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Politico’s Canada Playbook turns five

Politico celebrates filing more than 1,000 Playbooks at The Commons in Ottawa with cake, cowboy koozies, and a packed midday birthday bash.
Politico's team (minus Zi-Ann Lum): Sue Allan, left, Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Mickey Djuric, and Mike Blanchfield, pose for photos with the cake at Ottawa Playbook's fifth birthday bash on Aug. 18 at The Commons on Sparks Street.The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
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BY STUART BENSON
August 19, 2026

Politico celebrated the fifth anniversary of its morning Canada Playbook newsletter on Aug. 18, with cake, a few lunch beers at The Commons on Sparks Street, and about 75 of its “Day One” readers, colleagues, and friends from around the Hill. 

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