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May 14, 2026
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32Michael$37,903,566
4-The Sheep Detectives$15,087,796
5-Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft$7,011,311
63The Super Mario Galaxy Movie$6,640,870
74Project Hail Mary$6,595,309
85Hokum$3,270,322
98Deep Water$836,830
106Animal Farm$704,150
☰ Spotify Canada
1=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
2=Dominic Fike : Babydoll
3+1Justin Bieber : Beauty And A Beat
4-1Malcolm Todd : Earrings
5=Olivia Rodrigo : drop dead
6+2Ella Langley : Be Her
7+2Michael Jackson : Billie Jean
8-1Justin Bieber : DAISIES
9-3Noah Kahan : Doors
10=Olivia Dean : Man I Need
11+1Bella Kay : iloveitiloveitiloveit
12+1The Killers : Mr. Brightside
13-2Alex Warren : Ordinary
14=PinkPantheress : Stateside + Zara Larsson
15+1STELLA LEFTY : Boston
16-1Tame Impala : Dracula - JENNIE Remix
17+2The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
18-1Noah Kahan : The Great Divide
19-1Taylor Swift : The Fate of Ophelia
20=Djo : End of Beginning
21+1Michael Jackson : Beat It
22-1Dominic Fike : White Keys
23=sombr : back to friends
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12Capitals43-30-995
☰ slashdot
- Man Who Stole Beyonce's Hard Drives Gets Five-Year Sentence
- SOLAI Launches $399 Solode Neo Linux AI Computer
- Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains
- Windows Update Is Getting Automatic Rollbacks For Faulty Drivers
- Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
☰ cbc sports
- Stage is set for the PWHL's 1st all-Canadian Walter Cup final
- Canadian curling great Brad Gushue named high-performance director for U.S. team
- Toronto Tempo happy with improvement in 1st-ever WNBA win in franchise history
- Canada's most interesting golfer makes his major debut
- PWHL to add teams in Hamilton and Las Vegas ahead of next season
☰ espn
- NBA playoff takeaways: Cavs storm back in Detroit ...
- Cavs rally for OT win, head home with 3-2 lead
- Avs storm back from down 3-0, make West finals
- Amid slump, Ohtani stars again on mound in win
- Source: Fins make Achane 3rd-highest-paid RB
☰ global
- Vancouver business leaders seek solution to stop Whitecaps from moving
- ‘It’s disgusting’: Kelowna man speaks out after racist road rage incident targets parents
- Two dead in Vaughan shooting; homicide unit investigating
- Manitoba’s nursing regulator apologizes for discrimination against Indigenous Peoples
- Manitoba could have commissioner enforce planned social media ban for kids: Kinew
☰ Ars Technica
- Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed
- FCC angers small carriers by helping AT&T and Starlink buy EchoStar spectrum
- Protein in Homo erectus teeth suggests Denisovans gave us some of their DNA
- Foiled plot tried to sneak 49 lbs of cocaine into Australia via Xerox printers
- AI invades Princeton, where 30% of students cheat—but peers won't snitch
☰ nyt world
- The Lecturer and Philosopher King: Xi Jinping Behind Closed Doors
- Britain Has Had 5 Leaders in a Decade. Is It About to Get Another?
- Gulf Countries Arrest Shiite ‘Traitors’ Amid War With Iran
- Russia-Ukraine War Shows Cease-Fires Have Lost Meaning Under Trump
- Are These the Bones of the Fourth Musketeer? This Dutch Village Hopes So.
☰ cbc
- Judge quashes Elections Alberta's approval of separation referendum petition
- Carney government to announce review of Clean Electricity Regulations
- Trade, tariffs and Iran on the table as Trump and Xi meet in Beijing
- Mother charged with murder in death of 1-year-old girl, Toronto police say
- Truck driver in crash that killed former Olympic figure skater sentenced to prison time
☰ space
- Wristwatch-like device enables assessment of health risks for astronauts on mission to the moon
- NASA fuel cell tests pave way for energy storage on the moon
- The material science behind a spacecraft's impact armor
- Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change
- Spaceflight leaves astronauts' joints unchanged after 18 days on ISS, early data suggest
☰ science daily
- Who are the Japanese? Huge DNA discovery rewrites history
- Earth is flying through ancient supernova debris and scientists found the evidence in Antarctic ice
- Quantum breakthrough could revolutionize teleportation and computing
- A rare cancer-fighting plant compound has been decoded
- New quantum algorithm solves “impossible” materials problem in seconds
☰ new scientist
- Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth
- Arctic fires are releasing carbon stored for thousands of years
- Asteroid to miss Earth by a quarter of the length from us to the moon
- Why autism pioneer Uta Frith wants to dismantle the spectrum
- Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus
☰ science alert
- A Silent Bone Condition Affects 40% of Adults. It May Warn of Osteoporosis.
- JWST Reveals a Hidden Structure in The Heart of The Squid Galaxy
- A 481-Meter Tsunami Struck Alaska, And It Was a Terrifying Near Miss
- The Earliest Known Dentistry Wasn't Done By Our Species
☰ Weather Forecast
Thu 14 May

