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October 20, 2026
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☰ Top Movies
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2-You Can See Everything$15,601,418
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4-Whalefall$7,837,153
5-Sense and Sensibility$7,203,465
62Verity$65,927,001
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84Heart of the Beast$58,228,952
9-Jailer 2$3,260,000
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Tate McRae : Housewife
2+1Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
3-1Zach Bryan : Lies
4=ADÉLA : Nicole Kidman
5+1STELLA LEFTY : Boston
6+7The Killers : Mr. Brightside
7-2Olivia Rodrigo : expectations
8+2Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
9+2Ashe : Stop The Wedding!
10+2Olivia Dean : Man I Need
11+4ADÉLA : Ain't In LA
12+2Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
13-6Taylor Swift : Patient Zero
14-5Malcolm Todd : Earrings
15+7Whiskey Myers : Broken Window Serenade
16+3The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
17-9Zach Bryan : Lodi When
18-2Drake : Janice STFU
19-1Drake : Quebec
20-3Alex Warren : Ordinary
21=P!nk : Just Give Me a Reason
22+4Fleetwood Mac : Dreams - 2001 Remaster
23-3Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
☰ Standings
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6Oilers6-1-113
7Wild6-2-113
8Lightning6-2-012
9Senators6-3-012
10Panthers5-2-212
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☰ slashdot
- Japan Launches Historic MMX Sample-Return Mission to Mars' Moon Phobos
- Amazon To Fund 12 Small Nuclear Reactors At Former Indiana Coal Plant
- Professor Calls To Abolish Business Schools For Failing Society
- TP-Link Moves to Assemble Routers In the US Following Import Ban
- Trump DHS Officials Asked CISA To Secretly Aquire and Hack a Voting Machine
☰ sportsnet
- ‘Big-time player’ McKenna helps Maple Leafs snap skid
- ‘When I do that, I’m getting confidence’: McKenna on scoring game-winning goal
- Rays advance to World Series after Game 6 win over Guardians
- Gotta See It: Rays’ Caminero crushes two-run homer off foul pole
- What we know about Raptors as season opener looms
☰ espn
- ALCS Game 6: Takeaways as Rays advance to World Series
- McLaurin carted off in MNF loss; Commanders fear 'significant' knee injury
- Reese's 30-16 night leads Dream to franchise's 1st Finals win in Game 2, ties series
- Rays clinch ALCS with Game 6 win, to face Brewers in World Series
- Banged-up Rams lose star WR Adams for 6-10 weeks, McVay says
☰ global
- McGill law students petition for convicted murderer to return to studies
- Montreal man faces massive medical bills after emergency spinal surgery
- Alberta referendum voters reject separatism, choose to stay in Canada
- McKenna back in the spotlight for Maple Leafs
- B.C. Toyota owner battles automaker over $13K bill after transmission fails
☰ Ars Technica
- Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos
- Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn't seen for decades
- Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine
- Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says
- Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?
☰ nyt world
- Voters in Oil-Rich Alberta Reject Leaving Canada
- The A.I. Data Center Backlash Has Reached a Quiet Corner of Rural England
- Attack on Australian Lawmaker Prompts Calls to Dial Down Political Tensions
- How a Trillion-Dollar Industry Launders Illegal Gold
- The French Teen Maimed During School Unrest by Tear Gas Grenade
☰ cbc
- Carney says Alberta 'chose unity' as CBC News projects province voted to stay in Canada
- A contractor left this Toronto man without a roof. His insurance company is denying his claim
- Conditions for wildfire were 'extreme' at Wainwright Saturday, experts say
- Stelco's U.S. owner says steelmaker had 'strongest' quarter since acquisition as massive layoffs underway
- Incoming Quebec premier asks lieutenant-governor to skip cabinet's swearing-in
☰ space
- Retired pilot helps historical society buy Neil Armstrong's boyhood home for tours
- Japan's MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars's moon Phobos
- Forecasting air drag with deep learning helps predict when uncontrolled satellites and rocket stages fall to Earth
- How did Mars get its moons? Japan's MMX space mission aims to solve the puzzle
- A trip to Mars could come at a heartbreaking cost
☰ science daily
- Just 3,000 steps a day may help slow Alzheimer's, scientists find
- Alaska’s monster tsunami sent water 1,580 feet up a mountain
- Why some people escape Alzheimer’s despite carrying a high-risk gene
- Something strange is happening beneath a volcano near 2 million people
- Scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize for controlling brain cells with light
☰ new scientist
- How to maximise the mental health benefits of your vacation
- Strange paraparticles could be reality’s missing ingredient
- Cloudy skies have slowed global warming – but that may be changing
- Hunter-gatherers introduced fish to a mountain lake 7000 years ago
- Using AI for creative pursuits? Moderation is key
☰ science alert
- Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger As They Age
- Viral Deep-Sea Expedition Found a Real-Life Patrick From SpongeBob, And 57 New Species
- The Universe Seems to Be Stuck in Place by a Strange Quantum Phenomenon
- ADHD Drugs May Reduce The Risk of Early Death, Major Study Finds
☰ Weather Forecast
Wed 21 Oct

