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April 22, 2026
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Olivia Rodrigo : drop dead
2=Justin Bieber : Beauty And A Beat
3=Justin Bieber : DAISIES
4=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
5=Dominic Fike : Babydoll
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7-1PinkPantheress : Stateside + Zara Larsson
8=Olivia Dean : Man I Need
9=Tame Impala : Dracula - JENNIE Remix
10=Malcolm Todd : Earrings
11=Alex Warren : Ordinary
12+1Don Toliver : E85
13+1Ella Langley : Be Her
14-2Dominic Fike : White Keys
15=Justin Bieber : Confident - Single Version
16=sombr : back to friends
17+2Justin Bieber : YUKON
18+7The Killers : Mr. Brightside
19+10Taylor Swift : The Fate of Ophelia
20=sombr : Homewrecker
21=Bruno Mars : Risk It All
22-5Olivia Dean : So Easy (To Fall In Love)
23=Sean Kingston : Eenie Meenie
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6Canadiens48-24-10106
7Wild46-24-12104
8Bruins45-27-10100
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10Penguins41-25-1698
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12Capitals43-30-995
☰ slashdot
- Ping-Pong Robot Makes History By Beating Top-Level Human Players
- Anthropic's Mythos Model Is Being Accessed by Unauthorized Users
- The 'Missing-Scientist' Story Is Unbelievably Dumb
- Gates Foundation To Cut 20% of Staff, Review Epstein Ties
- Google Unveils Two New AI Chips For the 'Agentic Era'
☰ cbc sports
- Will a Canadian get picked in the first round of the NFL draft?
- Colton and Kadriana Lott chase Canada's first world mixed doubles curling gold
- Columbus gets NWSL's 18th team to start play in 2028
- Advocates who deal with sexual assault, harassment commend Sask. Roughriders on Ajou Ajou firing
- St. Louis Cardinals fighting Hamilton Cardinals attempt to trademark baseball team name and design in Canada
☰ espn
- Miller's final NFL mock draft -- with Fowler's latest intel: Projecting 32 first-round picks
- NFL draft eve buzz: Everything we're hearing on the top-10 picks, possible trades in Round 1
- Bama, DeBoer reach new 7-year, $87.5M contract
- Man City win to knock Arsenal out of first place
- Spurs' Johnson named NBA Sixth Man of the Year
☰ global
- Alberta NDP to participate in new boundaries review after calling it illegitimate
- B.C. charities want to see provincial government end pet bans in rental housing
- Ontario tables legislation to restrict foreign ownership of farmland
- U.S. CDC study on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy won’t be released: officials
- Ontario driver who killed woman, 3 daughters has appeals dismissed
☰ Ars Technica
- Tesla reports Q1 2026 earnings: Still profitable
- Our newsroom AI policy
- Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead
- RFK Jr. won't back CDC director on vaccines as agency scraps positive data
- You want your Moon landings in HD? So does NASA—here's how it's happening.
☰ nyt world
- Iran War Live Updates: Reported Seizure of Ships Injects New Uncertainty Over Peace Talks
- Threat of Evictions Darkens Russia’s Rosy Picture of Occupied Ukraine
- To Iran, Trump Blinked First by Extending the Cease-Fire
- Pope Leo Is Skipping Some of Africa’s Biggest Catholic Nations
- A Year After Terrorist Attack, a Kashmir Town Longs for Tourists
☰ cbc
- Quebec producer who sold fake maple syrup isn’t stopping, federation alleges
- Death of woman who collapsed in Ontario hospital after repeated ER visits was accidental, inquest jury finds
- Gunman seen behind B.C. tourists in photo taken moments before shooting at Mexican pyramids
- Air Canada jet from Toronto involved in near-miss at New York airport, FAA says
- Carney says U.S. trade talks will 'take some time,' as he vows Trump won't dictate the terms
☰ space
- NASA eyes September for Roman Telescope launch
- Light-powered propulsion expands space exploration possibilities
- SpaceX partners with AI startup Cursor, may buy it for $60 bn
- NASA rolls out Artemis III moon rocket core stage
- How do astronauts adapt their grip and move objects when transitioning between Earth and space?
☰ science daily
- Hidden virus in your gut may be linked to colon cancer
- A simple blood test could reveal Alzheimer’s risk years early
- Scientists stunned as JWST finds ice clouds on a giant alien planet
- DNA reveals a hidden pitviper species in China
- Two common drugs may reverse fatty liver disease, study finds
☰ new scientist
- 98 per cent of meat and dairy sustainability pledges are greenwashing
- We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?
- Table tennis-playing robot on track to becoming world champion
- Exercise advice for long covid may be doing more harm than good
- Fermat's Last Theorem: still a must-read about a 350-year maths secret
☰ science blog
- Poison Helps Flat-Faced Dogs Breathe
- Nearest Jupiter Has Water-Ice Clouds and Scientists Are Not Sure Why
- Gibraltar’s Monkeys Are Eating Dirt to Cope With Tourists’ Junk Food
- The Sound of Rain Wakes Seeds From the Dead
☰ Weather Forecast
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☰ Word of the Day
tantamount

adjective (TAN-tuh-mount)

Something may be described as tantamount to something else if it is equal in value, meaning, or effect.

☰ Thought of the Day
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe
☰ Born on this day
- Antoine of Navarre [de Bourbon], King of Navarre, 1555-62), born in La Fère, Picardy, France (d. 1562)
- Miguel Querol Gavalda, Spanish musicologist and composer, born in Ulldecona, Spain (d. 2002)
- Dick Dudley, American TV host (Village Barn), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2000)
- Charlotte Rae [Lubotsky], American character actress (Diff'rent Strokes, 1978-79, and The Facts Of Life, 1978-86 - "Mrs. Garrett"), comedienne, singer, and dancer, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2018)
- Dick Conway, New Zealand rugby union flanker/#8 (10 Tests; Otago RFU, Bay of Plenty RU), born in Whakatāne, New Zealand (d. 2022)
- Alan Dukes, Irish Fine Gael politician, born in Drimnagh, Dublin, Ireland
- Ken Olandt, American actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun), born in Richmond, California
- Zoltan Gera, former Hungarian footballer and current manager of Vasas SC (Hungarian Player of the Year 2002, 04, 05), born in Pécs, Hungary
☰ Weather News
- Explore the seafloor with NOAA's modernized data portal
- Small actions, big impact: Get involved in your national marine sanctuaries
- From our satellites to you, on Earth Day 2026
☰ Today in History
- First expedition of the English East India Company to the Spice Islands of the Moluccas departs Torbay
- Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
- Lebanon release US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
- Pete Townshend's rock musical "The Who's Tommy" adapted for theatrical stage, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 899 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award
- Schelto Patijn appointed Mayor of Amsterdam
- Michael Hillegas, American merchant and first Treasurer of the United States (1775-89), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1804)
- C. A. J. van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher, born in Zierikzee, Netherlands (d. 1931)
- Donald J. Cram, American biochemist (development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity - Nobel 1987), born in Chester, Vermont (d. 2001)
- Mario Machado, Chinese-American eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster, first Chinese-American on-air news anchor in Los Angeles, born in Shanghai (d. 2013)
- (Jesse) "Pete" Carr, American guitarist and session musician (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section; LeBlanc and Carr), born in Daytona Beach, Florida (d. 2020)

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