The Tyee(2026-10-24 00:30:00) CONTEST: Win a Copy of ‘Rise After Silence’ Three lucky Tyee readers will receive Dr. Anne Aspler’s memoir of resilience, surviving private violence, and life as an ER doctor.
The Tyee(2026-10-24 00:10:00) Are You There, Canada? It’s Me, Canada In her new book, Carol Off delivers a powerful exploration of Canadian sovereignty and national identity as Donald Trump nips at our heels.
Financial Post(2026-10-23 22:54:00) Mirasol Resources Announces Option Grants VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mirasol Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: MRZ) (OTCPK: MRZLF) (the “Company” or “Mirasol”) announced today that the Board of Directors has approved the grant of 3,878,750 incentive stock options (“Options”) to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company. The Options entitle the holders to purchase the equivalent number […]
Financial Post(2026-10-23 22:19:15) LUNR Aerospace Corporation Obtains Receipt for Final Prospectus Accessible on SEDAR+ TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LUNR Aerospace Corporation (the “Corporation” or “LUNR”) is pleased to announce that it has obtained a receipt for its final long form prospectus dated October 22, 2026 (the “Prospectus”) from the Ontario Securities Commission qualifying the distribution of 7,925,925 common shares in the capital of the Corporation (the […]
National Post(2026-10-23 22:16:03) ‘Transformed the landscape’: What Terry Fox taught cancer doctors In the 45 years since Fox's death, researchers have focused on precision-targeted genetic treatment that has led to ‘curative outcomes’ previously not possible
TORONTO — “The poster child is lung cancer,” said Lillian Siu, a clinical trial specialist at Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, over a bistro lunch on Thursday with Terry Fox’s family members and a few of the cancer researchers who will benefit from a record-breaking new donation in Fox’s name, publicly announced an hour earlier. […]
The son of a Canadian woman who died after a fall at her home in Point Roberts, Wash., earlier this month said she refused to seek treatment as she feared she would be detained by U.S. authorities or prevented from returning to the country. Dylan Adamson said his 61-year-old mother, Paige Adamson, was afraid to […]
Global News(2026-10-23 22:09:59) Shaping Saskatchewan: Charlie Clark Following his time as Mayor of Saskatoon, Charlie Clark says he had some time to reflect on what he wanted the next chapter to look like.
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-23 22:00:17) U.S. offers support after deadly CFB Wainwright fire U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra says Washington has offered assistance and resources to help support the recovery of soldiers affected by traumatic burns
Global News(2026-10-23 21:31:18) Babcock faces former team as Oilers host Leafs Mike Babcock isn't dwelling on his departure from Toronto as he prepares to face his former team for the first time Saturday.
Financial Post(2026-10-23 21:27:23) BlackRock® Canada Announces the Termination of iShares Convertible Bond Index ETF TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) (NYSE:BLK) announced today that it intends to terminate iShares Convertible Bond Index ETF (the “Terminating Fund”), based on an ongoing process to review its product lineup. The Terminating Fund will terminate on or […]
Global News(2026-10-23 21:25:46) Hellebuyck trade draws plenty of reaction The Connor Hellebuyck trade caught the attention of many in the hockey world, with a host of opinions and reactions.
Global News(2026-10-23 21:17:17) Winnipeg police suspend Crime Stoppers tips following data breach Winnipeg police have suspended their use of Crime Stoppers. Instead, it said it will try to accommodate anonymous information submitted via its tip line when possible.
