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If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember ads and newspaper inserts from the Columbia House Record Club promising an unbelievable deal on records and tapes. We were told we could have seven/eight/11/12/13 albums from a long list of them for just a penny. One cent! That used to be the price of a single piece of Hubba-Bubba bubblegum! Fantastic! An instant record collection practically for free! All you had to do was agree to buy a certain number of albums over a specified time at regular club prices. The trick was you didn’t get to choose which albums those were.…

DUCK LAKE – It was 150 years ago when First Nations chiefs and dignitaries met at Fort Carlton, in the wilderness of what is now Saskatchewan, to carve out a lasting agreement on how to work and live as the modern shape of Canada emerged. Politicians, dignitaries, Indigenous chiefs and elders are set to gather in the same place on Sunday to honour Treaty 6, celebrate its legacy and recommit to fixing promises broken and dreams unrealized.“Events surrounding this major milestone provide a special opportunity to recognize the resilience and vibrancy of Treaty 6 Nations,” federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca…

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on GTA VI and the state of the video game industry, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.Four years ago, fans got a long-awaited look at Grand Theft Auto VI with a huge cache of videos that showed off Rockstar’s latest open-world epic. There were 90 videos in total, providing a glimpse at the next-generation take on Vice City, introducing the game’s new dual protagonists, and generally showing off the…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s premiers appear to be rallying behind Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States as 50 per cent tariffs hit billions of products across the country. After hope that a deal could be reached between Canada and the United States percolated, talks stalled and collapsed, escalating the trade war between the two countries.Tariffs of 50 per cent on billions of dollars in Canadian goods were levied by America on Saturday, while Canada has promised to hit back dollar by dollar next month.On Saturday afternoon,…

Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with the United States fell apart at the eleventh hour over last-minute disagreements on how to tariff autos and broader issues of independent Canadian decision-making. For the past several days, a deal had appeared possible and potentially even likely.United States President Donald Trump delayed 50 per cent tariffs on billions in Canadian goods by three days, citing progress in trade talks, and even claimed “we have a deal” with Canada.While the Canadian delegation was more cautious in its assessment, Carney shared details of a potential deal with Canada’s premiers earlier in the week,…

Canada’s largest private-sector union says it has reached a tentative agreement with General Motors on a new deal for some 4,600 auto workers. Unifor announced the agreement Saturday morning and said it would cover workers at auto plants in Oshawa, Ingersoll, St. Catharines and Woodstock. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. “Our bargaining committee worked diligently to reach these agreements, which deliver strong income and benefit gains, amid some of the most challenging times in our history,” national president Lana Payne said in a statement. More…

With U.S. drinking at a record low and global alcohol consumption forecast to decline, the independent New York cannabis brand sees a broader shift in how adults socialize, unwind and celebrate. Lost in the Smoke A cloud of smoke takes over the frame as the moment disappears into the haze. New York, New York, Aug. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — For generations, alcohol occupied an almost automatic place in adult social life. A drink after work. Beer at the game. Wine with dinner. Cocktails on a date. Champagne for a celebration. A nightcap before bed. That relationship appears to be…

I remember having a Spirograph as a kid and being obsessed with it. Its geometric patterns are hypnotic and gorgeous. I also love generative music composition. So bringing those two things together in a browser tab, I’m hooked. Musical Spirograph is a relatively simple concept. A set of points dash around the screen according to mathematical equations, generating hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. Those points pass through a series of concentric rings which trigger specific notes.Honestly, that alone is fun enough, but you can customize it quite a bit. There are six different virtual rotors to pick from, you can have up…

Balance Cash examines how enterprise finance teams managing many banks and hundreds of accounts coordinate corporate cash from a single platform, capturing yield and unifying liquidity visibility across the full banking footprint, without switching banks. Enterprise Cash Sweeps & Corporate Cash Management | Balance Balance Cash explains how large, multi-bank organizations coordinate corporate cash and capture yield across every account, without switching banks. SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Aug. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Enterprise finance teams that manage cash across many banks and hundreds of accounts often discover that scale itself is the problem, as no single institution can see or…

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is “walking away from a bad deal” with the United States and will match 50 per cent tariffs “dollar-for-dollar” in industries like steel and dairy. Carney confirmed he was “reluctantly” adding tariffs that would add costs in some areas for Canadians, but insisted they were necessary to retaliate against United States President Donald Trump’s levies.“We cannot accept what they’ve offered, and we will not give what they asked,” Carney declared in Ottawa on Saturday morning.The prime minister said talks had taken place with the United States over the past year, and accelerated in recent…