Unpublished Newswire
Have you heard Solomon Ray’s new album Faithful Soul? It’s number one on the gospel charts—and entirely AI generated, just like the musical artist behind it.
The idea that a hit Spotify artist might not be human is a satire of the attention economy itself: an ecosystem once based on authenticity and connection now topped by a synthetic voice engineered for maximum uplift. What does “soul” even mean when it’s made by software trained on real music?
In a year when other “ghost artists,” like Velvet Sundown, also made headlines, Canada is being forced to rethink an old problem. The fight...
January 6, 2026 - 06:29 | Vass Bednar | Walrus
Good morning. The Trump administration is sizing up a bigger America – more on that below, along with Calgary’s broken water system and the wait for generic Ozempic. But first: Today’s headlinesMaduro pleads not guilty to drug trafficking, terrorism and weapons chargesFreeland says she will resign as an MP in the coming weeks after being appointed Zelensky’s adviserA former AHS board member alleges he was harassed for pushing back against the Smith government, court records show
January 6, 2026 - 06:03 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
The latest twist in a three-year-old transparency battle means the government has now twice lost its argument Ford should not have to make parts of his phone records public.
January 6, 2026 - 05:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
An international organization that often finds itself at the centre of human rights conflicts in developing countries has turned its attention to a small town in southwest Nova Scotia.
January 6, 2026 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
An elderly Dieppe couple were shot once each by a man hired by a drug network to kill their son, a Crown prosecutor told a Moncton jury on Tuesday.
January 6, 2026 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A former director on the board of Alberta’s health authority alleges he was singled out in a campaign of harassment and intimidation because he pushed back against Premier Danielle Smith’s government and its decision to fire the agency’s chief executive officer. In a recently unsealed affidavit, Sandy Edmonstone, who served on the board of Alberta Health Services until January, details how someone surveilled him and took surreptitious photos they threatened to distribute to his partner, as well as multiple reputational attacks he has faced online from David Wallace, who has described...
January 6, 2026 - 04:05 | Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
