Responsible Data Centres: Ottawa says 19 more organizations have signed on to Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles, bringing signatories to 42 and setting expectations around local benefits, electricity-rate protection, water use, environmental impacts, transparency, and strategic value. Municipal Housing Pressure: In Halton Hills, mayoral candidates traded ideas at an Acton meeting, with housing affordability and how to work with builders (including more secondary units/tiny homes) taking centre stage. Local Servicing Costs: Jasper approved an Arnica Avenue servicing cost recovery policy, aiming to recover about $776,705 from future developers so existing taxpayers aren’t stuck with infrastructure borrowing. Indigenous Housing Builds: Northern Saskatchewan is getting 12 new tiny homes for Métis citizens, with completion targeted for spring 2027. Health Campus Planning: T’Sou-ke Nation is advancing a business case for a Nation-led regional health care campus that could combine primary care, allied services, education, research, traditional healing, virtual care, and emergency planning. Construction Market Signal: A new cost report says data centres are driving more starts even as residential and industrial work cools. Cyber & Community Backlash: Data-centre debates are spilling into arrests and threats in at least one community, highlighting how fast local opposition can escalate.