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Ottawa taps 64 leading scientists and scholars to bolster Canadian research

27 août 2026 à 06:05

When biomedical scientist Phillip Zamore was deciding whether to leave his post as chair of the RNA Therapeutics Institute at the University of Massachusetts for a job in Canada, he said “pull and push” factors came into play.

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'It’s just become for me personally scary to be a scientist in America,' Prof. Philip Zamore says.

Morning Update: Rethinking resources as a trade weapon

27 août 2026 à 06:04

Good morning. Provincial leaders are thinking beyond alcohol when it comes to countertariffs. More on that below, along with flash flooding in Nepal and Meta’s social media settlement.

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A worker stands near a stack of lumber at the Western Forest Products Duke Point Sawmill, in Nanaimo, B.C., on Friday, March 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Former Manitoba MP Inky Mark facing more charges after hundreds of guns, explosives seized

26 août 2026 à 16:49

A former long-serving Manitoba member of Parliament is facing more gun charges after police found hundreds of weapons and almost 27 kilograms of explosives at his home.

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Former Canadian Alliance MP Inky Mark pauses as he responds to a questions as he talks with the media at the Progressive Conservative convention in Edmonton, Thursday Aug. 22, 2002. (CP PHOTO/Adrian Wyld)
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