobby room decorated with reclaimed pub signs and rustic furniture.

Barry Dusome’s 17-year battle for the rights to his new version of poker scored a win for inventions with abstract elements—including AI.

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