Financial Post(2026-10-23 21:17:11) Itafos Announces Release Date for Q3 2026 Results and Business Update Webcast HOUSTON, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Itafos Inc. (TSX-V: IFOS) (OTCQX: ITFS) (“Itafos” or “the Company”) today announces that its financial results for Q3 2026 will be released after market close on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. An on-demand recorded webcast of management commentary that reviews the Q3 2026 financial results, provides an update on […]
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday told a rally for candidates in South Florida that U.S. warships returning from the Middle East could stop over in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war, his latest suggestion of taking an interventionist approach to the nearby country. Trump first floated this […]
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says new federal investments announced Friday are a first step toward reducing the Canadian aluminum sector’s dependence on the United States. Joly, who is also the minister responsible for economic development in Quebec, made the comments in La Baie, Que., where she announced more than $193 million in federal funding for […]
EDMONTON — Alberta’s government has announced new rules on when, how, and what flags can be displayed at schools starting in 2027. The government said in a news release that the flags of Canada and Alberta must be flown outside schools during the school year. “Let’s teach our children to celebrate our amazing country and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, seeking to help Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a tough reelection battle in Maine, is exempting some imports — including plywood sheets, packing crates and some machinery — from the 50% tariffs he slapped on $20 billion worth of Canadian products over the summer. The changes will take effect […]
Financial Post(2026-10-23 21:01:47) Hamilton ETFs Announces October 2026 Monthly & Upcoming Semi-Monthly Cash Distributions TORONTO — Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (“Hamilton ETFs”) is pleased to announce the upcoming monthly and semi-monthly cash distributions for its ETFs. Distributions may vary from period to period. Table A includes the Hamilton ETFs that pay monthly cash distributions, all of which trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange, for the period ended October 31, […]
A Syracuse, New York, woman who says she only recently learned she wasn’t born in the U.S. has been charged with voting illegally, one of the latest arrests touted by the Trump administration as it hunts for noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections. Marva Cook was adopted as a toddler and had always assumed […]
Western Producer(2026-10-23 20:46:45) Ag groups join new tax reform coalition Canadian agriculture groups have joined forces with other organization in a new national tax coalition calling for comprehensive tax reform.
Financial Post(2026-10-23 20:46:36) Rocket Doctor Grants Equity Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rocket Doctor AI Inc. (CSE: AIDR, OTC: AIRDF, Frankfurt: 939) (“Rocket Doctor AI” or the “Company”) announces that it has granted an aggregate 3,143 stock options, exercisable at $0.70 per share and valid for a term of three years, and an aggregate 239,000 restricted share units, valid […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-23 20:39:36) Politics Insider: Trump to drop some tariffs Tariffs ending on nine categories of Canadian products, Maine Senator Susan Collins announces
CHARLOTTETOWN — The Mounties in P.E.I. have have charged an official agent for the Island’s governing Progressive Conservatives with 42 offences under the provincial Election Expenses Act. The RCMP issued a statement Friday saying an investigation started in August after the police force was approached by Elections PEI. The Mounties say the alleged offences relate […]
Global News(2026-10-23 20:28:13) The Curator: What do you gift the woman who has everything? Start here Shop gifts for the woman who has everything, from Coach bags to Birks jewellery and Merit fragrance. Discover unique gifts for her and luxury finds she'll love this holiday season.
OTTAWA — A constitutional lawyer seeking an injunction to force elected officials in Quebec to swear an oath to King Charles III is puzzled about why the federal government has chosen not to intervene in his court case. Lawrence David, a professor at the University of Ottawa’s faculty of law and founder of the Public […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-23 20:14:44) Paris suburb shooting considered a 'terrorist crime,' French Interior Minister says A gunman firing from a vehicle in a Paris suburb Friday killed one person and wounded several others, including a 12-year-old girl, in what French authorities suspect may have been a racially motivated attack.
MONTREAL — The mayor of a Montreal suburb pleaded guilty to a professional ethics breach and faces a $30,000 fine over comments he made about Palestine. Hampstead Mayor Jeremy Levi entered his plea on Thursday after a complaint to the Quebec order of professional accountants. The complaint accuses Levi of making comments that undermine the […]
Edmonton Journal - National News(2026-10-23 20:05:00) New regulations outline which flags can be displayed in Alberta schools The regulations released on Friday build on legislation introduced by Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides to "remove ideology and politics" from the classroom
Global News(2026-10-23 20:03:52) Murray-Boyles evolving for larger role on Raptors Toronto's playoff run was brief last season, pushing the Cleveland Cavaliers to seven games in the first round, but rookie forward Collin Murray-Boyles was one of the brightest spots for the Raptors in that stretch.