high: 13°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 13°C
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high: 16°C
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high: 15°C
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high: 18°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 18°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 15°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 13°C
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high: 15°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 13°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 13°C
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high: 18°C
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Wed 21 Oct

high: 10°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 7°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 11°C
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Tue 20 Oct

high: 14°C
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high: 15°C
Sunny
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high: 13°C
A mix of sun and cloud
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high: 12°C
Cloudy
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high: 11°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Tue 20 Oct

high: 12°C
Mainly sunny
 Wed 21 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Thu 22 Oct

high: 17°C
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high: 5°C
Periods of rain
 Sat 24 Oct

high: 3°C
Chance of rain showers or flurries
pop: 60%
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NASDAQ 29,529.34 +341.80   +1.17%
AAPL 342.99 -0.44   -0.13%
GOOG 340.20 +3.33   +0.99%
MSFT 533.60 +4.67   +0.88%
AMZN 262.49 +12.54   +5.02%
META 704.95 -4.38   -0.62%
NVDA 217.17 0.00   0.00%
TESLA 368.10 +13.48   +3.80%
NFLX 69.83 -0.72   -1.03%
AMD 537.76 +8.92   +1.69%
INTC 91.97 0.00   0.00%
QCOM 173.51 +1.54   +0.90%
NXP 230.14 +0.68   +0.30%
AVGO 334.63 +5.85   +1.78%
IBM 236.44 +4.31   +1.86%
CSCO 106.51 -0.88   -0.82%
ORCL 129.62 +1.40   +1.09%
CRM 242.47 +1.76   +0.73%
ADBE 247.09 +1.87   +0.76%
CIEN 344.28 +11.23   +3.37%
JPM 333.59 -6.08   -1.79%
BAC 50.39 -0.83   -1.62%
GS 875.33 -5.35   -0.61%
VISA 402.91 +0.33   +0.08%
MA 616.28 -1.11   -0.18%
WMT 118.71 -0.11   -0.09%
KO 93.42 -0.44   -0.47%
PEP 133.57 +2.07   +1.57%
DIS 109.58 -0.97   -0.88%
MCD 242.64 -0.27   -0.11%
NKE 37.22 0.00   0.00%
BA 191.47 +1.42   +0.75%
XOM 178.29 -0.72   -0.40%
CVX 224.46 -0.53   -0.24%
☰ Word of the Day
spizzerinctum

noun: Energy, courage, and determination.
☰ Thought of the Day
"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others" - Confucius, from The Analects of Confucius
☰ Born on this day
- Andrea Della Robbia, Italian sculptor, nephew of Luca, born in Florence (d. 1525)
- Ellen Hardin Walworth, American author, lawyer, activist, and founding member of Daughters of the American Revolution, born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 1915)
- Jean-Pierre Melville, French filmmaker (A Cop), born in Paris, France (d. 1973)
- Earl Hindman, American actor (Home Improvement - "Wilson"; Ryan's Hope, 1975-89 - "Bob Reid"), born in Bisbee, Arizona (d. 2003)
- Shuping Wang, Chinese doctor who exposed China's HIV crisis, born in Fugou County, Henan, China (d. 2019)
- Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress (Sailor Moon), born in Maruko, Japan
- Kamala Harris, American lawyer, politician and 49th Vice President of the United States (2021-) who was the 1st African-American, Asian-American attorney general of California, born in Oakland, California
- Chantel Tremitiere, American WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
☰ Weather News
- El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook
- Ocean Facts: What are Kelvin waves?
- Aerial images of damage from #Isaias now available online
☰ Today in History
- Great General Strike in Russia begins and lasts 11 days
- Anti-fascist People's Front forms in Brussels
- MLB New York Yankees begin a 16-game exhibition tour in Japan
- Baseball World Series: Cincinnati beats A's 2-1 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to sweep Oakland and win Reds' fifth title; MVP: Reds' pitcher José Rijo
- Demolition crews remove facade of the East Wing of the White House for construction of a new ballroom, despite initial announcement that the existing building would not be touched
- Adelaide Hall, American-English musical theatre, cabaret, and jazz singer (Cotton Club; "Creole Love Call" with Duke Ellington), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1993)
- Janet Jagan [née Rosenberg], America-born Guyanese politician and the first female president of Guyana (1997-99), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009)
- Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano, born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Susan Tully, British television director and actress (Michelle Fowler in "EastEnders"), born in London
- Willis McGahee, American football running back (Pro Bowl 2007, 11; Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos), born in Miami, Florida

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