A valedictorian has solved a difficult problem repeatedly. Across several years, subjects and teachers, that student has understood what was required and delivered work that earned the highest grades.
That is real achievement. It is also achievement inside a system...
Firmus Technologies’ 288MW factory at Bell Bay on the island’s north was on Tuesday given planning approval by the local council.
It comes as the federal government is soon expected to finalise rules on how data centres use energy, while...
The seven-year-old scaleup targets small businesses, which can earn loyalty points on payments including rent, suppliers, utilities and taxes, paid by credit card or bank transfer.
Founded in 2019 by Damien Waller, Edward Alder and Grant Austin – the former...
The claim that the planet cannot be saved without moving beyond capitalism is one of the more consequential arguments in climate politics, and it is contested by serious people on more than one side. It is worth setting out...
Is there a version of you whose brain can’t actually tell the difference between a breakup and a burn?
In 2011, a research team put that question to forty people who had just been through one — an unwanted breakup,...
The race to be crowned British Columbia’s top early-stage tech startup is down to 10 companies.
After seven months of pitches, coaching, and judging rounds, New Ventures BC has named the finalists in its 2026 competition.
The cohort spans health sciences,...
A job offer can be generous on paper and still ask for something the salary does not replace.
That tension sits at the centre of a 2025 study connecting three parts of experience that are usually measured separately: self-reported happiness,...
A crowded room can become socially empty before anyone has said a word.
Not because the people in it are necessarily unfriendly. The problem can begin one step earlier, when each person is privately willing to listen, help or talk...
A University of British Columbia astronomer who has identified thousands of possible worlds beyond our solar system is the featured guest on the latest episode of Innovation UBC’s Beaker Banter podcast.
Dr. Michelle Kunimoto joins host Dr. Marissa Lithopoulos for...
Ritchie Bros. is putting more of its global heavy-equipment marketplace into buyers’ pockets with the launch of a redesigned mobile app.
The Vancouver-born company, now part of RB Global, says the update transforms its app from a browsing companion into...
