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Cohere and Canada’s AI Sovereignty Bet: Can Toronto Compete With Silicon Valley?
Cohere’s rise from the transformer paper to a reported US$20bn merger with Aleph Alpha, and whether Ottawa’s sovereign compute spending can keep Canadian AI talent at home.
Constellation Software: Mark Leonard’s Serial-Acquisition Machine After the Founder
Inside Mark Leonard’s decentralised acquisition machine: 1,000+ software deals, the Topicus and Lumine spin-outs, the 2025 succession to Mark Miller and the AI question.
Shopify: How an Ottawa Snowboard Shop Became a US$200bn Commerce Platform
From Tobi Lütke’s snowboard shop to US$11.6bn of revenue: Shopify’s pandemic boom, 2022 reset, logistics exit, AI strategy and its 2025 move to Nasdaq.
Canadian Tire and Dollarama: Two Ways to Win in Domestic Canadian Retail
How Canadian Tire ($16.3bn revenue, True North, Hudson’s Bay Stripes) and Dollarama ($7.3bn, 33% EBITDA margin, Dollarcity) thrive at home while Temu and Amazon circle.
Lululemon and Aritzia: Vancouver’s Apparel Exporters Face the US Tariff Wall
Two Vancouver apparel brands, two trajectories: Lululemon’s guidance cuts, proxy fight and new CEO versus Aritzia’s record US growth, both under US tariff pressure.
Hudson’s Bay: How North America’s Oldest Company Collapsed in 2025
The 355-year-old retailer’s fall: Richard Baker’s real-estate playbook, the Saks split, $1.1bn of debt, CCAA, liquidation, the Ruby Liu lease fight and the $30m brand sale.
Couche-Tard: The Quebec Convenience Chain That Tried to Buy 7-Eleven, and What It Did Next
From one Laval dépanneur to Circle K worldwide: Couche-Tard’s roll-up, the failed US$47bn bid for 7-Eleven’s parent, US fuel economics and the US$8.6bn Żabka deal.
Loblaw: How the Westons Built Canada’s Grocery Giant and Why Shoppers Turned on It
Loblaw’s $64.8bn year, the bread price-fixing settlement, the 2024 boycott, the grocery code and the hard-discount pivot explained.
Hydro-Québec, Ontario Nuclear and the Race to Decarbonise Canada’s Grid
Hydro-Québec plans C$155–185bn of investment and Ontario is building SMRs and refurbishing reactors, while Alberta won an exemption from the Clean Electricity Regulations. Who pays, and what it means.
LNG Canada: How Kitimat Became Canada’s First Gas Export Gateway to Asia
LNG Canada shipped its first cargo in June 2025 and approved a doubling to 28 mtpa in September 2026. How Kitimat, Cedar LNG and Ksi Lisims give Canadian gas a 10-day route to Asia.
Enbridge and TC Energy: The Pipeline Giants That Move North American Energy
Enbridge posted C$20bn of EBITDA and TC Energy confirmed Coastal GasLink Phase 2. Inside the Mainline, the Line 5 fight, the South Bow spin-off and what Keystone XL still teaches.
