What could a $5B government loan program do? Turn Indigenous communities into powerful investors

Downtown Toronto is a long way from most communities where the federal government’s Indigenous loan guarantee program will be put into action, but it’s where the buzz about the new $5-billion program could be heard this week. “I’m excited,” said Robert Michell, Chief of the Stellat’en First Nation in central B.C., “it changes the game.”  “It’s huge … Read more

We have leap years and leap seconds. Do we need a leap minute?

The Current10:20The case for a ‘leap minute’ The leap year is the most famous of the leap family, keeping our calendars right every year, while behind the scenes, with little fanfare, the leap second has been doing its part.  But global stakeholders believe it’s time for a change — the leap minute. “Ever since we’ve … Read more

Canadian contribution to private lunar lander could lead to a telescope on the moon

The first private spacecraft to softly land on the moon carries a Canadian instrument that will test the possibility of building an observatory at the Lunar south pole. The phone booth-sized lander by Intuitive Machines, named Odysseus, launched on Feb. 15 and touched down on Thursday near a small impact crater about 300 kilometers from the moon’s south … Read more

Odysseus lander ‘alive and well’ on the moon but uncertainties linger, company says

The moon’s newest arrival, a privately owned vessel not carrying people, was said to be “alive and well” a day after making the first U.S. landing in half a century, but flight controllers were still trying to get a better handle on its bearings. Intuitive Machines reported Friday that it’s communicating with its lander, Odysseus, … Read more