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Channel millet (Echinochloa turneriana). Chris Haikings

Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia. Scientists have now found an odd trait in its DNA

Natural selection may not be the only force that has contributed to the evolution of channel millet’s unusual genetics.
A person at a demonstration in solidarity with the Neskantaga First Nation, where residents were evacuated over tainted water, outside Queen’s Park in Toronto in November 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio

Canada’s proposed clean water act needs stronger protections for Indigenous communities

In its current form, safe drinking water legislation would weaken key legal provisions, particularly those related to rights and governance for First Nations.
Artificial intelligence and digital innovation minister Evan Solomon speaks before taking part in a panel discussion, ‘AI for All & Canada’s Innovation Advantage,’ during the Liberal Party of Canada convention in Montréal on April 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Canada’s AI strategy must reckon with the environmental implications of data centres

AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.

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