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October 19, 2026
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☰ Top Movies
1-Street Fighter$31,000,000
2-You Can See Everything$15,000,000
31Other Mommy$44,854,440
4-Whalefall$8,000,000
5-Sense and Sensibility$7,250,000
62Verity$66,092,402
73Resident Evil$148,457,955
84Heart of the Beast$58,318,451
9-Jailer 2$3,260,000
106Forgotten Island$35,107,265
☰ 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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1Golden Knights8-2-016
2Hurricanes7-2-115
3Bruins7-2-014
4Rangers6-3-113
5Oilers6-1-113
6Wild6-2-113
7Lightning6-2-012
8Senators6-3-012
9Panthers5-2-212
10Mammoth6-3-012
11Avalanche5-2-111
12Kraken5-3-111
☰ slashdot
- Trump DHS Officials Asked CISA To Secretly Aquire and Hack a Voting Machine
- A Hacker Broke Into John Deere, SharkNinja With an Army of AI Agents
- Apple Announces October 28 'Pro and Tell' Event
- Florida DMV Hacked After Police Dept Insecurely Stored Login Info
- Elon Musk Vows To Give a SpaceX Share To 'Every Kid In America'
☰ sportsnet
- Maple Leafs notebook: McKenna ‘excited’ for Stenberg showdown
- Scout’s Analysis: How Ivar Stenberg has started with the Sharks
- Connor McDavid enters rarified air with early-season points pace
- Rumour Roundup: Who holds keys to Hellebuyck trade?
- NBA 2026-27 season preview: Burning questions in the Eastern Conference
☰ espn
- The Rays brought out the best in Freddy Peralta -- now he can pitch them into the World Series
- 'I was ecstatic': How bold trade deadline transformed Guardians' season
- Banged-up Rams lose star WR Adams for 6-10 weeks, McVay says
- Sources: Hurts to miss season after blood clots discovered in QB's lungs
- Hornets, forward Miller agree to 5-year, $209M rookie extension
☰ global
- Delay in Abbotsford double murder sentencing: ‘Like a gut punch’
- Proposed remedy for workers affected by Bill 148 could cost N.S. $470 million
- ‘Just not acceptable’: Backlash grows over Nova Scotia AI data centre project
- Thousands of school support workers in Nova Scotia could strike next week
- Harness racer dies in multi-horse collision at South Okanagan race course
☰ Ars Technica
- 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?
- PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it
- Startup taps underwater volcano as energy source in "proof point" test
☰ nyt world
- How a Trillion-Dollar Industry Launders Illegal Gold
- The French Teen Maimed During School Unrest by Tear Gas Grenade
- For Israelis and Jews in the U.A.E., an Eroding Sense of Security
- Italy Faces Parallel Protests in the North and South
- France Imposes Curfews in Parts of Paris and Other Cities After Nationwide Rioting
☰ cbc
- It’s referendum day in Alberta. Here’s what you need to know
- 'Normal' for Canadian soldiers to conduct training near fires: top military commander
- Former journalist Pamela Wallin resigns from Senate
- 'You Can See Everything' sells out theatres, and people can't stop talking about it
- Calgary Opera replaces performer who unfurled Palestinian flag during Tosca bow
☰ 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
- ADHD Drugs May Reduce The Risk of Early Death, Major Study Finds
- Probiotics May Protect From Signs of Early Cognitive Decline, Clinical Trial Finds
- How Many Steps a Day Does It Take to Sharpen Your Attention? A 14-Year Study Hints at The Range
- Giant 'Phantom' Jellyfish Found With Entourage of Fishy Passengers Hitching a Ride
☰ Weather Forecast
Tue 20 Oct

high: 15°C
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high: 14°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: 17°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: 15°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 12°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 12°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 15°C
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high: 13°C
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high: 12°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 13°C
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Tue 20 Oct

high: 11°C
Mainly sunny
 Wed 21 Oct

high: 9°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 7°C
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high: 8°C
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Tue 20 Oct

high: 14°C
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high: 15°C
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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: 10°C
Mainly sunny
 Wed 21 Oct

high: 17°C
Sunny
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high: 15°C
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high: 7°C
Cloudy
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high: 3°C
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☰ Stocks ⚙
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DOW 51,966.03 -36.38   -0.07%
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 +0.02   +0.01%
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 -0.01   -0.03%
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
zillionaire

noun: A person with incalculably enormous wealth.
☰ Thought of the Day
"The journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step" - Lao Tzu, from Tao Te Ching
☰ Born on this day
- Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher of the Italian Renaissance, born in Figline Valdarn, near Florence (d. 1499)
- Dmitry Ivanovich [Dmitry of Uglich], Russian Tsarevich and son of Ivan IV "the Terrible", born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1591)
- Rufus Saxton, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Greenfield, Massachusetts (d. 1908)
- Victor Zorza, Polish journalist and specialist on the Soviet Union, born in Kołomyja, Poland (d. 1996)
- Thomas ap Rees, British botanist, born in Frome, England (d. 1996)
- Keith Adrian [Johnson], British-Dutch stage and screen actor, director, and playwright, born in New Delhi, British India (d. 2004)
- Sinitta [Malone], British-American singer ("So Macho"; "Toy Boy"), born in Seattle, Washington
- Frankie Paul [Paul Blake], Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
☰ 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
- The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take the city of Carthage in North Africa
- "My Romance" opens at the Shubert Theatre in New York City for 95 performances
- Mariner 5 makes a flyby of Venus
- Bomb explosion rocks Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati, Philippines, killing 11 and injuring more than 100 people
- UK Parliament votes for the Letwin amendment in a special Saturday sitting, forcing Boris Johnson to ask the EU for an extension and delaying the vote on his Brexit deal
- John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist, born in Province of New Jersey (d. 1772)
- Francis Channing Barlow, American lawyer and Union general during the US Civil War (met General John B. Gordon at Gettysburg), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1896)
- Hilde Spiel, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1990)
- Farid al-Atrash [El-Atrache], Syrian composer, musician, virtuoso oud player, and actor (Akher kedba), born in Jebel Ed-Druz, Southern Syria (d. 1974)
- Tony Lo Bianco, American stage and screen actor (The French Connection; A View From the Bridge; Hizzoner!), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2024)

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