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The War

Canada’s stake in an Arctic radar gap just got larger

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 17, 2026

Canada–U.S.

An overnight bargain over cross-border data rules

Feb 17, 2026

Economy

Grand Rapids cannot look away from small-business hiring

Feb 17, 2026

Midterms

Washington stays late on mail-ballot rules

Feb 17, 2026

Congress

A USMCA enforcement hammer: the view from Langley

Feb 17, 2026

White House

Canada’s stake in a photo-op with refiners just got larger

Feb 17, 2026

Technology

Banking turns to cloud contracts at DoD as Boise watches

Feb 16, 2026

Drug Prices

Manchester cannot look away from an FDA nomination

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 16, 2026

The Strait

Manchester cannot look away from jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 16, 2026

The Border

The transactional week Washington tightens work-permit backlogs

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Feb 16, 2026

The Nine

A quiet bargain over agency-deferral leftovers

The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 16, 2026

The Alliance

The predictable week Washington courts European energy nerves

American statecraft on February 16, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 16, 2026

The War

The predictable week Washington overcommits the Hormuz mission

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 16, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront cross-border data rules

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.

Elena Voss · Feb 16, 2026

Markets

A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley

The number that moved Washington on February 16, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 16, 2026

The Map

The generic ballot: the view from Foggy Bottom

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 16, 2026

The Floor

K Street stays late on a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent February 16, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 16, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in a Cabinet loyalty test just got larger

On February 16, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 16, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 39 per cent in Grand Rapids says about data-centre water fights

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Feb 15, 2026

Drug Prices

What 48 per cent in Tucson says about mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 15, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in Canadian heavy crude just got larger

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 15, 2026

The Border

In Green Bay, the northern border narrative tightens the map

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Feb 15, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger

The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 15, 2026

The Alliance

Wilmington cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on February 15, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 15, 2026