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October 03, 2026
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3-2Taylor Swift : Patient Zero
4NEWNoah Kahan : Draw You Out
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6-4Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
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14-2The Killers : Mr. Brightside
15-9Taylor Swift : Babylon
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17-2Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
18-5Taylor Swift : Cleveland!
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☰ slashdot
- Steam On Linux - Down To 3.05% For September?
- Researcher, Dartmouth Professor and Provost Face Accusations of Secretly Using AI
- California's Governor Wants Worker Protections from AI. But FSF Thinks Kill Switches are 'Dangerous Precedent'
- Someone Got Doom In an SQL Database
- US Judge Rules Flock Search Was Mass Surveillance. Bernie Sanders Proposes 'Ban Flock Act'
☰ sportsnet
- NLDS on Sportsnet: Dodgers vs. Braves, Game 1
- Quick Shifts: Why Maple Leafs should thrive with salary-cap spike
- Things we know: Oilers goaltending raises alarm bells
- Grant Taylor gets four-inning save as White Sox blank Guardians in Game 1
- Q and A: Darryl Sittler on Gavin McKenna, trade requests and growing up a Habs fan
☰ espn
- White Sox shut down Guardians to win Game 1 of ALDS
- Fever GM defends fanbase: Attacks have no basis in reality, must stop
- QB Taylor 'day-to-day' after Heisman contender struggles vs. Tide
- Michigan, Underwood again underwhelm as Gophers hoist Little Brown Jug
- Panthers place Legette on IR, ruling WR out for next 4 games
☰ global
- Sask. city’s wastewater tops Canada for most methamphetamine, cocaine
- Alfredsson reflects on bolting Sens for Leafs
- 2 children, 1 woman dead following collision in southeastern Saskatchewan
- Ontario-based air ambulance carrying 6 missing off U.S. coast
- The Curator: Hosting for the holidays? These high-tech cleaning gadgets do the dirty work for you
☰ Ars Technica
- Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
- The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
- Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
- Someone got Doom in an SQL database
- Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
☰ nyt world
- How FlyDubai Passengers and Crew Averted Disaster After Pilot Was Stabbed During Flight
- Separatists Are Poised to Win Quebec’s Election. Independence Is Still a Hard Sell.
- Omani Co-Pilot on FlyDubai Flight Is Said to Have Extremist Views
- American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels
- Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline
☰ cbc
- 'We're praying for a safe outcome': Air ambulance with Canadian crew missing en route to Boston
- Canada scores a dairy win on U.S. soil as farmers grumble about Trump's trade war
- Internal documents show why Ottawa is worried about the Alberta referendum, even if the province votes to stay
- Canada bet billions on an EV boom. Was it too much, too soon?
- Woman, 2 children dead after serious collision near Foam Lake, Sask.
☰ space
- Team selected for NASA program to explore potential lunar cave
- SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
- Starship's first orbital flight put its heat shield to the test
- SpaceX's Starship rocket does its job during first orbital flight
- NASA announces new missions for Boeing Starliner spacecraft
☰ science daily
- This protective enzyme could help stop fatty liver disease from getting worse
- ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter
- NASA’s Roman telescope just opened its planet-hunting eye
- Chang’e-6 lunar soil contains a surprising magnetic time capsule
- Powerful simulations reveal how the first stars changed the universe
☰ 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
- One Diet Change May Ease Depression Symptoms in Just 4 Weeks, Small Trial Finds
- Old Hearts Become Biologically Younger When Transplanted Into Younger People
- The Aging Brain Isn't Declining – It's Adapting, Study Finds
- This Sea Creature Looks Like Poop. It May Also Live For 120 Years.
☰ Weather Forecast
Sun 4 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sun 4 Oct

