Hockey Night in Canada Needs More Than Nostalgia
The PWHL offers CBC a new Saturday-night chapter. The bigger challenge is keeping hockey open to people who have not become paying fans.
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The Nasty Canuck Editorial Desk publishes useful Canadian news, clear explanations and sharp commentary — without taking ourselves too seriously.
A $182-Million Steel Order Links the Soo to Canada’s Icebreakers
A mill needs a market, and a shipyard needs dependable plate. Canada’s icebreaker programme is bringing those requirements together.
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What Does Canada Actually Get from the Commonwealth?
Canada’s role reaches from an education institution near Vancouver to development finance and partnerships with Caribbean countries.
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EverWind’s AI Campus Would Be a Different Kind of Power Customer
EverWind’s campus is planned to start before its full wind portfolio. Its power studies explain the conditions for sharing Nova Scotia’s grid.
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Canada Is Setting the Rules for Who Can Use Your Banking Data
Canada’s proposed open banking system would include a public participant registry. Canadians should be able to check who is connected to it.
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A Non-Compete Can Block a Job Without Ever Winning in Court
Bill C-31 targets a clause that can deter a job switch without a lawsuit. Its reach, however, stops at federal labour jurisdiction.
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Canada's $750-Million Greenhouse Plan Has a Grocery Test
Export-ready growers and remote communities face very different food-production economics. Ottawa's new program needs two honest scoreboards.
Read moreNasty Canuck Weekly — November 1, 2026
From Canadian AI and defence manufacturing to steel tariffs, postal service and First Nations leadership, this week's reporting follows the decisions shaping Canada's future.
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Defending Canada Means Building Canada
Eight strategic capabilities, five policy foundations and a renewed military-industrial ambition: what Canada's new national-security plan proposes and how its next steps will unfold.
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Ottawa Says It Got Strong Terms on Cohere. What Are They?
Canada's proposed Cohere stake raises an unusual governance question: how should Ottawa separate its roles as funder, investor and prospective customer?
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Alberta's Ten Answers Are In. Now What?
The count is official. Now Alberta must decide which proposals can become legislation and which require negotiation with Ottawa.
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The Tariff Trap: Protecting Steel, Punishing Industry
Washing machines, auto parts and Canadian precision moulds reveal a bill that rarely appears in tariff announcements.
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Bank of Canada Raises Rates to 2.5% as Oil Costs Persist
Variable-rate borrowers, fixed-rate homeowners and businesses won't feel October's quarter-point hike alike. Here's what the policy decision means.
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Four Million Doors: What Does Canada Post Owe in Return?
The mailbox switch has begun. Here's how to check your neighbourhood's timing, what the numbers show and where the safeguards need proof.
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Saab Has a Canadian Assembly Team. Where’s the Order?
Saab’s new deal with IMP sharpens Ottawa’s fighter choice. How much Canadian control, export work and long-term capability would come with it?
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