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LIVONIA, Mich., April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — After showing early signs of recovery last year, electric, natural gas and combination utilities’ progress in making it easy for their customers to do business with them is beginning to stall. New data from Escalent’s Cogent Syndicated 2026 Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement: Residential™ study show that Customer Effort—a key measure of how easy utilities are to do business with—declined by one point year over year to 722 (on a 1,000-point scale), signaling a meaningful setback in a benchmark that had only recently begun to improve. The dip reflects renewed strain in…

Candidates To Discuss Policy Priorities and Community Impact in Advance of May 19 Primary Election ‘Studio 2’ Hosts Avi Wolfman-Arent and Cherri Gregg to Moderate PHILADELPHIA, April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHYY, the Philadelphia region’s public media provider, will host a Democratic Primary Debate for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District. The debate will take place at WHYY’s studios on Wednesday, April 29 in a live broadcast from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Candidates will present their policy objectives and be pressed about their thoughts on the issues most important to voters. Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District covers a vital cross section…

CINCINNATI, April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Scripps Sports has entered into a comprehensive multi-year broadcast partnership with Professional Bull Riders (PBR), the global leader in bull riding entertainment, to bring Premier Women’s Rodeo (PWR) exclusively to Scripps’ national television networks ION and Grit beginning in May. The partnership will launch with ION and Grit carrying the highly anticipated 2026 PWR Championship, broadcast from Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, May 17, at 1 p.m. ET. Building on this foundation, the collaboration will expand significantly in 2027 to include the original series “PWR: Road to the Championship” on Grit, offering all-inclusive…

Canada is facing an “entrepreneurial drought.” That’s according to a new report from the Canadian Federation of Business (CFIB) released Wednesday that says more businesses have been closing than opening in Canada each quarter since early 2024.The “drought” began in early 2024, the CFIB said, with the gap between openings and closures reaching a new high in the last quarter (October to December) of 2025.“Canada’s economic foundation is crumbling. Governments need to stop just papering over the cracks and really refocus efforts on policies that improve the small business environment,” said Brianna Solberg, CFIB’s director for the Prairies and the…

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Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says his side “certainly won’t be the source of any delay” in resolving negotiations on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade (CUSMA) that are expected to culminate this summer. Speaking to Global News after appearing at the House of Commons standing committee on international trade Thursday, LeBlanc acknowledged public comments made earlier this month by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer — who said it was unlikely that “all issues” surrounding the trade pact will be resolved by July 1 — were also made to him privately.That’s not a “drop-dead date” for a deal to be…

Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Newman‑Dailey Resort Properties is celebrating Earth Day 2026 with a travel package that pays it forward in more ways than one. Guests who book a stay in April at Sanctuary by the Sea or Sanctuary at Redfish, located in Blue Mountain Beach along Scenic Highway 30A, may opt for the 2026 Earth Day Travel Package. The package includes complimentary daily beach service, $26 off the stay, and a $26 donation to the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) in support of Big Redfish Lake, one of the area’s rare coastal dune lakes.…

Health Canada has approved the use of Neffy, the first needle-free treatment meant to treat certain allergic reactions, like insect stings or bites, foods and medicinal products. The pocket-sized nasal spray can be used to treat anaphylaxis in case of an emergency and has a 30-month shelf life, ALK-Abello Pharmaceuticals Inc. Canada (ALK Canada) said in a press release.“With the nasal delivery device, I think this is going to help a lot (of) patients to feel comfortable,” Dennis Wong, an associate professor in the clinical immunology department at the University of Toronto, said. “I foresee, or I hope in the…

BALTIMORE, April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the American Urological Association (AUA), in partnership with the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), released the 2026 amendment to the Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Guideline. This guideline is meant to help doctors make informed care decisions for people with localized prostate cancer. It organizes recommendations based on a patient’s level of risk and explains how to choose and carry out different care options. The updated guideline reviews and compares the main tests and treatments available for people with prostate cancer that has not spread beyond the prostate. “This amendment reflects the…

I was unsure if my parents would notice that the voice on the other end wasn’t mine — or that it was mine, sort of, but it wasn’t me. The voice said hello, asked my dad how he was doing, and asked again when he didn’t respond quickly enough. “What is that, Gaby?” He realized something was wrong almost immediately. I explained I had tried to trick him and it clearly hadn’t worked. “It didn’t,” he said. “It sounded like a robot.”It wasn’t a perfect experiment. My parents were out of the country, which made for a shoddy connection. They…