The Government of Canada has launched a new national Artificial Intelligence strategy. AI for All aims to strengthen trust in AI, create new economic opportunities, and support Canadian sovereignty in this complex, rapidly evolving field. The Department of Canadian Heritage is seeking input from magazine, newspaper, and other publishers for its National Survey on the Cultural Sector’s Readiness for Artificial Intelligence. https://pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lang=EN&co=GAwb6Ccl. Please access the French language survey here: https://pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lang=FR&co=GAwb6Ccl. Both surveys will be accessible until September 15, 2026.

 

The final printed Friday edition of the Yellowknifer Weekend, published on July 24, 2026, signalled that the 54-year-old publication will reduce its print schedule from two weekly issues to one, and will now publish only on Wednesdays. Weekend coverage will shift entirely to digital platforms, primarily distributed through Northern News Services Limited’s (NNSL’s) daily online newsletter, Morning Alert.

 

Presented by Toronto Life Magazine and Tricon Living, the 2026 Summer Garden Party returns on Wednesday, August 12, from 6 – 10 pm, for an evening amid the natural beauty of the Toronto Botanical Garden, one of the city’s most popular green spaces. Guests will celebrate summer with food, drinks, camaraderie, and live entertainment, set among the vibrant gardens and winding paths that welcome more than one million visitors each year.

 New Brunswick’s only independent French-language daily newspaper is scaling back its print editions, marking an end to L’Acadie Nouvelle being the province’s only newspaper to publish five times a week. It will now publish two printed editions weekly, said CEO and Publisher Francis Sonier. The Caraquet-based newspaper previously available Tuesday to Saturday, will now appear in print only on Wednesdays and Saturdays. About 6,000 subscribe to its printed editions.

 The 58th Edition of the 504-page Associated Press Stylebook contains more than 200 new and revised entries from 2024’s AP Stylebook Online, as well as several first-time entries. Highlights include a revised AI chapter with new and updated entries to keep up with AI’s rapid growth, guidance on writing about conflicts with entries on assassination, war, and genocide, updated entries on the evolving language of race-related coverage, and the changing of two-word terms to single words to reflect popular usage – such as healthcare and primetime.

 The B.C. Magazine Publishers Market Fund established by Creative BC, is offering financial support for British Columbia magazine publishers to attend selected magazine fairs, conferences, and related events to promote their publications in both foreign and domestic markets, and to develop marketing materials and/or promotional campaigns. Publishers can secure up to $5,000 per fiscal year for activities that meet the program objectives outlined by program funder Creative BC. Applications will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis until March 31, 2027, or until all funds are allocated. More information: https://creativebc.com/funding-program/magazine-publishing/magazine-publishers-market-fund/.

 

TC Transcontinental, the parent company of the Winnipeg Free Press (WFP), has announced that the newspaper is ceasing its free weekly community newspaper and flyer distribution. As of July 24, 2026, the Free Press will no longer deliver flyer inserts to 200,000 Manitoba households. July 24 also marks delivery of the final edition of the Free Press Community Review, which featured local community content. The distribution change will impact 817 delivery contractors. The Free Press Community Review employed four people. Two of those staffers will be offered jobs at the Free Press.

 

After seven years leading one of Canada’s most popular magazines, Maureen Halushak will step down as Editor-in-Chief of Chatelaine on August 5, 2026, to pursue a new opportunity. Halushak was named editor-in-chief in January of 2019, returning to the magazine where she began her career more than two decades earlier. Under her leadership, Chatelaine won Gold for Best Service & Lifestyle Magazine at the 2023 National Magazine Awards, and earned a Best Magazine nomination again in 2026.