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Five newsrooms, one magazine. Fifteen long reads on what November cost you, who's in charge, what's under the hood and what to do with your weekend. Every story opens with a TL;DR and the numbers that matter.

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No.01PRO
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The 808 Monthly, November 2026 cover
THE COVER STORY
Oil at US$110. A $65B deficit. A $100 night out. And a betting exchange that wants your sports money.

November was the month the bills came due. A shipping lane on the other side of the planet reached your mortgage. Ottawa wrote a budget under a watchdog's microscope. Toronto's ticket prices met a jury and a new law. This issue pulls the threads from all five 808 desks together, so you can see how they connect.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Four parts. Fifteen stories.

Stories from The 808 Brief, P8LITICS, SP8RTS, Platforms and Circul8r, shuffled together by what they mean for you.

01

Your money

What November cost you.

  1. The Hormuz tax3 min
  2. Budget week2 min
  3. The $100 night out4 min
  4. The exchange will see you now3 min
  5. Owning nothing3 min
02

Who's in charge

Seats at the table, votes and owners.

  1. Ottawa buys a seat at the AI table3 min
  2. Two days out3 min
  3. Four more years2 min
  4. Sovereign stakes2 min
03

Under the hood

Patches, pipes and shutdowns.

  1. PHP2Shell is the patch your web host owes you3 min
  2. Your AI plumbing is now an attack surface3 min
  3. Game over in Edmonton2 min
04

Play & the city

Games, the game, and Toronto.

  1. Eighteen days to Vice City3 min
  2. One in four2 min
  3. November, unwrapped2 min
A LOOK INSIDE

Designed to be read, not scrolled.

Every story opens on its own page with a TL;DR and the numbers, then reads like a magazine: big-number callouts, pull quotes, charts and The 808 Take.

The month in 60 seconds page
PAGE 3The month in 60 seconds
The Hormuz tax opener
PAGE 6The Hormuz tax: TL;DR and the numbers
Budget week inside pages
PRO MEMBERS
PAGE 11Budget week: callouts and cards
A TASTE · TL;DR

The short version, on the house.

Three of the fifteen TL;DRs. Pro members get all of them, and the stories behind them.

YOUR MONEY · P8LITICS

The Hormuz tax

  1. Daily ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz fell from about 138 to 5, and Brent hit US$110 on Oct 16.
  2. Fuel and freight costs pushed Canada's inflation to 3.1% in September, driven mostly by energy.
  3. The Bank of Canada raised its rate to 2.50% on Oct 28. Real relief depends on Washington and Tehran.
WHO'S IN CHARGE · THE 808

Ottawa buys a seat at the AI table

  1. Ottawa will take an equity stake of up to $1.6B in Cohere, paid in stages.
  2. In return, Cohere commits to 1,000+ new technical jobs and $1.7B of Canadian compute by 2030.
  3. For IT buyers, the test is whether "sovereign" means real choice on price, capability and control.
PLAY & THE CITY · PLATFORMS

Eighteen days to Vice City

  1. GTA VI launches Nov 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, 13 years after GTA V.
  2. 29% of U.S. console and PC gamers plan to buy it; Bloomberg tied a 22% PS5 sales jump to it.
  3. It's moving hardware, stock prices and a labour story before it's even out.

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