Global News(2026-10-23 20:03:16) Elks, Riders turn to backups for season finale It's a battle of the backups Saturday when the Edmonton Elks face the Saskatchewan Roughriders in their CFL regular-season finale.
OTTAWA — The federal government says it’s “disappointed” after Canada’s largest federal public service union announced 120,000 workers will take part in nationwide strike votes starting next month. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says voting will take place from Nov. 16 to Jan. 22. The union and Treasury Board have been in contract negotiations […]
It’s the last full day of campaigning in British Columbia’s election ahead of final voting day Saturday. Here’s a look at some of the latest developments on the campaign trail. HAND COUNT FOR MOST BALLOTS Elections BC has confirmed that votes cast on election day will be tallied manually, in a departure from 2024, when […]
A United States senator said U.S. President Donald Trump will lift some tariffs on Canadian exports as the trade war with Canada becomes a ballot box issue in key races ahead of November’s midterm election. Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, said nine categories of Canadian exports will be exempted from tariffs, including corrugated paper, […]
As we wrap up a month of what has the potential to be one of the biggest missteps in British Columbia, or Canadian, political history, it bears examining whether David Eby’s attempt to position himself as a modern day Joseph McCarthy dedicated to rooting out thought criminals from his opposition will be ultimately effective. If […]
Global News(2026-10-23 19:28:12) Conservatives hold advantage with B.C. election day one day away: poll The poll shows the BC Conservatives at 44 per cent, up one from the last poll, while the BC NDP are still five points behind at 39 per cent, and the BC Green Party at 13 per cent.
Western Producer(2026-10-23 19:20:21) AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it – your national ag news recap for Oct. 23, 2026 Prairie growing season’s rains dampen barley quality Malt producers in Canada and around the world can expect significantly less Canadian malting barley coming out of this crop year. That’s according to the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre, which says Canada’s barley crop lost a lot of malting quality, due to widespread and poorly timed rains […] Read more
iPolitics - News(2026-10-23 19:18:02) Good talk Welcome back to the Evening Brief!
On Monday, Torontonians will have a historic opportunity to unseat Mayor Olivia Chow and send city hall a message that the era of disorder and failed experiments is coming to an end by electing Brad Bradford. A recent Nanos poll found that the top issues for Toronto voters are traffic, housing costs and crime — […]
Financial Post(2026-10-23 19:10:13) Ninepoint Partners Announces October 2026 Monthly and Semi-Monthly Cash Distributions for its ETFs and ETF Series Securities TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ninepoint Partners LP (“Ninepoint Partners”) today announced cash distributions for its ETFs and ETF Series securities. The applicable distribution amounts, record dates and payment dates are detailed below. The per-unit monthly distributions for the ETF Series securities listed below have a record date of October 30, 2026, and […]
iPolitics - News(2026-10-23 19:08:41) Yukon businesses descend on Ottawa to make their case to federal officials "Our basic intent in this mission is to get to Ottawa with the capability of the private sector, and to ensure that the money that's being spent in the north is driving work, activity, employment for local businesses," said Eric Brohman, president of Ketza Construction
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is no longer pursuing a child-specific autism strategy and will instead have one that focuses not only on children, but also on adults. Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine says the government has heard the concerns from the public and is acting on them. She says they will rescind amendments made to […]
Despite Alberta’s decision to remain a province of Canada rather than hold another referendum, anger is still simmering at the surface, says Preston Manning. The former Calgary MP and leader of Canada’s Reform party, which later morphed into the Conservative Party of Canada, doesn’t believe that the issues that prompted Alberta’s referendum have been solved. […]
Western Producer(2026-10-23 18:46:56) Mega Deduction available for leasing as well, says accountant Farmers who lease equipment and buildings can still participate in the Productivity Mega Deduction, according to Kyle Aschim, an MNP accountant.