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 16°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 16°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sun 4 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 11°C
Chance of showers
pop: 70%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 13°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 15°C
Cloudy
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 16°C
Cloudy
Sun 4 Oct

high: 16°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 11°C
Periods of rain
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 11°C
Cloudy
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 11°C
Cloudy
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Sun 4 Oct

high: 17°C
Mainly sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 16°C
Showers
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 15°C
Sunny
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sun 4 Oct

high: 13°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 11°C
Rain
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 9°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 10°C
Cloudy
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 10°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sun 4 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 17°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 16°C
Cloudy
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sun 4 Oct

high: 20°C
Sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 21°C
Sunny
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 17°C
Sunny
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 16°C
A mix of sun and cloud
☰ Stocks ⚙
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TSX 35,154.76 -81.11   -0.23%
S&P 7,722.72 +56.27   +0.73%
DOW 51,176.96 +250.40   +0.49%
NASDAQ 30,807.93 +306.37   +1.00%
AAPL 333.77 +3.32   +1.00%
GOOG 340.42 +5.48   +1.64%
MSFT 517.75 +4.78   +0.93%
AMZN 251.50 +3.22   +1.30%
META 728.04 +1.93   +0.27%
NVDA 233.97 0.00   0.00%
TESLA 370.66 +16.48   +4.65%
NFLX 67.07 -0.79   -1.16%
AMD 633.80 +18.15   +2.95%
INTC 119.33 -0.63   -0.53%
QCOM 184.82 +2.65   +1.45%
NXP 243.75 +4.69   +1.96%
AVGO 355.14 +11.45   +3.33%
IBM 222.62 -3.06   -1.36%
CSCO 112.18 +3.45   +3.17%
ORCL 142.53 +4.45   +3.22%
CRM 234.64 -2.05   -0.86%
ADBE 237.69 -3.61   -1.50%
CIEN 391.33 +12.09   +3.19%
JPM 332.40 -0.93   -0.28%
BAC 53.78 0.00   0.00%
GS 902.44 +5.88   +0.66%
VISA 360.71 +0.74   +0.21%
MA 552.27 +1.90   +0.35%
WMT 104.29 +0.00   +0.00%
KO 85.66 -0.47   -0.55%
PEP 125.90 +0.26   +0.21%
DIS 102.21 +0.84   +0.83%
MCD 231.97 +0.13   +0.06%
NKE 33.89 -1.21   -3.45%
BA 193.57 +1.17   +0.61%
XOM 164.61 0.00   0.00%
CVX 206.78 -0.41   -0.20%
☰ Word of the Day
veracity

noun: 1. Truthfulness or accuracy. 2. Something true; a truth.
☰ Thought of the Day
"Till this moment I never knew myself." - Jane Austen, from Pride and Prejudice, ch 36.
☰ Born on this day
- Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary who dethroned last Ming emperor, born in Mizhi, Shaanxi province, China (d. 1645)
- Warner Oland, Swedish actor (The Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan), born in Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden (d. 1938)
- Josephine Riley Matthews "Mama Jo", African-American midwife (delivered over 1300 babies), born in Aiken, South Carolina (d. 1993)
- John Patrick Shanley, American playwright and screenwriter (Doubt: A Parable; Moonstruck), born in the Bronx, New York
- Fred Couples, American golfer (US Masters 1992; Senior Players C'ship 2011; Senior British Open 2012), born in Seattle, Washington
- Dan Goldie, American tennis player and author ("The Investment Answer", #1 NY Times bestselling book), born in Sioux City Iowa
- Darrin Fletcher, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1994; Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays) and broadcaster (Rogers Sportsnet), born in Elmhurst, Illinois
- Frank Hannon, American blues and rock guitarist (Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy), born in Sacramento, California
☰ Weather News
- Olive ridley sea turtles nest in California for the first time
- Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding
- NOAA’s flood mapping tool now covers nearly 100% of U.S.
☰ Today in History
- English long-distance runner Violet Piercy sets the first recognized female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechnic Marathon course between Windsor and London
- First telescope lens 200 inches (508 cm) in diameter is completed
- Discovery 7 returns to Earth after a 4-day excursion
- WBMW-FM in Washington, D.C. changes its call sign to WJFK and begins airing The Howard Stern Radio Show
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Frances Arnold, Gregory Winter, and George Smith for their use of evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies
- Jean Grémillon, French film director (Remorques, Light of Summer), born in Bayeux, France (d. 1959)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist (Texas Flood; "Pride And Joy"; David Bowie - "Let's Dance"), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1990)
- Frank Hannon, American blues and rock guitarist (Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy), born in Sacramento, California
- Andreas Isaksson, Swedish soccer goalkeeper (133 caps; PSV, Kasımpaşa), born in Smygehamn, Sweden
- Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen (2006 Miss Universe winner), actress and TV host, born in Cayey, Puerto Rico

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