high: 14°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Fri 15 May

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 16 May

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sun 17 May

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Mon 18 May

high: 26°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Thu 14 May

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Fri 15 May

high: 19°C
Sunny
 Sat 16 May

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Sun 17 May

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Mon 18 May

high: 28°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Thu 14 May

high: 13°C
Showers
 Fri 15 May

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 70%
 Sat 16 May

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Sun 17 May

high: 20°C
Sunny
 Mon 18 May

high: 23°C
Sunny
Thu 14 May

high: 12°C
A few showers
 Fri 15 May

high: 20°C
Sunny
 Sat 16 May

high: 22°C
Sunny
 Sun 17 May

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Mon 18 May

high: 21°C
Sunny
Thu 14 May

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 15 May

high: 19°C
Cloudy
 Sat 16 May

high: 24°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 17 May

high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 18 May

high: 22°C
Sunny
Thu 14 May

high: 10°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Fri 15 May

high: 14°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sat 16 May

high: 21°C
Sunny
 Sun 17 May

high: 13°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 18 May

high: 17°C
Sunny
Thu 14 May

high: 16°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Fri 15 May

high: 12°C
Showers
 Sat 16 May

high: 15°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sun 17 May

high: 16°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 18 May

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Thu 14 May

high: 18°C
Periods of rain
 Fri 15 May

high: 15°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sat 16 May

high: 6°C
Showers
 Sun 17 May

high: 6°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 18 May

high: 13°C
A mix of sun and cloud
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MSFT 405.17 -2.66   -0.65%
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TESLA 445.27 +11.83   +2.73%
NFLX 87.56 -0.13   -0.15%
AMD 445.37 -2.81   -0.63%
INTC 120.26 -0.34   -0.28%
QCOM 213.18 +2.84   +1.35%
NXP 298.29 +4.08   +1.39%
AVGO 416.74 -2.79   -0.67%
IBM 214.62 -4.65   -2.12%
CSCO 101.98 +2.67   +2.69%
ORCL 189.77 +2.96   +1.58%
CRM 165.84 -5.48   -3.20%
ADBE 236.04 -4.76   -1.98%
CIEN 578.11 +0.71   +0.12%
JPM 300.31 -4.56   -1.50%
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PEP 149.27 -2.61   -1.72%
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☰ Word of the Day
imbroglio

noun (im-BROHL-yoh)

Imbroglio is a formal word that refers to a complex dispute or argument.

☰ Thought of the Day
"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile." - Roger Staubach
☰ Born on this day
- Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and founder of modern scientific agriculture (Principles of Rational Agriculture), born in Celle, Electorate of Hanover (d. 1828)
- Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek folk singer, songwriter and guitarist, born in Tinos, Greece (d. 1977)
- Čestmír Gregor, Czech composer, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
- Vic Flick, British studio guitarist ("James Bond Theme"; George Martin Orchestra; John Barry Seven), film score composer, and arranger, born in Worcester Park, Surrey, England (d. 2024)
- William F. Murphy, Disgraced American Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church (Vicar General to Cardinal Bernard Law, 1993-2001), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2026)
- Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic politician (President of Iceland, 1996-2016; Minister of Finance, 1988-91), born in Ísafjörður, Iceland
- Donald R McMonagle, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 54, 66), born in Flint, Michigan
- Carlyle Best, cricketer (WI batsman late 80's)
☰ Weather News
- NOAA environmental data heads to the cloud for fast, on-demand public access
- NOAA research offers roadmap to improve West Nile virus forecasts, prevention
- Behind every impactful NOAA Ocean Guardian School project is an Ocean Guardian teacher
☰ Today in History
- The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0
- NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Calgary Flames beat St. Louis Blues, 4 games to 3
- FC Barcelona of Spain win 37th European Cup Winner's Cup against Paris Saint-Germain of France 1-0 in Rotterdam
- Kurt Eisner, German socialist politician, revolutionary and journalist (President of the People's State of Bavaria 1918-19), born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1919)
- Robert Ritter, German child psychologist who classified the Roma and Sinti populations for persecution under the Third Reich, born in Aachen, German Empire (d. 1951)
- Barbara Branden, Canadian writer and lecturer (The Passion of Ayn Rand, Who is Ayn Rand?), born in Winnipeg (d. 2013)
- Dave Widell, NFL center/guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Anais Granofsky, American-Canadian actress, screenwriter, and director (Lucy Fernandez in "Degrassi"), born in Springfield, Ohio

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