OTTAWA — The Liberal government will table its bill permanently barring people with mental illness alone from accessing an assisted death on Tuesday, National Post has learned. A senior government source confirmed that the much-anticipated bill would be put on the House of Commons notice paper on Friday evening and that the bill is expected […]
President Donald Trump’s administration has taken its first step to block the results of a midterm election, and it’s all about the fact that there are two Dan Sullivans on the Alaska Senate ballot. One of them is a Republican and ally of the president. The other is a retired school teacher whom Republicans accuse […]
Edmonton Journal - National News(2026-10-23 18:20:59) Internal strife erupts within Alberta separatist movement "I will not allow two bullies that have zero respect for those members or the people that put in the hard work to do that"
Financial Post(2026-10-23 18:18:12) A Secret Weapon in Radiology Management: Novarad Updates More Than 1,000 Imaging Facilities Worldwide in a Matter of Weeks The rollout ran through Novarad Central Command, the remote deployment and monitoring infrastructure the company has operated for 30+ years Provo, UT, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One of the best-kept secrets in the imaging market shows its unprecedented utility as Novarad deployed the 9.1 update for NovaPACS across more than 1,000 sites worldwide, […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-23 18:18:07) The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Oct. 24 The Bestsellers Lists are compiled by The Globe and Mail from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData
Financial Post(2026-10-23 18:16:45) CUPE: Government Has the Power to End Uncertainty for Nova Scotia’s School Communities HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — On Monday, October 19, the eight member locals of the Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions outlined for government and the education system employers what it will take to reach a settlement and avoid a strike in Nova Scotia’s public schools. It is now Friday. There has been no movement, […]
MONTREAL — Quebec’s new premier says the provincial government will spend $28 million in emergency funding to address homelessness. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced the new funding in his first major announcement since he was sworn in as premier on Wednesday. St-Pierre Plamondon says the money will go to warming centres and emergency shelters across Quebec. […]
OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump said Canada is “working very hard” to make a trade deal with the U.S., despite talks remaining at a standstill since August. “Canada is working very hard to make a deal with us, and I hate to say this, but we have all the cards,” Trump told reporters in […]
The Alberta government says new legislation about which flags can be displayed at schools will take effect in January. Those rules include making the Alberta and Canada flags mandatory, and prohibiting flags that "advance a social or political cause."
The Tyee(2026-10-23 17:39:00) Is the Alberta Separatist Side Imploding? Posts claim Alberta Prosperity Project’s Sylvestre and Rath have been ousted by board. Sylvestre says no way.
A Member of European Parliament (MEP) said that becoming an associate member of the EU would turn Canada “into a living hell” and asked “is Mark Carney stupid enough to fall for it?” during a debate on Thursday. Speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, ahead of the EU-Canada summit in Montreal next week, […]
National Post(2026-10-23 17:35:19) Interior design: Curating curves Designer Daniella Dolman recalibrates a family’s main floor with calming colours, soft swoops and a simplistic Scandinavian sensibility
Toronto Star - Canada(2026-10-23 17:29:45) Son says Canadian died in U.S. after declining hospital care due to deportation fear The son of a Canadian woman who died after a fall at her home in Point Roberts, Wash., earlier this month said she refused to seek treatment as she feared she would be detained by U.S. authorities or prevented from…
Global News(2026-10-23 17:24:54) Suspect arrested after Paris-area ‘terrorist crime’ kills 1 Minister Nuñez said the shootings happened at three separate locations in the towns of Trappes and La Verrière, near Paris, and that they took less than 15 minutes in total.
Financial Post(2026-10-23 17:21:03) IMC Logistics’ Zero-Emission Hydrogen Truck to Lead Formula 1 Drivers’ Parade at Circuit of The Americas Specially built trailer and experienced logistics team will support a globally televised pre-race tradition at the Austin Grand Prix AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When the world’s top racing drivers take their place in the Formula 1 Grand Prix Drivers’ Parade at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) on Sunday, October 25, IMC […]
The military's top commander believes the main reason soldiers couldn't escape the deadly fire at CFB Wainwright is because of how quickly it tore across the training area.
