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Today's edition opens with Margot Ellison's cost-of-living explainer, a province-by-province account of shelter, grocery, and insurance pressures that do not move in lockstep. Devika Nair reports on the physical layer behind Canada's AI boom — substations and fibre, not just models. James Okonkwo maps where light-rail timelines slipped and what riders should trust when agencies publish new windows.
On environment and energy, Elena Vasquez documents prairie wind interconnection records and the storage gap that follows. Sophie Tremblay finds orchestras renewing subscribers through clearer pricing and hybrid programming. Marcus Chen traces Pacific trade shifts affecting Vancouver and Prince Rupert. Dr. Amara Singh explains decentralised clinical trials reaching rural patients. Our editorial board closes with a note on why context outlasts speed in policy coverage.
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Business & Economy
The real math behind Canada's cost-of-living squeeze
Rent, groceries, and insurance are moving at different speeds. We map where household budgets bend — and where policy still has room to act.
Technology
Inside Canada's quiet AI infrastructure build-out
While public debate focuses on models and regulation, a physical layer — data centres, fibre, and power interconnects — is expanding across Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta.
Transit
Light-rail timelines slip — and riders feel the gap
Extensions in Toronto, Ottawa, and Metro Vancouver share a pattern: engineering progress, bureaucratic friction, and communities waiting for promised capacity.
Environment & Energy
Prairie wind reaches a new interconnection threshold
New turbine clusters are exporting more power than forecasters projected in 2023. The bottleneck is no longer blades — it is batteries and transmission.
Culture
Orchestras report stronger subscription renewals in 2026
From Montreal to Calgary, classical institutions are rebuilding audience habits with hybrid programming and clearer value propositions for younger subscribers.
World Affairs
Pacific trade corridors reshape Canadian port strategy
Port authorities and rail operators are renegotiating capacity agreements as shippers diversify away from single-corridor dependence.
Science
Clinical trial networks widen rural enrolment across Canada
Provincial health networks and university hospitals are sharing protocols to reduce the urban skew that once limited generalisability of Canadian trial data.
Opinion
Why context beats speed in public policy coverage
When every announcement triggers a hot take, citizens lose the thread between yesterday's promise and today's implementation detail.
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