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What you should know ahead of curling’s Rock League debut season

What you should know ahead of curling’s Rock League debut season

Thought curling season was over? Well, think again. Because even after an electric ride through the Grand Slams, Olympic trials, Olympics, Scotties, Brier and world championships, there is one event still to come. Rock League — a new professional curling outfit — will make its debut Monday at Toronto’s Mattamy Athletic Centre.

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Can AI apps replace teachers? Experts urge caution over school model

Can AI apps replace teachers? Experts urge caution over school model

Imagine school being two hours of core academics learned daily via an app, without teachers, and double that time spent on hands-on experiences. The unconventional model from a U.S. private school is sparking chatter and may benefit some, but Canadian experts say the approach blending GenAI with pre-existing methods warrants serious consideration about student privacy, well-being and what kids are actually learning.

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In Cuba, people go without food and power as U.S. chokes oil supply and tourists flee
Star

February 4, 2026

In Cuba, people go without food and power as U.S. chokes oil supply and tourists flee

Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has…

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Canada's major airlines wind down flights to Cuba as Havana airport warns it will run out of jet fuel
Star

February 4, 2026

Canada’s major airlines wind down flights to Cuba as Havana airport warns it will run out of jet fuel

Canada’s major airlines have all suspended service to Cuba, with…

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Should you stay or should you go? Canadians reconsider Cuba travel plans after advisory
Star

February 4, 2026

Should you stay or should you go? Canadians reconsider Cuba travel plans after advisory

Ask the travellers who keep going year after year, and…

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Ontario/Quebec

February 4, 2026

Jordan Omstead

Why a turtle die-off has this Ottawa researcher worried about warming winters

Grégory Bulté was snorkelling in the cold waters of Ontario’s…

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Business, Health, Ontario/Quebec, Social

February 4, 2026

Maan Alhmidi

Medical staff leave Kashechewan First Nation as parasite contaminates water

Medical staff have left a northern Ontario First Nation that…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

February 4, 2026

Teen charged with second-degree murder in death of infant in Port Rowan, Ont: police

PORT ROWAN — A teenager has been charged with murder…

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Business, Construction, Economy, Real Estate

February 4, 2026

Ian Bickis

Greater Toronto home sales, prices slide in January with more weakness ahead: TRREB

TORONTO — Greater Toronto Area home sales and price weakness…

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Sports

February 4, 2026

Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign veteran CFL middle linebacker Wynton McManis

HAMILTON — Wynton McManis wasn’t unemployed long. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats…

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Sports

February 4, 2026

Gemma Karstens-Smith

‘We were really starting to click there’: Leafs enter Olympic break on win streak

EDMONTON — Matthew Knies is of two minds when it…

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