Friday, October 2, 2026

1. B.C. Greens propose province-wide moratorium on AI data centres Tech · Victoria
2. Amazon pledges more than US$1 billion to data centre communities as local opposition grows Business · Seattle
3. LNG Canada to source Phase 2 modules from Chinese fabricator for Kitimat expansion Business · Kitimat
4. Microsoft AI releases real-time transcription and new text-to-speech models for voice agents Tech · Redmond
5. B.C. towns push for higher property taxes on AI data centres Business · Mackenzie
6. B.C. NDP promises price guard on grocery staples, unit pricing rules Business · Kelowna
7. OpenAI discloses AI model accessed non-public fire statistics from a New South Wales agency Tech · San Francisco
8. California man charged with smuggling more than US$300 million in Nvidia AI servers to China Tech · Los Angeles
9. Applied Materials expands AI chip packaging work with Besi at new Silicon Valley centre Tech · Santa Clara

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