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By Toni De Guzman Global News Posted September 6, 2026 7:09 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg’s Sikh community is disappointed after seeing death threats spray-painted on several signs along their procession route downtown ahead of the event on Sunday. Nagar Kirtan is an annual event celebrating Sikhism’s holy scripture. It features a procession carrying the Guru Granth Sahib, the religion’s holy book, along with songs of faith.An image of the graffiti circulating on social media shows a death threat against Indians and a swastika on a transit sign advising of road closures…
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the company’s logo is projected in Creteil, France, on September 4, 2026, as OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 Astra, its most advanced model to date. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images
Friends and family are remembering an Indigenous filmmaker and actor described by her family as a trailblazer after she died at an Alberta rodeo. Georgina Lightning was at the Enoch Park race track on Saturday night when she was hit by a horse.RCMP confirmed a woman died after a horse veered off the track and struck her. Lightning’s family confirmed the filmmaker was the victim.“I am shattered in every way possible,” Crystle Lightning, Georgina’s daughter, said on Facebook late Saturday. “I have lost my mother, my sons Kohkum, my matriarch, my role model, my confidant. That’s all I can say…
Just outside the small community of Watrous, Saskatchewan, Manitou Beach sits on the so-called “Dead Sea of Canada.” “Little Manitou Lake, carved out by glaciers exposing bedrock and minerals that have been absorbed by water over time,” said Jeff Siegfried, community enhancement director of the Watrous Manitou Beach Marketing Group. “It’s called a terminal lake meaning water flowing into it has no way to escape and so the minerals that are in the bed of the lake leach into the water.”The water is up to five times saltier than the ocean and said to have healing properties. The name Manitou…
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette has called a special cabinet meeting for Monday, putting her election campaign on hold one day before Canadian retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods are set to take effect. Fréchette’s office confirmed Sunday that the cabinet meeting will be held virtually at 6 p.m., but the agenda for cabinet meetings is not disclosed in advance. Such meetings are relatively rare during an election campaign, when Fréchette is simultaneously serving as premier and campaigning as CAQ leader.The meeting comes as Canada prepares to impose retaliatory tariffs on a wide range of U.S. goods the following day. The tariffs, which will range from…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size It may be time to drop it like it’s hot and pick up a spoon because Snoop Dogg is hiring an international ice cream taster. Snoop is searching for someone to put their taste buds to work for his Dr. Bombay ice cream brand for US$10,000 a month.“I’m hiring an international ice cream taster here at Dr. Bombay. Ten grand a month, you can apply anywhere in the world,” Snoop Dogg said in a video announcing the job.The three-month gig is open to applicants around the world, with the successful candidate earning…
An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on September 06, 2026. | Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday during landing, crashing into vehicles and resulting in multiple injuries. The extent of the damage or the seriousness of the injuries was not clear at the time of publication. In the aftermath of the incident, the FAA released a statement saying: 21 Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 6. The Boeing…
A Chicago aquarium says several of the belugas that were transferred to its site from Ontario’s Marineland have health issues. Shedd Aquarium says in a Friday statement it is conducting round-the-clock supervision and teams are monitoring the whales’ hydration, breathing rates, swim patterns, social interaction and other behaviours.The aquarium’s update comes after it reported last week that two of the three whales that died at its site in a week’s span were belugas from Marineland, a theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., that closed after it ran out of money.Shedd has said that Peekachu, one of the Marineland belugas, died…
Boox teased the Picco, its take on the buzzy Xteink X4 e-reader, back in July, but provided almost no details. Now, thanks to some reporting out of IFA, we’ve got a bit more info, though sadly still no price. Unlike the Xteink devices, the Picco will not have magnets on the back for attaching to a phone. The 3.97-inch e-paper display, however, will be touchscreen, which The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski called a “welcome upgrade” on the X4 Pro. The Picco has physical page-turn buttons, and they can be customized with different actions for short and long presses.There’s apparently no onboard…
Nova Scotia’s premier says the province is in mourning after a woman died during the flooding that affected the province this weekend. Nova Scotia RCMP said Sunday they had located the body of a Cleveland, N.S. woman after she went missing the previous morning. Police said they had found her vehicle parked near her residence on the far side of a flooded bridge. Her death is not believed to be suspicious, RCMP said.“My thoughts are with her loved ones and everyone who is grieving this tragic loss,” said Premier Tim Houston on X.The woman’s death comes as states of emergency…