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Rage-baiting the slop: Why are the words of the year so weird?

Rage-baiting the slop: Why are the words of the year so weird?

Given how weird they’ve gotten, why are language experts picking internet-based fads as the words of the year? What arcane process leads to words of the year that vacillate from the brain-numbing to the politically charged? And, given how mad it makes everyone, why are they even bothering to do it?

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Automotive, Business, Manufacturing

February 18, 2026

GM to spend $63 million on Oshawa, Ont. plant

OSHAWA — General Motors says it will spend $63 million…

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Heart, work and desperation: What an underdog Canadian team needs to do to win Olympic gold
Star

February 18, 2026

Heart, work and desperation: What an underdog Canadian team needs to do to win Olympic gold

It hasn’t been a perfect Olympic tournament for Canada. At…

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Frustrated families demand changes to Manitoba’s adult abuse registry
Star

February 18, 2026

Frustrated families demand changes to Manitoba’s adult abuse registry

Families are demanding change to Manitoba’s adult abuse registry, saying…

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A sex offender receives gender surgery. A court will decide if she should be transferred to a women’s prison
Star

February 18, 2026

A sex offender receives gender surgery. A court will decide if she should be transferred to a women’s prison

A transgender woman incarcerated as a dangerous offender for sex…

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Justice, National, Ontario/Quebec

February 17, 2026

Paola Loriggio

Second complainant testifies Frank Stronach groped her in downtown Toronto condo

TORONTO — At dinner, Frank Stronach had felt like a…

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Education, Ontario/Quebec, Politics

February 17, 2026

Liam Casey

Doug Ford defends decision to cut post-secondary student grants

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government’s decision…

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Spare News

February 17, 2026

Marissa Birnie

Fact File: Video from Ontario winter festival misrepresented as anti-immigration march

A video posted to social media this week claimed to…

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National

February 17, 2026

Marissa Birnie

Fact File: Video from Ontario festival misrepresented as anti-immigration march

A video posted to social media this week claimed to…

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Disaster, Ontario/Quebec

February 17, 2026

Fire at Toronto apartment building leaves one person dead

TORONTO — One person is dead after a highrise apartment…

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