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February 16, 2026
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☰ Spotify Canada
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☰ slashdot
- India's Toxic Air Crisis Is Reaching a Breaking Point
- Instagram Boss Says 16 Hours of Daily Use Is Not Addiction
- KPMG Partner Fined Over Using AI To Pass AI Test
- Ireland Launches World's First Permanent Basic Income Scheme For Artists, Paying $385 a Week
- New EU Rules To Stop the Destruction of Unsold Clothes and Shoes
☰ cbc sports
- 2026 Olympic Games Day 10: Canada faces Switzerland in women's hockey
- Courtney Sarault takes silver in women's 1,000m for 3rd medal win at Milano-Cortina
- 'Anything's possible': How one of Canada's smallest provinces built speed skating success
- Canadian women's curlers end 3-game skid with win over China at Winter Games
- U.S. women overpower Sweden to reach gold-medal hockey final
☰ espn
- The 11 trades we want to see this NFL offseason: Barnwell finds new homes for 15 players
- Why did the Dolphins release Tyreek Hill now, and what's next for him?
- Star WR Hill released as Dolphins clean house
- U.S. women blank Sweden, roll into hockey final
- Michigan tops AP men's poll for 1st time since '13
☰ global
- Winnipeg house fire that killed man was deliberately set, police claim
- Calgary pedestrian, 70, seriously injured in collision with semi in Panorama Hills
- Snowstorm delays Olympic freeski big air final
- Five things to watch Tuesday at the Winter Games
- Robert Duvall, ‘The Godfather’ actor, dead at 95
☰ Ars Technica
- ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
- A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later
- Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables
- Sideways on the ice, in a supercar: Stability control is getting very good
- Space Station returns to a full crew complement after a month
☰ reuters
- Imran Khan's sons fear for his health, seek visas to visit him in Pakistan - Reuters
- 'Lovers' Arch' collapses on Valentine's Day on Italy's Adriatic coast - Reuters
- Albanian PM seeks to stop judiciary from suspending ministers - Reuters
- Morning Bid: Japan's economy could do with some Fire Horse energy - Reuters
- Australians released from Syrian camp returned due to 'technical' issues - Reuters
☰ cbc
- 2026 Olympic Games Day 10: Canada faces off against Switzerland in women's hockey semifinal
- Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor known for Tender Mercies and The Godfather, dead at 95
- Girl critically injured at western Quebec ski hill has died, family says
- Yellowknife looks for alternatives as its only movie theatre is set to close
- Carney picks former head of public service to spearhead CUSMA negotiations
☰ space
- New tool could reduce collision risk for Earth-observation satellites
- Southern California sky is lit up by Valentine's Day SpaceX launch
- Four new astronauts arrive at the International Space Station to replace NASA's evacuated crew
- Decoding China's new space philosophy
- NASA moon mission spacesuit nears milestone
☰ science daily
- Lab grown human spinal cord heals after injury in major breakthrough
- Brain inflammation may be driving compulsive behavior
- One in three people carry this brain parasite but the body has a kill switch
- Ancient fingerprint found on 2,400-year-old Danish war boat
- Scientists discover the enzyme that lets cancer rapidly rewire its DNA
☰ new scientist
- The mystery of nuclear 'magic numbers' has finally been resolved
- Psychedelic reduces depression symptoms after just one dose
- We’ve glimpsed before the big bang and it’s not what we expected
- Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why
- Backwards heat shows laws of thermodynamics may need a quantum update
☰ science blog
- The Vegan Film That Shields Your Hair From Modern Life
- Earth’s Strongest Gravity Hole Sits Beneath Antarctica—And Now We Know How It Got There
- Capturing The Sun in a Bottle
- Engineered Listeria Bacteria Could Become a Potent New Weapon Against Cancer
☰ Weather Forecast
Tue 17 Feb