Candidates vying to lead one of northern Ontario’s largest municipalities agree that public safety, homelessness and aging infrastructure will have to be among the top priorities for Thunder Bay’s next council. Nine candidates are competing to replace long-serving mayor and former member of Parliament Ken Boshcoff, who is retiring from municipal politics. He was first […]
EDMONTON — Alberta’s government says it has a suite of legislation coming this fall to protect Albertans, their pocketbooks and their personal information. Government house leader Joseph Schow says the province will soon table new bills to lower the cost of auto insurance and give Albertans new protections when it comes to their utility bills. […]
Financial Post(2026-10-23 17:03:26) Telesat schedules third quarter 2026 earnings conference call for October 29, 2026 OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Telesat (Nasdaq and TSX: TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. EDT to discuss its financial results on the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026. The call will […]
Global News(2026-10-23 16:43:27) Wolf attack in northern Saskatchewan injures contractor A person suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being attacked by a wolf in northern Saskatchewan earlier this week, the province's community safety ministry has confirmed.
Financial Post(2026-10-23 16:41:22) TGC 2026: Tec-Do Launches Navos Pro for Results-Driven AI for Work Guangzhou, China, Oct. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tec-Do today hosted Technology Growth Conference 2026 (TGC 2026) in Guangzhou under the theme “AI is Profitable.” Featuring AI pioneer Dr. Kevin Knight and speakers from OpenAI, Google, Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent, the conference explored how AI can deliver measurable business value. At the event, Tec-Do launched […]
The federal Conservatives are accusing Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada of exaggerating the decrease in new permanent residents in official messaging posted online.
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy on Friday defended his campaign’s ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton in the closely watched race for Ohio governor. Speaking at a campaign stop in northeast Ohio, he said the advertisement, which features Acton’s mother calling her “a liar,” had nothing to do with childhood abuse. “The […]
OTTAWA — A senior federal adviser says the Liberals are poised to release a new national security strategy — the first such policy in more than two decades. David Morrison, senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser to Prime Minister Mark Carney, says the strategy will look to bolster Canada’s defences against an array of security […]
In just his second big league season, Toronto catcher Liam Hicks will make his World Series debut when the Tampa Rays take on the Milwaukee Brewers for Game 1 at 8 p.m. ET Friday.
Toronto Star - Canada(2026-10-23 16:05:34) We're hearing more about rabies in the news. Here's what to know about the virus TORONTO - Public health officials in B.C. and Quebec are dealing with rabies in wild animals that have come into contact with people or domestic pets. In Vancouver, it was a single skunk but in parts of Quebec, there is…
The Grind(2026-10-23 21:38:30) How Are Palestine Supporters Approaching the Mayoral Election? For many, incumbent mayor Olivia Chow’s support for policing of the pro-Palestine movement has been a major disappointment. Challenger Brad Bradford, meanwhile, is aggressively supportive of Israel. We spoke to several people in the pro-Palestine movement about the how they’re thinking about voting this election
Policy Magazine(2026-10-23 17:30:50) The Case Against (Rate) Hiking By Douglas Porter October 23, 2026 It was just a little more than two weeks ago when the S&P 500 […]
Pluralistic(2026-10-23 20:44:02) Pluralistic: Critique and writing (23 Oct 2026) Today's links Critique and writing: The most important part of a writing workshop is trying to fix other people's stories. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: USPS nukes the mail; Enron Explorer; "Scored"; UAE's international hacker legion; NZ provides hacking tools to torturers; Truecrypt insecure; The Traitorous Eight. Upcoming appearances: Vancouver, Ottawa, Vienna, Kilkenny, Courtenay, Vancouver, Oxford, Sheffield, Virtual, Oxford, Montreal. