Scott Valentine

22
Jul
OpenAI Has A Control Problem, And It Is Not Just The AI

OpenAI Has A Control Problem, And It Is Not Just The AI

OpenAI is fighting two separate battles: one story is about people, the other is about machines. Both are about control.
5 min read
21
Jul
The Data Centre Playbook Canada Has Not Caught Up To

The Data Centre Playbook Canada Has Not Caught Up To

Harvest traces the full playbook data centre developers use to move fast in Canada: quiet scouting, jurisdiction shopping, levy engineering, and the Indigenous consultation gap still unresolved.
4 min read
06
Jul
Huron-Bruce-Grey, June 2026: Who Covered What, and How

Huron-Bruce-Grey, June 2026: Who Covered What, and How

Huron-Bruce-Grey does not run on one dominant news source the way bigger cities do. This month showed exactly why: six real stories, and almost every outlet in the region picked a different piece of the puzzle to cover.
2 min read
02
Jul
Alberta Pipeline Announcement Nears; One Outlet Is Already Skeptical

Alberta Pipeline Announcement Nears; One Outlet Is Already Skeptical

There is a conditional link between the pipeline and the Pathways carbon capture project. That dependency is a potential dealbreaker, and specialized energy press is treating it with more weight.
2 min read
30
Jun
Ontario's New AC Rules Sound Like a Tenant Win --The Fine Print Says Something Different

Ontario's New AC Rules Sound Like a Tenant Win --The Fine Print Says Something Different

A tenant who installed a window unit in May, expecting to benefit from a tenant-friendly law arriving in July, may have done so outside the window the law actually protects.
2 min read
30
Jun
The US Says It's Walking Away From USMCA - Mexico Says the Damage Is Already Happening

The US Says It's Walking Away From USMCA - Mexico Says the Damage Is Already Happening

Three outlets are treating the USMCA non-renewal as the start of a years-long procedural countdown. One outlet says the economic fallout has already begun, and it is not the outlet you'd expect.
2 min read
30
Jun
Windsor Won't Reopen Sandpoint Beach This Year. One Newsroom Can't Decide If That's Final.

Windsor Won't Reopen Sandpoint Beach This Year. One Newsroom Can't Decide If That's Final.

Sandpoint Beach did not just close, it redistributed public demand across the region. West Beach and Lakeview Park in neighbouring Lakeshore absorbed the overflow, and that overflow is now a documented operational problem requiring its own municipal response.
2 min read
30
Jun
CAA Is Closing Its Windsor and Leamington Offices. The Story Nobody Has Told Yet Is About the Staff.

CAA Is Closing Its Windsor and Leamington Offices. The Story Nobody Has Told Yet Is About the Staff.

A post in the Leamington Community Facebook group drew significant local attention roughly a week before the closures became broader news, meaning community awareness preceded formal media coverage.
2 min read
30
Jun
China Just Took the World's Fastest Supercomputer Crown. Two Outlets Are Telling Very Different Stories About Why.

China Just Took the World's Fastest Supercomputer Crown. Two Outlets Are Telling Very Different Stories About Why.

China's LineShine system displaced El Capitan at the top of the TOP500 list this week, ending nearly a decade of US leadership in high performance computing.
2 min read
30
Jun
Antarctica's Volcano Sprays Gold Every Day. Nobody Has Explained How.

Antarctica's Volcano Sprays Gold Every Day. Nobody Has Explained How.

A volcano in Antarctica releases crystallized gold every day. The methodology behind that claim is three decades old, and nobody has fully explained the mechanism.
2 min read