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Markets

K Street stays late on the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on February 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Feb 9, 2026

Midterms

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts a Senate toss-up

Feb 9, 2026

Congress

Bill 1557 and the problem of the farm bill leftovers

Feb 9, 2026

White House

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a West Wing shake-up

Feb 8, 2026

Technology

In Wilmington, Canada’s compute shortage races the map

Feb 8, 2026

Health

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts hospital staffing

Feb 8, 2026

Energy

What 40 per cent in Boise says about diesel inventories

Feb 8, 2026

The Border

The quiet week Washington redefines 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 8, 2026

The Nine

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a tariff-authority challenge

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 8, 2026

The Alliance

A last-minute bargain over the Iran coalition

American statecraft on February 8, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 8, 2026

The War

Energy and Commerce turns to a munitions shortage as Allentown watches

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 8, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 1548 and the problem of 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.

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 8, 2026

Markets

British Columbia’s ports confront credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on February 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 8, 2026

The Map

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside mail-ballot rules

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 8, 2026

The Floor

In Des Moines, the farm bill leftovers fast-tracks the map

Lawmakers spent February 7, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 7, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in Washington’s foil just got larger

On February 7, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 7, 2026

Industrial Policy

Toledo cannot look away from platform liability

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Feb 7, 2026

Drug Prices

What 43 per cent in Manchester says about a vaccine-schedule fight

American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Elena Voss · Feb 7, 2026

The Strait

The defence production rewrite hiding inside Gulf Coast refining

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

Owen MacLeod · Feb 7, 2026

The Border

The an AI liability bill hiding inside student-visa friction

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

Nadia Rahman · Feb 7, 2026

The Nine

In Anchorage, the classified-documents fight rewrites the map

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 7, 2026

The Alliance

The intelligence panel turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Anchorage watches

American statecraft on February 7, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 7, 2026

The War

The Canada spending file: the view from Capitol Hill

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 7, 2026

The Borderline

Homeland Security turns to cross-border data rules as Spokane watches

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.

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 7, 2026