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August 27, 2026 Three homegrown Canadian companies finding success with AI: mapping wildfire escape routes in Kelowna, bringing the first commercial data centre online in orbit, and helping Air Transat recover faster from flight disruptions. Plus Gemini 3.7 Flash, Claude's text watermarking, and OpenAI's first inference chip. Issue 11 August 13, 2026 Workers estimate AI saves them 11 hours a week, and more than half of that goes back into managing the tools. Plus Nvidia turning AI compute into a tradeable asset class, a Saskatchewan miner using AI to hunt for natural hydrogen, and the EU AI Act's transparency rules going live. Issue 10 July 30, 2026 How one BC non-profit built a prototype to give frontline staff their time back. Plus Bell's all-Canadian AI bet, Ottawa's new AI transparency consultation, and Vancouver's data-centre fight becomes a campaign issue. Issue 09 July 16, 2026 Canadian competitors are building AI together, from Alberta's open-sourced playbook to a bank-and-telco consortium. Plus Vancouver's data-centre fight reaches City Hall, AI goes to work on BC's mines, and a free Canadian tool for spotting bias in AI. Issue 08 July 7, 2026 United Way BC builds its first AI agent in six weeks. Plus Vancouver's pushback on AI data centres, a Canadian company selling AI oversight, and Calgary's tech surge. Issue 07 June 18, 2026 A US export order pulls a top AI model offline, and what model risk means for how BC businesses build on AI. Plus how Canadian governments are picking AI vendors, and Clio's legaltech data play. Issue 06 June 4, 2026 You bought the AI, where are the results? Canada's national AI strategy lands, and BC funds four healthcare AI deployments. Issue 05 May 21, 2026 Jobs have always changed. What's different now? BC sovereign AI data centres, and Anthropic's distribution week. Issue 04 May 7, 2026 The volatile vs. durable layer, the Big Six start to ship, and four numbers for your next meeting. Issue 03 Mar 2026 Hidden process costs, the new build vs. buy equation, and Anthropic's quiet dominance. Issue 02 Feb 2026 Canfor's Copilot rollout, Canada's AI sovereignty push, and Mollick on management as AI superpower. Issue 01