In this extended episode of Passenger Insights, we travel across Canada to unpack the local stories shaping communities in 2026. We begin in Regina, where a provincial audit found ongoing concerns with hand-hygiene compliance in hospital units. From there, we head to Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, where two significant EF-2 tornadoes caused widespread damage and launched a major cleanup effort.

We also cover the heartbreaking search at Nutimik Lake in Manitoba, the controversial Yellowknife housing rezoning vote, a serious scooter crash in Windsor, and the ongoing Boden Umpherville coroner’s inquest in Prince Albert.

The episode then turns to national issues with local impacts, including impaired-driving arrests in Woodstock, the premiers’ push for increased health-care funding, debates over private surgical options in Alberta, new gr ...