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@be-giant.bsky.socialMuch like televisions, fridges and cars, tractors have become increasingly complex, and can’t always be repaired by their owners. Ursa Ag tractors are removing that proprietary dependence by simplifying the mechanics. www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
@be-giant.bsky.socialCanadian scientist Daniel Drucker is sometimes dubbed the “father of Ozempic.” The gut hormone transformed into a global medical and cultural phenomenon. Ozempic is Canada’s best-selling drug, with sales of semaglutide injection medications totalling $3.5 billion in 2025. #glp1 #ozempic #medicine
@be-giant.bsky.social“My Canadian friends would say Canada has only one neighbour, but I think the discussion of Greenland has perhaps opened Canada up to the fact that there is another neighbourhood,” Arctic Circle Assembly chairman Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson told @daniellebochove.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
@be-giant.bsky.socialIn the past five years, St. John’s, Nfld., has produced two billion-dollar companies: Verafin, purchased by Nasdaq in 2021 for US$2.75 billion, and Kraken Robotics, valued at about US$1.3 billion. www.begiant.ca/stories/plac...
@be-giant.bsky.socialAn mRNA flu vaccine that's 27% more effective than the traditional shot is under review by Health Canada. Developed by Moderna, the vaccine, called mFlusiva, deploys the same mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines. Andrea Yu reports
@be-giant.bsky.socialThis rover speeds up carbon mineralization, a natural process where ultramafic rock absorbs CO2 from the air, by tilling mine waste to expose more surface area. Canada's mine-waste piles hold billions of tonnes of this rock each of which can absorb about half a tonne of CO2.
@be-giant.bsky.socialFor a generation facing a tougher entry-level job market than their parents did, a role in the family business may look less like a fallback and more like an opportunity. Emily Latimer reports
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@picardonhealth.bsky.socialReposted by @be-giant.bsky.socialDaniel Drucker, the Canadian scientist behind Ozempic, on why he never gave up. Big Pharma scoffed, but he persevered, by Dan Bilefsky
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@be-giant.bsky.socialOn a clear day, you can see Nova Scotia while standing among mountains of "red gold" from Saskatchewan.
Here on the rocky coastline of Saint John, N.B. sit massive storage sheds filled with potash, the pink-hued mineral crucial to the global food supply www.begiant.ca/stories/plac...
@sinaihealthtoronto.bsky.socialReposted by @be-giant.bsky.socialA recent feature from @be-giant.bsky.social profiles Dr. Daniel Drucker, Senior Investigator at Sinai Health’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, and his groundbreaking GLP-1 research that helped transform the treatment of diabetes and obesity.
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@be-giant.bsky.socialInitially, Big Pharma scoffed. Colleagues were indifferent. Dan Bilefsky’s longread on how Daniel Drucker’s dogged pursuit of GLP1s – found buried in a Gila lizard's genes – propelled one of medicine's biggest breakthroughs: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
@be-giant.bsky.socialCanada is the world’s largest potash producer and exporter, typically shipping more than 22 million tonnes a year. Some of it snakes through five provinces and four time zones over eight days on specially designed railcars before arriving in Saint John.
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@be-giant.bsky.socialMore than a quarter of a typical building’s energy is used to offset the heat that enters or escapes through its windows. @utoronto.ca researchers designed a better window www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
@be-giant.bsky.socialEvery time someone runs a tap, dishwasher or flushes we're sending heat down the drain, so why not use it? In Vancouver, the Sen̓áḵw development project is tapping into a sewer line to provide carbon-free heating and cooling @novakovicto.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
@be-giant.bsky.socialThis pigment-shifting window responds to light – and could help slash energy costs. Inspired by squids, @utoronto.ca researchers designed a window that lets winter light and heat in – but blocks out heat in the summer @kelseyarolfe.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
@be-giant.bsky.socialRecycling Alternative’s trucks promise to collect flexible plastics in Vancouver. Getting them on the road has been a bumpy ride. @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social
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@daniellebochove.bsky.socialReposted by @be-giant.bsky.socialAfter years of interviews about Canada’s productivity woes it was a pleasure to discover a few positive surprises.
@be-giant.bsky.socialSince 2001, U.S. productivity grew more than 3x faster than Canada's – but the numbers hide nuance. Canada spreads economic gains more evenly than the neighbours down south, and manufacturers are outperforming. @daniellebochove.bsky.social reports. www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
@be-giant.bsky.socialIn space, health care and even recycling, the mood is ‘go bigger and move faster,’ according to insiders Nrth Festival (formerly known as Elevate):
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@be-giant.bsky.socialWhat does it take to win the XPRIZE Wildfire? This summer, @omarmouallem.bsky.social went to the finals in Alaska to find out. “But nothing about the week went as planned, including my story,” he writes.
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