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. Critique and writing (permalink) Through my own writing life, nothing has done more to improve my writing than diligent participation in peer-based workshops; that's where a group of writers, all at about the same stage in their artistic development, gather to read one another's work and offer feedback specifically aimed at improving each other's stories. This is a deceptively simple exercise, and the reasons it works so well are quite counter-intuitive. The most obvious benefit is the way that a workshop encourages you to write at all. When you're at the start of your writing career, you are almost totally reliant upon your own internal self-discipline to keep producing. Acquiring that self-discipline is infinitely valuable, but it's also incredibly hard. Being part of a group of writers who expect you to regularly turn in new work adds a very useful bit of external motivation that augments your still nascent self-discipline. Knowing you have to turn in a story for the group by Friday can get you in gear when you feel discouraged or blocked. Before you're getting published regularly (or at all), your critiquing circle might be the only source of validation you get for your work, so the knowledge that you're in for that validation if you get that story in on time is a great motivator. But this is where the counter-intuitive part comes in: as great as it feels to be the center of your peers' attention and to get close feedback on the work you sweated over, that's not the real value you get from a writing workshop, at least not at the start of your career. Your peers' critiques can help you fix weaknesses in your story, and even teach you a little about how to avoid those weaknesses in future work. You might get feedback that turns an unpublishable story into a published one. But the point of a writing workshop isn't merely to make your stories better – it's to make you better at writing stories. That's where critiquing other writers' stories comes in. The process of reading and re-reading someone else's imperfect work and devoting real mental energy to figuring out what's not working in it and how to fix it is how you develop the creative instincts that allow you to automatically and unconsciously avoid pitfalls and make breakthroughs in your own work. Even if none of the feedback you offer is ever incorporated into the story you're critiquing, the act of preparing and delivering that critique is the most reliable fast-track to becoming a better writer yourself. There's something very valuable in the combination of thinking critically, being exposed to other workshop members' ideas about the story under discussion, and working with source material that you can look at with more objectivity because it didn't come out of your own head. I bring all this up because I've now heard from a few beginning writers who tell me that they're finding LLMs to be good editorial feedback generators. They value the editorial suggestions they get from a chatbot after they finish their work, and use it to help them with a new draft. Without commenting on whether I think LLM feedback is editorially useful (I certainly wouldn't ever ask a chatbot for that kind of feedback), I want to point out that when it comes to improving your writing, getting editorial notes on your work is distinctly inferior to offering criticism of other writers' work. The reality is that when you're starting out as a writer, the vast majority of work you produce will be artistically unsalvageable. The much-vaunted "million words of crap" you write on the way to becoming a publishable writer are about learning to marry technique to artistic vision and to sharpen both. Getting editorial feedback that helps you shore up the weakest spots in a story that is ultimately never published and constitutes a learning exercise has value, but it has far less value than applying the things you've learned from making and fixing those mistakes to your next story. With vanishingly few exceptions, a commercially and artistically successful writer isn't someone who writes one great story or novel: a writing career is defined by a body of work, which means that you have to do more than rewrite. You have to write the next thing, and the next thing, and the next. Having an editor-on-demand of highly variable (and often dubious) quality might help you improve your writing, but it's no substitute for participating in a peer workshop. The idea that an LLM might be able to stand in for a workshop is grounded in the fallacy that the point of a workshop is to have people tell you how to fix your story, rather than analyzing other people's writing in order to develop your own critical skills. Look: it's a cliche to say "every writer is different," but I really believe that every writer is different, and that's down to the legibility of the writing process to other writers. If you're a painter or sculptor or other visual artist, you've likely spent many hours in a studio with many other practitioners while all of you work from the same life model or still life. If you're a musician, you've almost certainly played music with other musicians. If you're a dancer, you've definitely danced with other dancers. But writers get precious little exposure to other writers' process. At best we might look at each other's drafts. A musician can listen to every note another musician produces while riffing or composing a new work or interpreting a work. Writers don't get to watch words emerge from each other's fingertips. Being observed that closely while you write would be ghastly and paralyzingly invasive. I've taught a lot of writers over the years and I've had many discussions with my peers about their writing process, and I'm here to tell you that pretty much every writer finds every other writer's process baffling. We each of us invent an idiosyncratic process for ourselves that will never fully