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Publication Date: January 23, 2026 - 18:00
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January 23, 2026
A resort chain in Las Vegas is launching a promotion that will give Canadian guests $1 USD in value for every Canadian dollar spent, no matter the daily exchange rate. It’s all part of a broader bid to attract Canadian travellers. Would Canadian travellers take the bait? Lorraine Simpson, a Canadian travel expert, joins us from Ireland. Later in Hour 1, we chat with Dr. Jean-Philippe Bercier, a family doctor who has performed over 25,000 vasectomies in his career. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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February 19, 2026 - 06:40 | | The Globe and Mail
Until mid-afternoon on February 10, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, was a place known for mining and bears, for its geopark and dinosaur fossils and mountain vistas.
But most Canadians had likely never even heard of this town, with its approximately 2,700 residents. Set in the foothills of the Hart Ranges, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, Tumbler Ridge is close enough to the famed mountain parks of Alberta and BC to share a bit of their epic scenery but far enough to go mostly unnoticed by the outside world.
Everything is different now, and in the worst way. Eighteen-year-old...
February 19, 2026 - 06:30 | Christina Frangou | Walrus
This August will mark five years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. If they hold onto their totalitarian rule for that long, they could go on to surpass their initial reign, which lasted from 1996 until the United States–led invasion in 2001. This time around, in the absence of armed intervention, it’s become increasingly clear that the international community’s measures to push them out are failing.
Over the past half-decade, the Taliban have brought one form of shock and pain after another to the Afghan people: girls being denied most types of higher education, the...
February 19, 2026 - 06:29 | Soraya Amiri | Walrus
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