One Canadian company is trying to lure talent back home—an effort that started with a holiday dinner. In October, Wealthsimple hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for a group of Canadians (and a few “honorary Canadians”) in San Francisco, the company’s chief people officer, Diana McLachlan, shared in a LinkedIn post at the time. Canada’s tech ecosystem…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Anyone who has ever gone hard at the gym on a Monday and then struggled to get off the couch on Wednesday knows exactly what delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is. You do not need a clinical definition. DOMS is the stiffness, the tenderness, and the specific regret of having…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM On April 22, 1970, roughly 20 million Americans took to the streets, campuses, and parks to demand that the government treat the environment as something worth protecting. At the time, rivers in the United States were catching fire. Lead was still in gasoline. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio had…
Richard Dolan delves into the U.S. Navy’s largely forgotten history with UFOs and USOs, uncovering a series of dramatic encounters spanning decades. From multiple incidents aboard the nuclear-armed USS Franklin D. Roosevelt during NATO’s Operation Mainbrace to the unsettling 1992 Pebble Beach Dome Attack, Dolan brings these overlooked cases back into focus. In this detailed…
Most people assume that when a tech giant makes a formal privacy commitment, it means something. Google spent nearly a decade building exactly that assumption — and then quietly abandoned it when a federal immigration agency came knocking.The story of how Google handed over a student journalist’s personal data to ICE without warning is not…
Allbirds built its name on wool sneakers and sustainability. Now it’s betting what’s left of the company on GPUs and cloud compute. The pivot — announced April 15, 2026 — sent the stock surging by as much as 876% intraday, a number that tells you everything about how much the market wanted an excuse to…
An Edmonton startup bringing the gig economy to dentistry received a vote of confidence today, announcing investment from Alberta Enterprise Corporation-backed Accelerate Fund. Launched in 2024 by dental hygienist Aisha Abdul and current CEO Amir Reshef, Fairly Staffing pairs verified dental professionals with clinics facing staffing shortfalls. Via its platform, clinics can select from a…
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his wife, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, before killing himself, police said Thursday. Fairfax, according to the Associated Press, was a rising star in the Democratic Party before sexual assault allegations derailed his career several years ago. RELATED: Prayers Up! Family Rejects Murder-Suicide Theory About Twin Brothers Found Dead In Georgia Mountains…
Sherbrooke, Québec’s SBQuantum has closed $4 million USD ($5.5 million CAD) in seed funding, installed a new leader, and established an American sister entity as the deep technology startup prepares to expand to the United States (US). These three moves, which the company announced this morning, come shortly after SBQuantum deployed its quantum sensors in…
The Government of Canada is looking for someone to build a “sovereign AI supercomputing system.” Applications are now open under the AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program (SCIP) to build a large-scale, Canadian-owned AI supercomputer meant to be used by Canadian researchers and “innovative Canadian businesses.” Applicants must include their plans to integrate Canadian tech, products,…