work for anyone else. So if you value editorial feedback from a chatbot (ideally, a local one running on your computer and not one of the "foundation models" that are torching the planet and elevating the worst people on earth to positions of political, technical and commercial prominence), that's fine, you do you. But even if that's the case, I still want you to know that whatever you're getting out of the chatbot is fundamentally different, and (I believe) much less useful than participating in a peer workshop. That's what I wanted to say today, but I predict that an appreciable number of readers are about to email me to ask how these "peer workshops" work. There's a ton of variability in how these are conducted, but the basic shape of them is that in advance of each session, one or more writers submits a finished work to the other writers, who then read through the manuscript at least twice, making notes that include both minor copyedits and broader, thematic notes. They may write a brief editorial response as well, ranging from a paragraph to a couple of pages. Then the workshop convenes. Each writer briefly expresses their views about the story under consideration, focusing on those thematic and structural notes on what worked and didn't work in the story, with suggestions for improving the latter. You don't need to point out every typo – they're noted on the manuscript. Critiquers don't need to repeat one another. If another workshop member says the thing you were planning to say, you can just say "Ditto what so-and-so said about whatever." If you have nothing to add when your turn comes about, it's fine to pass. Those are pretty much universal characteristics of a peer workshop. Here are some variations that I am dogmatically committed to, but which other workshoppers might disagree with: Every writer should submit regularly to the workshop. There is a serious risk that attending a workshop can become a substitute for actually writing. It is no kindness to your workshopmates to let them stay in the circle if it leads them to stop writing. The subject of each session must not speak during the critiques, except to answer direct questions that are not related to the writing itself (e.g., "I couldn't figure out what word this was supposed to be – can you clarify?"). The subject can speak after all the other writers have spoken. Each person in the critiquing circle speaks once, in turn, without being interrupted. No cross-talk allowed. It is useful to set a time-limit for critiques. No partial manuscripts. It's not really possible to critique a story unless you have the complete tale. Novels can be workshopped as three chapters and an outline. Stories should be distributed in advance and read in advance. Don't have writers read their work aloud for critique, as this can lead to critiquing the delivery rather than the material. Critique the story, not the writer. It's fine to be offended by something in the story, but not OK to accuse your workshopmates of being bad people for having offended you. Discourage resubmission of revised stories. Workshopping produces sharply diminishing returns. If you really want feedback on a rewrite, approach people individually and ask if they'll read the new draft. Any group of three or more writers can start a workshop. You'll need to locate writers who are at about the same stage in their artistic and professional lives as you, and find a physical place (or a videoconference service) where you can meet. Library meeting rooms are a favorite, and so is rotating between workshop members' homes. Set a regular schedule – weekly, fortnightly, monthly, possibly quarterly – and stick to it. If you write genre fiction and you are interested in attending a peer workshop that also has an instructor to guide the sessions, lecture, set exercises, etc, I can recommend the three workshops I've taught: Clarion (UC San Diego, six weeks): https://clarion.ucsd.edu/ (I'm also a 1992 Clarion grad) Clarion West (Seattle, six weeks): https://www.clarionwest.org/ Viable Paradise (Martha's Vineyard, one week): https://viableparadise.com/ Hey look at this (permalink) Terrible AI-generated Disney guidebooks on Amazon, Part 2 https://touringplans.com/blog/terrible-ai-generated-disney-guidebooks-on-amazon-part-2/ Online Privacy for Parents and Youth https://ssd.eff.org/module/online-privacy-for-parents-and-youth the mirage of Thatcherfuturism https://backofmind.substack.com/p/the-mirage-of-thatcherfuturism The New Canadian Canon https://macleans.ca/culture/the-new-canadian-canon/ Victory! 