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October 8, 2026

Vancouver's AI data centre fight hits the ballot

Plus 10,000 funded AI placements for Canadian businesses, and a Canadian AI stack from Cohere, OpenText and TD.

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Sept 17
Three AI leaders just asked each other to slow down
Free national AI training opens September 21, and a $45M Québec bet on Canadian cloud.
 Aug 27
Wildfire maps, orbital data, and fewer flight delays
Three homegrown Canadian companies finding real success with AI.
 Aug 13
You're not saving as much time as you think
Workers say AI saves them 11 hours a week. 6.4 of those go back into managing the tools.
 Jul 30
Giving frontline staff their time back
How one BC non-profit built a working prototype in ten weeks, plus Bell's all-Canadian AI bet.
 Jul 16
AI partnerships across Canada
Alberta open-sources its playbook, and a bank-and-telco consortium pools its engineering.
 Jul 7
A first AI agent for 211
United Way BC builds and ships in six weeks, plus Vancouver's pushback on data centres.
 Jun 18
What happens when your AI platform changes the deal?
A US export order pulls a top model offline. Why single-provider risk needs a price.
 Jun 4
You bought the AI. Where are the results?
Why BC firms with licences still aren't seeing returns, and what to do about it.
 May 21
Jobs have always changed. What's different now?
BC's sovereign AI data centres, and Anthropic's distribution week.
 May 7
The volatile layer and the durable layer
Where to place your bets when the tools keep moving. Plus the Big Six start to ship.
 Mar
Hidden process costs and the new build vs. buy math
What changes when building software gets cheap, plus Anthropic's quiet dominance.
 Feb
What a forestry company taught us about AI adoption
Canfor's Copilot rollout, Canada's AI sovereignty push, and Mollick on management.