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What is ‘Ozempic personality,’ and why does it make life feel ‘meh’?
Wall Street Journal: Doctors and patients across social media are reporting a kind of emotional flattening while on…
April 16, 2026
Éric Grenier: Why Conservatives should be worried about byelections
Éric Grenier/The Writ: In the context of these three ridings, these were worst-ever results for the Conservatives. But…
April 16, 2026
Could digital twin make you into ‘superworker’?
BBC: Who owns an AI digital twin – the employer or the employee? Should people using them get…
April 16, 2026
Has era of mega-layoff arrived?
Wall Street Journal: Welcome to the era of the mega-layoff. In Silicon Valley and beyond, companies that are…
April 16, 2026
Canada Post announces first 136,000 addresses to lose door-to-door delivery
CBC: Canada Post has announced 136,000 addresses in 13 communities will no longer receive door-to-door delivery, and instead…
April 16, 2026
$10 billion startup training AI to replace white-collar workforce
Bloomberg: Mercor is promising to replicate most professional work. It was also co-founded by twentysomethings who previously never…
April 16, 2026
EU countries to call for faster green transition over Iran fuel crisis
Politico Europe: European governments are poised to call for swifter deployment of clean energy to combat fossil fuel…
April 16, 2026
Online age checks coming in Europe
Politico: The EU is rolling out a way to check people’s ages online within weeks as it plows…
April 16, 2026
EU to relax merger rules in bid to create ‘European champions’
Financial Times: The European Commission will give greater weight to “innovation, investment and resilience of the internal market”,…
April 16, 2026
Interim deal possible soon, but nuclear issues unresolved. Hegseth: US ready to start war if Iran doesn’t ‘choose wisely’ — PLUS MORE
Reuters: Optimism grew on Thursday that the Iran war may be near an end, with a key Pakistani mediator having…
April 16, 2026
Where is Szijjártó? Hungarian minister to skip EU meeting after vanishing from public view
Euronews: Szijjártó will miss next week’s EU Foreign Affairs Council after the Orbán government’s election loss. He faces…
April 16, 2026
US warns that buyers of Iranian oil could be hit with sanctions
Reuters: “We have told countries that if you are buying Iranian oil, that if Iranian money is sitting…
April 16, 2026
Diplomat’s son gets race-based discount on kidnapping sentence
National Post: The judge drew ‘some connection between Mr. Abdelgadir’s life experience, anti-Black racism, and his commission of…
April 16, 2026
‘Teeny tiny’ or thousands will die? Psychiatrists divided over how many would get MAID for mental illness
National Post: Thousands could choose to die by MAID if euthanasia is opened to people experiencing mental suffering…
April 16, 2026
World lawmakers demand action on new Xinjiang torture and slavery testimony, raising stakes on Carney’s majority govt China EV deal
The Bureau: A coalition of 68 legislators representing 29 countries has issued an urgent call for international action…
April 16, 2026
Guardrails of MAID need vigilant scrutiny
The Globe and Mail: The most prominent critical voices on the committee say they are being shut out…
April 16, 2026
Canadian Real Estate Association downgrades housing market forecast due to ‘oil shock’
CBC: The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has downgraded its housing market forecast following a jump in fixed…
April 16, 2026
Canadian soldier sues Ottawa and U.S. gun maker over accidental shooting
CBC: Master Warrant Officer Jamie Deslaurier, a long-serving military police officer and weapons instructor, was wounded in the…
April 16, 2026
‘Here we go again’ after CRA pays out another bogus $5M income tax refund, agency insider says
CBC: The Canada Revenue Agency has paid out another $5-million refund to a single taxpayer, this time to…
April 16, 2026
Air travel faces ‘unprecedented’ fuel crisis as war squeezes supply, experts warn
CBC: As global fuel crunch drives up costs and uncertainty, analysts weigh in on whether to book now…
April 16, 2026