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http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/10/a-cultural-experiment.html #15yrsago Scored: pulse-pounding/thought-provoking YA novel about surveillance https://memex.craphound.com/2011/10/24/scored-pulse-pounding-thought-provoking-ya-novel-about-surveillance/ #10yrsago UAE surveillance contractor is recruiting an army of foreign hackers to break into its citizens’ devices https://web.archive.org/web/20161024141138/https://theintercept.com/2016/10/24/darkmatter-united-arab-emirates-spies-for-hire/ #10yrsago Publicly-funded NZ company sold mass surveillance tech to torturers and GCHQ https://web.archive.org/web/20161023101410/https://theintercept.com/2016/10/23/endace-mass-surveillance-gchq-governments/ #10yrsago RIP, Tom Hayden: Yippie, radical, politician, author https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37749127 #10yrsago Audit reveals significant vulnerabilities in Truecrypt and its successors https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/10/18/veracrypt-security-audit/ #5yrsago Cyber-mercenaries helped Saudis hack an NYT reporter https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/24/breaking-the-news/#kingdom #5yrsago The Traitorous Eight and the Battle of Germanium Valley https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/24/the-traitorous-eight-and-the-battle-of-germanium-valley/ #1yrago Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/#pee-bottles Upcoming appearances (permalink) Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24 https://writersfestival.org/event/life-after-ai Vienna: TED AI, Oct 28-30 https://tedai-vienna.ted.com/ Kilkenny (Kilkenomics), Nov 6-8 https://kilkenomics.com/ Courtenay: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10 https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/ Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12 https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/ Oxford: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23 https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html Sheffield: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25 https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation Virtual: Enshittification, AI, and the Future of Technology (UBC Master of Educational Technology), Nov 28 https://met.ubc.ca/2026/09/met-speaker-series-cory-doctorow-enshittification-ai-and-the-future-of-technology/ Oxford: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9 https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/ Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6 https://montreal2027.ca/en Recent appearances (permalink) Clint Eastwood (No Gods No Mayors) https://www.patreon.com/NoGodsNoMayors/posts/clint-eastwood-173008088 Life After AI (Brain Bar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPa43-n0vI Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8 AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily) AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/ AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia) https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/ Latest books (permalink) "The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to AI," a short book about being a better AI critic, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2026 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/ "Canny Valley": A limited edition collection of the collages I create for Pluralistic, self-published, September 2025 https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/04/illustrious/#chairman-bruce "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," Farrar, Straus, Giroux, October 7 2025 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/ "Picks and Shovels": a sequel to "Red Team Blues," about the heroic era of the PC, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), February 2025 (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865908/picksandshovels). "The Bezzle": a sequel to "Red Team Blues," about prison-tech and other grifts, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), February 2024 (thebezzle.org). "The Lost Cause:" a solarpunk novel of hope in the climate emergency, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), November 2023 (http://lost-cause.org). "The Internet Con": A nonfiction book about interoperability and Big Tech (Verso) September 2023 (http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org). Signed copies at Book Soup (https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245). "Red Team Blues": "A grabby, compulsive thriller that will leave you knowing more about how the world works than you did before." Tor Books http://redteamblues.com. "Chokepoint Capitalism: How to Beat Big Tech, Tame Big Content, and Get Artists Paid, with Rebecca Giblin", on how to unrig the markets for creative labor, Beacon Press/Scribe 2022 https://chokepointcapitalism.com Upcoming books (permalink) "The Post-American Internet," a geopolitical sequel of sorts to Enshittification, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2027 "Unauthorized Bread": a middle-grades graphic novel adapted from my novella about refugees, toasters and DRM, FirstSecond, April 20, 2027 "Enshittification, Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It" (the graphic novel), Firstsecond, 2027 "The Memex Method," Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2027 Colophon (permalink) Today's top sources: Currently writing: “Once Is Enemy Action,” a science fiction novel about the origins of modern technofascism. Today's words: 550 (28730 total). "The Post-American Internet," a sequel to "Enshittification," about the better world the rest of us get to have now that Trump has torched America. 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