high: 3°C
Freezing drizzle
 Wed 18 Feb

high: 0°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 30%
 Thu 19 Feb

high: -1°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Fri 20 Feb

high: -3°C
Chance of snow
pop: 40%
 Sat 21 Feb

high: -2°C
Chance of snow
pop: 60%
Tue 17 Feb

high: 3°C
Mainly cloudy
 Wed 18 Feb

high: 1°C
Periods of rain or freezing rain
 Thu 19 Feb

high: 1°C
Cloudy
 Fri 20 Feb

high: 3°C
Periods of rain or snow
pop: 70%
 Sat 21 Feb

high: 0°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 40%
Tue 17 Feb

high: 5°C
Periods of rain or snow
 Wed 18 Feb

high: 0°C
Sunny
 Thu 19 Feb

high: -1°C
Sunny
 Fri 20 Feb

high: -2°C
Sunny
 Sat 21 Feb

high: -2°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 60%
Tue 17 Feb

high: 1°C
Periods of light snow
 Wed 18 Feb

high: -1°C
Sunny
 Thu 19 Feb

high: 1°C
Sunny
 Fri 20 Feb

high: -3°C
Sunny
 Sat 21 Feb

high: -3°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Tue 17 Feb

high: 2°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 18 Feb

high: 4°C
Sunny
 Thu 19 Feb

high: 1°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Fri 20 Feb

high: -1°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sat 21 Feb

high: -4°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 30%
Tue 17 Feb

high: 1°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 40%
 Wed 18 Feb

high: -5°C
Sunny
 Thu 19 Feb

high: -5°C
Sunny
 Fri 20 Feb

high: -7°C
Sunny
 Sat 21 Feb

high: -7°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Tue 17 Feb

high: 5°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Wed 18 Feb

high: 4°C
Chance of flurries or rain showers
pop: 60%
 Thu 19 Feb

high: 5°C
Sunny
 Fri 20 Feb

high: 5°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sat 21 Feb

high: 7°C
Showers
Tue 17 Feb

high: -6°C*
Snow at times heavy and blowing snow
 Wed 18 Feb

high: -20°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 19 Feb

high: -17°C
Sunny
 Fri 20 Feb

high: -11°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sat 21 Feb

high: -9°C
A mix of sun and cloud
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META 639.80 -10.04   -1.54%
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TESLA 417.51 +0.77   +0.18%
NFLX 76.87 +1.01   +1.32%
AMD 207.35 +1.43   +0.69%
INTC 46.78 +0.30   +0.63%
QCOM 140.70 +2.19   +1.58%
NXP 244.36 +2.14   +0.88%
AVGO 325.16 -5.96   -1.80%
IBM 262.31 +2.82   +1.09%
CSCO 76.89 +1.88   +2.51%
ORCL 160.10 +3.60   +2.30%
CRM 189.71 +4.23   +2.28%
ADBE 263.93 +1.39   +0.53%
CIEN 303.79 +11.03   +3.77%
JPM 302.52 +0.02   +0.01%
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KO 78.67 -0.31   -0.40%
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DIS 105.45 +3.07   +3.00%
MCD 327.66 -4.31   -1.30%
NKE 63.12 +2.00   +3.27%
BA 242.97 +3.73   +1.56%
XOM 148.44 -1.49   -0.99%
CVX 183.70 +1.32   +0.72%
☰ Word of the Day
prerogative

noun (prih-RAH-guh-tiv)

Prerogative means "right or privilege," and especially refers to a special right or privilege that some people have.

☰ Thought of the Day
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
☰ Born on this day
- Vera-Ellen [Westmeier Rohe], American actress and dancer (White Christmas; Big Leaguer; On the Town), born in Norwood, Ohio (d. 1981)
- Paul van 't Veer, Dutch journalist and writer (Het Vrije Volk), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1979)
- John Schlesinger, English stage and Academy Award-winning film director (Midnight Cowboy; Darling), born in London, England (d. 2003)
- David Austin, English rose breeder (Austin roses), born in Albrighton, England (d. 2018)
- Bob Hammond AM, Australian rules key defender (AFL Hall of Fame; North Adelaide; SA) and coach (Sydney Swans 1984), born in Perth, Australia (d. 2020)
- Séamus Brennan, Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Minister, born in Salthill, Galway, Ireland (d. 2008)
- André St. Laurent, Canadian NHL hockey forward, 1973-90 (New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings, and 2 other teams), born in Rouyn, Quebec
- Tony Kiley, British rock drummer (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways"), born in England
☰ Weather News
- Join us for Whale Week 2026
- NOAA leaps forward on collaborative approach for red snapper
- Media availability: NOAA incident meteorologists train for wildfire season
☰ Today in History
- American Charles Wilkes discovers the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica
- Leonard Spigelgass' "Majority of One" premieres in NYC
- Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors
- West Indies v Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Garfield Sobers
- Athens and parts of Greece covered in unusual heavy snowfall
- André St. Laurent, Canadian NHL hockey forward, 1973-90 (New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings, and 2 other teams), born in Rouyn, Quebec
- George Martin, NFL defensive end, 1975-88 (NY Giants), born in Greenville, South Carolina
- Ice-T [Tracy Marrow], American rapper ("O.G. Original Gangster"), and actor (New Jack City; Tank Girl; Law and Order: Special Victims Unit), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Andy Taylor, British rock guitarist (Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"; The Power Station), born in Tynemouth, England
- Lucinda Riley, Northern Irish historical fiction and romance author (The Seven Sisters series, The Hidden Girl, The Italian Girl, The Angel tree), born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland (d. 2021)

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