Canadas

OTTAWA—Canadian legislation to compel digital platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Bytedance Ltd.’s TikTok, along with streaming services like Netflix Inc., to prominently showcase Canadian programming to users in this country received final parliamentary approval on Thursday. This clears the way for Canada’s Liberal government to begin implementing one of the most ambitious pieces of developed-world regulation in the digital field, a task that analysts and former officials say could take…

Canadian video director and photographer Dragan Andic, aka The.97, has worked with just about every big name in this country, including Drake, The Weeknd, Nav, Roy Woods, Anders, and more.From humble beginnings at Humber College, Andic took a chance opportunity to photograph Drake’s tour and never looked back from that life-changing moment.“I believe if you’re a photographer in the music industry, touring is something I recommend because you’ll learn a lot and you don’t get those moments back,” Andic explains. “It’s a…

Focus of Flood Resilience Guidance and Standards in Canada. Credit: Managing Flooding and Erosion at the Watershed-Scale: Guidance to Support Governments Using Nature-Based Solutions (2023). The need to limit flood risk in Canada is urgent, with approximately 1.5 million homes, representing 10 percent of the Canadian residential housing market, in high-risk zones where they are ineligible for flood insurance. A new CSA Group…

It's not just American broadcasters departing Twitter in opposition to the "government-funded media" label. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is "pausing" its use of Twitter over the label's implication that the government may influence its editorial output. Reporting is "impartial and independent," the media outlet says. There's no word on whether or not the CBC is in discussions with Twitter to alter the label. We've asked the broadcaster for comment. The UK's British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) succeeded…

Earlier this week, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announced that Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be part of the crew of the historic Artemis II mission to orbit the moon. This flight can be seen as part of a continuous history for Canada in space, reaching back more than six decades.Canada has been part of space exploration since the beginning, as the fourth country to have a presence in space. The Soviet Union was first with its satellite Sputnik in 1957. The U.S. followed the next year with Explorer 1. The…

According to SVB's latest annual report, 96% of its total $173 billion in deposits was uninsured (Illustration: Rahul Awasthi)Last week's sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could choke funding for Canada's technology start-ups and place them in the hands of domestic lenders who may be more selective in financing new ventures, financiers told Reuters. That would be bad news for a sector that took a beating in 2022, which has made investors more risk-averse in early-stage investments. "I would say this is…

Famed music mogul Lyor Cohen is in Edmonton at the Juno Awards on a mission, but will the Canadian music industry listen?Canada’s Online Streaming Act—Bill C-11—is on its way to becoming the law of the land. In a basic sense, it’s taking some of the longtime rules of radio and television about Canadian content—like how much Canadian content you see and hear, and how it gets funded behind the scenes—and applying them to streaming services and social media.For the Canadian industry, they see it as a way to produce and…

At its core, innovation is about change. Credit: Shutterstock Canada has been dealing with an innovation problem for decades. We are currently ranked 15th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) following Japan, France, Finland and Singapore. Switzerland is ranked first. Why should we care about the GII? It helps us, as tax paying…

Apple seems to be getting ready to introduce a new model in its MacBook Pro lineup. A Twitter user has spotted a laptop, believed to be the new MacBook Pro, listed on the Industry Canada Radio Equipment List (REL) database. The device was reportedly approved on the REL database on January 11 and will likely support Wi-Fi 6E/ 6GHz connectivity. Additionally, the Cupertino, California-based company could be coming out with a product announcement today. A tipster, without diving into any details, alerted his followers on…

Students doing graduate-level research say Canada risks losing its future scientists to other countries because the dollar amounts of annual grants have remained stagnant for nearly 20 years.A Canada Graduate Scholarship from one of the three federal research funding agencies is $17,500 per year for a master's student or $21,000 per year for a doctoral student. Those amounts have not changed since 2003.In return for that funding, the recipients are expected to work full-time on their research, and in some cases are…